There’s still hope
I saw something today that really moved me. I’ve strayed away from attending church; and while my reasoning is valid, the bottom line is I haven’t been doing what I need to do to start attending again. I’d been feeling empty in the last church I’d spent almost a year at, and felt it was time to look elsewhere. But I wasn’t doing much to search for a new one to attend. Today, thanks to one of the ASB members, I attended New Mercies Christian Church in Lilburn. I felt very welcomed the moment I walked in and despite the church not having some the accommodations I expected based on their website; I later discovered the reason is because their new building is still being built.
The pastor took a different approach in the service today and the entire service was praise and worship. An uncommon and unconventional approach, but a very well received, very much appreciated fresh approach to incorporate different way of ministering into receiving the word. What I saw that moved me though was the youth in the church taking what they see in the world and applying it to the Lord. When I saw a group of five or six kids ‘Jockin’ (I have no idea if that’s how you spell it) to the music because that’s what they relate to, I nearly burst out into tears. Our kids are able to balance the two sides of life, they can see and be exposed to things and still know what is expected of them by their parent and church community and do what they know to be right.
I can’t say this is the church I will make my home; there are still some other’s I’d like to visit as well. But what I can say is that I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a church to attend to make a stop at New Mercies. They seem to have big things in mind for their family. And I say family because you really do feel like family in their midst.
