Church, Spiritual growth and coffee.

I think of how far I have come in a year.  And I have grown so much maturity and spiritually. 

I can remember my friends Zach and Amy just always trying to get me to come to their church. I told my self I was content to not going to church and believing what I believe. At the time I thought of a higher power and I really didn't believe in if it was God or someone else. 

This brings me back to where I was in high school I had a friend Megan Jessop who would just kept trying to get me to come to "The Connection".  For the longest time she really wanted me to join her I kept giving her excuse after excuse in the book. 

I realize now that I needed to go to church at the time I had gone to church.  Around this time I saw my close friend Kayce going to a financial class at her church.  I became interested more and more in going,  she tried to get me to come to the class who  she was going again I just never did.  I however signed up for the next class which started in end of January 2013. 

I started going to the church by the class taught there FPU.  Brandon Smith was the first person from the church other than the people I knew that I met,  he was smart and knew his stuff.  We were able to switch insurance to his company and save money getting more coverage then we had.  The 6 or 7 week the pastor of the church came in to talk to the group,  at that time they were doing a series called inked. But he invited us to Easter Sunday which was the start of the new series.  We were thinking of going to the church that Sunday but didn't and then we wanted to go the next Sunday and didn't so then we planned to go Easter Sunday and never left the church after that.  I was use to a traditional service,  hymnals tithing, communion, Lords prayer, sermon, ending with dedication and invitational. But midtown was different they had worship with upbeat up lifting music, a tithe blurb,  then the sermon and finally invitational.  The pastor had made his sermon so interesting that I wanted to pay attention eery minute so I didn't miss anything. 

There were time were I wanted to take a break from gong to church and not come,  but I still got up and came to church,  coffee in my hand. That is proly the best thing about this church is they have coffee every Sunday morning.

All in all I feel that this quote always come to mind and my pastor is to thank.

"It's easy to join a church, hard to leave the church" Pastor Russ Smith.

I can see that because there have been times where we wanted to not go but we went anyway cause we felt we should, and we appreciated that cause we have met a ton new friends and made connections to people we never even thought we had.

I am blessed to have come so far then I have ever thought I have.  I want to grow even more this new year. Big plans for the new year. And I have a lot of new people to thank cause of this. 

God Bless and keep you.