Monday afternoon reflections
I haven't posted in about a week because I've been fending off problems and dealing with the parts of my job that make me relate to Jehdeiah, whom I posted about here. To be honest, I'm sure there is "stuff" to deal with in every job, whether mine or yours. Put another way, there's NO job that is always enjoyable; that's why it's called w-o-r-k!
But it was one unusual weekend at CLC, to say the least:
But it was one unusual weekend at CLC, to say the least:
- freak snow-ice-rain storm on Saturday that made road conditions hazardous and resulted in attendance at our Saturday service with Dr. Buddy Bell about 25% of the norm.
- Then at our 9am service in Tinley Park, where we planned to watch the DVD of Buddy's teaching from Saturday night so we could "share the wealth" with our Shorewood campus by sending him there to teach at their 10am service, we had a technical glitch. Not a minor one; a big one. A LONG one. It was probably my most embarrassing moment as a pastor as I had to stand up in front of the 400 or so gathered for that service and explain that I had no back-up plan, so if our techs weren't able to resolve the problem within a few more minutes, we would dismiss and they could enjoy a very early lunch! Fortunately, the ever-resourceful media guys (I think it was Tunde Abilona) figured out the problem and the congregation was able to enjoy Buddy's teaching - after that 10-minute-seemed-like-eternity-silent wait.
- By the end of the day, we had gained several brand-new volunteers for various ministries and I think many other CLCers were encouraged to discover that they operate in a supernatural ministry, the ministry of helps. Or, as Brother Godbey put it so long ago, "Oh, the infinite value of the humble Gospel helpers! Thousands of people have no gifts as leaders are number one helpers. How grand revival moves along when red-hot platoons of fire-baptized helpers crowd around God's heroic leaders of the embattled hosts!"
- Despite the weather, the attendance, and the technical glitches, I sensed a special touch of the Holy Spirit in our worship time together, and I heard a similar report from the Shorewood campus today....so I'm thankful for what God is doing, even when everything is not the way we want it to be. How about you?
posted by Pastor Jerry McQuay at 3:43 PM
2 Comments:
Hi Pastor Jerry!
What I have learned is that when things don't work out exactly they way I would have preferred them, is when God is in control and not me. There is a lot of things that I would have done differently with my life, but God allowed those things to come so that that I can learn a lesson, grow from it and share it with someone else. When I look back on this weekend, I think God allowed us to show ourselves as humans who have an oops! every now and then and at the same time demonstrated that we need more volunteers in technical, in ushers and every department that may have been crippled by the storm. During worship God assured us all that He was in our service and in control -- even though we had a different plan. And that's what makes Him God.
Pat E.
hi nice blog
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