Friends,
Last Sunday was Women’s Day in our worship service. For me, that meant sitting in the congregation until the end of the service for the invitation. And best I could, I just sat there and didn’t worry about anything with the service, I just enjoyed it. And for that I was extremely blessed.
One of the great things that the planners of the service did was to put some worship choruses into the service in between speakers. We had 4 different speakers (Alice Nichols, Katie Wallace, Kaitlyn Plott, and Annie LePere) and instead of stacking them together or doing full hymns, we did these shorter songs.
Well, after Katie spoke, we sang “Alleluia”, a beautiful and simple little chorus. The first verse is Alleluia repeated over and over, and then the second verse is “He is God’s Son” repeated several times.
Well, Mary was up in the choir with Annie, and Nathan had agreed to sit with dad during worship, so it was just me and him for this song. The cool thing is – Nathan is starting to read and so he could actually read the all of the words to the second verse. So there we were, me moving my finger along to track where we were, and Nathan and I singing together in worship. I believe this was the first time we have ever been able to do that!
Now, let me tell you…we sounded terrible! Neither of us has the best voice, and since Nathan was following me trying to follow the melody…well, it was sad. But, hey, make a joyful noise, right?! So there Nathan and I got to WORSHIP together, father and son. What a tremendous blessing!
Many of you reading this may get to stand or sit next to your family in worship on a regular basis, but not me. Sunday was truly awesome for me, and I am very thankful that we had the opportunity for this. I am even more excited for the next chance to be next to Nathan and/or Mary when we can glorify God together.
This Sunday I’m beginning a sermon series based on Malachi. The more I read this little book at the end of the Old Testament, the more amazed I am at how it speaks to our world today (and especially Big Island). Hope to see you there!
Blessings,
Pastor Bryon
