A lovely day....lots to praise God for!

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Some friends from our new church have a cottage at the Albemarle Sound about 45 minutes from here and they invited my husband and I to preach and sing at their community church service this morning. It was a gorgeous day, bright blue sky and no rain. The water was beautiful on the sound and we sat on rocking chairs on their porch while others sat in their golf carts (social distancing, you know.) We saw some friends we hadn't seen in years...we used to play music and sing together, so it was great to see them again. My husband preached about having gratitude to God for our many blessings and I sang "One Out of Ten" and "Alone." There were about twenty people who gather for outside church service every Sunday. I hope we can join them again sometime. You know, this was how the early Christian church met in homes. We have beautiful cathedrals and church buildings and we tend to think we can only worship God in those places. But even though the churches are closed for the most part, it hasn't stopped believers from worshiping and having church. Jesus said in Matthew 18:20 " For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." So no virus or government or authority can prevent the church, the body of Christ from praising and worshiping our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It just might be in a home or outside on a lovely porch with rocking chairs.