The Lone Worshipper

I love to worship God!  On my very best days, I look back and realize that I have spent a significant part of the day worshipping God: waking up and being glad and looking forward to how I can serve, feeding the horses and being thankful for them and the farm, driving to work and just basking in the sun or rain, trying to count the number of greens God has created.  I could go on and on, and probably will sporadically in the next weeks.  I enjoy worshipping with my brothers and sisters in Christ.  I can be pretty selfish about that, too.  I don't mind sitting by myself in a service -- it allows me the freedom to concentrate on God and focus my attitude and attention.  But, I know that it is not about me, and sitting by myself is not the norm for most people.  Worship is about God and submitting fully to Him.  It's about full gratefulness for all He does in my/our lives.

Then it strikes me -- I can do that by myself.  But I am called to worship in Christian community, too.  That means sitting by myself is selfish.  There are people who don't want to sit alone.   There are people around me who want to feel at home.  There quite possibly is someone near me who just spent a lot of courage just to come into this building at this time in this service. 

How am I going to show the love of Jesus?  How am I going to be sure that person feels less lonely?  How am I going to instill some sense of wanting to come back?  How am I going to help in this place at this time in this worship setting be a safe haven for this soul?  How are you?
                                                                                                            To the glory of God,
                                                                                                             Helen
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.  Share with God's people who are in need.  Practice hospitality."           Romans 12:12-14