A Yearning for Church

"Then they entered Capernaum.  When the Sabbath arrived, Jesus lost no time in getting to the meeting place.  He spent the day there teaching."  Mark 1:21 MSG

Sunday mornings have been difficult lately.  Sometimes the kids are sick, other times we are sick.  It was a long week trying to bring home money as a pilot, even to the point of working all day Saturday and just wanting a day off.......from everything.  Maybe the hardest thing is the fact that we just don't feel like one of those cool puzzle pieces with the pretty flowers on it at our church.  We just feel as though we don't fit in well.  I truly believe it is what we make of it, and not what our church family makes of it. 

I have to look deep inside with this passage today.  Look at the example Jesus set when he gathered his disciples and headed out for his ministry.  When the Sabbath came, "...he lost no time in getting to the meeting place....."  In other words, he was excited to get to where the lost were so that he could teach.  He even spent the whole day there!  What an example he set.  This is the attitude we should have wherever we attend church.......one of absolute pleasure and giddyness to attend and spend time with our fellow Christ followers and with our God and Savior.

If we are not joyful and excited about getting to church on Sundays, we need to check our attitude.  Look, I will be the first one to admit that there are times when it feels like an absolute drag to get out of bed and get the kids ready, throw on something presentable, and then drive 45 minutes, one way to get to church.  But I should feel honored to live in a country where I can do this in the open;  honored to be serving and worshiping an awesome God (not just on Sundays I might add); honored to be in fellowship with other struggling Christ followers. HONORED and EXCITED!

In other words, losing no time in "getting to the meeting place."

Freak