I missed church.

Saying for the Day: What you missed today is lost forever.

I missed church yesterday and today because of this stomach bug.
I really hate missing church.

I know God has saved me by grace.
I know that there is no penalty for missing.

But I hate to miss.

There are three reasons .

First : I need the fellowship.
I need to be surrounded by other people who love the same Jesus.
I love singing with them.
I love having coffee with them before the service.
I love joining with them in prayer for others.
These are special people
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Second: I need a Word from God.
Luther says that I should so fear, love, and trust God that I do not despise his Word or the preaching of it.
God speaks to me in both the lessons for the day and the sermon.

Third. I want to share in that special meal that Jesus gave to his people ( The Holy Communion). Here in a very special way Jesus comes to me.

So I really hate to miss church.

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News from Pigeon Falls-the little town in my backyard.-It was a very, very quiet day in Pigeon Falls. There were no pigeons to co co co. The white rabbit didn’t show up, swimming or any other way. People have run out of firecrackers from the fourth. A lot of people traveled over to a neighboring town for their. Bass festival. Which includes the opportunity to run you bass off. It was just one quiet day.
Pastor Marvel did his best to bring a little life to the day and Last Lutheran had their annual polka service. The service was put together by the Pastor and secretary some years ago. You haven’t really lived until you have sung Holy,Holy, Holy to the tune of She’s Too Fat for Me. But even that hardly disturbed the quiet.
It was like the whole town was waiting for something to happen. Something horrible or something wonderful, nobody knew which.
Nancy says that people who stopped for coffee said it felt like the day before Christmas except then they knew what they were waiting for.
In any case nothing happened , nothing came.
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Todays link is Outside my Window- remember to put the words Dr. John in the comment to get JC POINTS. You can see points to date by clicking on the JC points update on the left. Rough day with this stomach thing. I will go to the doctor tomorrow. Spent a lot of time on phone with daughter working on real estate purchase. Nothing is really easy in this life. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA