The time I almost didn't go to church

Well, let's face it. There are, in reality, many times when I have no desire to go to church. Who wants to get up and go on your Sunday morning when you could be sleeping in? Not to mention when you go out of town, you have to plan to be back in time. My church (Valley Church) is awesome because they offer a 9:30, 11:30, and 6:00 service. It's nice because it makes it reasonable to still make it back in time for the services.

Now to back track a little bit I was completely and totally prepared to blog about the awesome half marathon weekend that I had. Just as I was totally prepared to skip the church service tonight. But as God often does, He planned something better. Instead of the usual sermon, we ended up worshiping instead. It was amazing and totally what my heart needed. I needed to be lost in His mercy and love. And the time I feel closest to God is when I'm worshiping Him.

These past few months have been hard on me. The more time I spend with God, the more I'm convicted of things in my life that aren't right. Each day is a new challenge to spend time in the word and coming humbly to Christ. But it is a challenge.

Right now I'm spiritually exhausted and humbly broken before Him. What I need is Christ. I need His love and mercy. And I need to be reminded of His goodness constantly. Not because I think I can get by without it, but because I know I can't.

And to think I almost didn't go to church today. Stay tuned for my marathon post later this week.