The Thrill is was Gone

I must confess that I have been in a blogging funk ever since the beginning of February. Clarification of convictions when it comes to church and all that that entails (and issues resulting from that clarification of those convictions) will do that to you. Without going into a lot of detail right here, let me just say that our family began visiting another church this past Sunday. After three and a half years at our current local body, we made the extremely tough decision to leave.

Is this the result of spiritual growth? Immaturity? Impatience? Self-centeredness? Arrogance? Pettiness? I guess only time will tell. For now, we are in a new place, meeting new people, and getting used to our (hopefully) new surroundings. My request is that, if we come to your mind, please pray for us. We have departed from familiar people, familiar routines, and from familiar and beloved roles of service. I can only hope and pray that God would be pleased to use us again. The kids were also very anxious and nervous about going somewhere new, but their fears were soon overcome by the reception they received from several kids their own age. What a blessing that was for them! Joshua already had one friend going there and met another new one Sunday, Nikolas was very apprehensive until he discovered the church’s extensive library, and Caleb met some fellow frog-lovers!

Back to the point of this post. There has been much on my mind these past several months, but none of which I thought was appropriate to write about at the time. My blogging has been, well, pretty anemic lately. It’s ok…you can acknowledge that. Not that I had a ton of people coming here to read anything I had to say anyway, but I do want to apologize to those few and faithful for the last several months for my funk. This past Sunday, contemplating our first visit to a new church, I felt a weight, a burden, if you will, lifted from my conscience. And I can only hope that that will translate into a little more substance here on the blog.

Now, to explain what that does not mean. I will not be drawing distinctions between our former church and where we are now attending. But, there may be some issues I address from time to time that I have resisted touching on these last few months. They are important ones for the church universal, and I look forward to seeing what Scripture reveals, and also to what you may have to say about them. Above all, may God truly be glorified in everything we say and do.

So, here’s to the end of my funk…