~My family and I visited the church that we used to attend in my hometown. I just love this church body and was so pleased to receive such a warm and loving reception when we came in from out-of-town. Here is a glimpse of what I experienced that day...
You spoke on Hebrews 13 today;
All on brotherly love.
It's not something I've seen in real life very often; only a time or two.
Today you spoke it, from the heart, when you embraced my head of home.
It was a hug that seemed to span the space between us.
It seemed to reach through him to me and the little ones too.
You two embraced in a way I'd never seen before.
Two grown, educated, real men almost attacked each other and held on, for so long...
My eyes teared up.
My heart began to believe again.
Believe in Christians who give, and love, and live.
Live what they preach; live who He is.
Time seemed to stand still and speak... Hebrews 13:1 visually displayed before me.
Two brothers, with Christ as the blood tie, changing my perspective.
Teaching me the definition of what it truly looks like to...
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Hebrews 13:1
This moment, that warmed my heart and filled my eyes, is now seared in my mind forever.
I forgot to tell you...
I feel the same way about you, pastor. So does he and the little ones.
The whole church there,
We love them with a love only the King can give.
One that cuts deeper, one that lives on... despite the distance between us each Sunday, Wednesday, or all those other moments I miss in between. Except today, we get to unite. We get to fellowship. We get to worship together.
Today, you taught on brotherly love, but most of your sermon was after you dismissed us,
To your embrace...
Which held us.
You preached a sermon that attacked my heart and held on until my heart was seared...
With brotherly love.
