lime popsicle juice jeans and a jackalope hat are not business-casual

i am addicted to church. two days a week forty minutes from my home isnt cutting it...time long overdue for a return to New Testament ways.

"And all that believed...continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." - Acts 2:44...46-47. go home and read the whole thing, its outstanding. praying, revive us again.

incidentally, those two services a week have been blessed far beyond our desert lately. but that never seems to stop me from wanting more. :-)


i told my pastor this and he told me that i just want to go on to heaven. but that's not really what it is. i am too appreciative (or try to be) of the ministry that the Lord gives us here, particularly of marriage, to be asking for that. no, i just want the kingdom of heaven- "Thy kingdom come"- and maybe a nice little daily prayer meeting. spiritual-casual. that doesnt mean apathetic spirituality, it means informal spirituality, free from the ceremonial law, under grace, full of the doctrine and fellowship of witnesses to Christ's resurrection.

you see, i dont even want daily church service. i just want a maybe lunch-break half-hour time of fellowship, prayer, doctrine, and breaking of bread with my brethren. nothing that would interfere with family worship- in the same sense that i still want to spend time with my family of origin but not to an extent that interferes with my new family- just add to congregational worship. is that so much to ask? maybe, but i am willing to work for it, and i worship a God who is able to do exceeding abundantly above ALL that i ask or think. crazy! lets be thankful...