2026 EASTER SERVICES WERE EXPERIENCED AT LIFE CHURCH IN BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA with my Hubby, Oldest Son and Daughter-in-Law, grandson M, granddaughter A, her Hubby and their new baby MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
Hubby and I drove in from Kansas and met the family at the church for a Saturday evening service. As I walked into their facility, I said out loud that this is a religious factory. The lobby was very open with high ceilings. A refreshment station was conveniently present to provide iced water and tea for everyone. Bags of small snack chips were available. It was a nice way to enter a modern, christian place of worship.
We ushered into the sanctuary to sit in comfortable chairs and then the service began with dimming of the lights, pumping up the smoke, white and blue spot lights were surveying the room and with oversized screens up front displaying the lyrics to the rock band JOURNEY's song DON'T STOP BELIEVING before the loud music was cranked up playing. I paused in my seat and laughed. Don't stop believing is about two strangers smiling at each other to spend the night. humph. Ungodly beginning to an easter service.
The music was entirely too loud that I could feel it in my chest knowing this was not the HOLY SPIRIT, but a manmade creation used as a drawing card to entice others to join in the fun before the christian message be given.
I hunger for a service delivery where the preacher explains why we need Christ as our savior. Why we as humans need Christ when we are not humanly born with the spirit of God in us and we cannot understand the things of GOD until we are born again and filled with HIS Holy Spirit. Share what happens when we have the spiritual birth and we are BORN AGAIN through Christ. Share and explain why.
I left the service and decided what it was missing.
If you don't have hearing problems when you got there, you will when you left. GOD ISN'T DEAF and HE can hear us just fine. Praise music to me is on a different scale than DON'T STOP BELIEVING. This musical program lacked peace and wasn't soothing to me. I experienced a new kind of gathering in the name of the LORD, but I disliked the loud music where the sound is in a decimal that hurts people's ears. God gave me hearing and I don't care to damage it. There I spoke my piece. Others may not understand. I do. BE STILL AND KNOW HE IS GOD. How can you hear HIS quiet voice amongst the electric instruments that are blaring? HOW?
JESUS IS RISEN. HE is risen indeed. Death couldn't hold HIM down. He's alive forever more. He's the same yesterday, today and forever. He is the LIVING GOD. He is real and I love HIM.
It was wonderful to see family, to sit with them and to have some photos taken afterwards. I got to meet my GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. Praise the LORD. She is sweet.
We stayed with my Son and Daughter-in-law overnight. Shell prepared a delicious Easter feast. Again, I know I ate way too much. Pleasant visit with family. I held the baby for about an hour as she slept on me. To think my granddaughter has had a baby of her own is magical. Life goes on and I'm so thankful it does.
We traveled HoME on Monday in time to rest to get ready for more medical appointments this week. In the last ten days, we've had 5 medical appointments. I am feeling it. Next week is another one.
TODAY, I visited the orthopedic surgeon to tell me what my MRI and X-ray are saying. I have a good hip with moderate arthritis. I can get a shot to see if it helps with hip discomfort. If it doesn't then he's talking a hip replacement. I decided I will visit my Chiropractor and get an adjustment. I'll get some better walking shoes, use an infrared blanket and stretch before I ever consider hip replacement.
I am praying for continued healing with my hip and Husband's knee. I am a praying wife and mother. BOTH SON's situations are better. Praise the LORD. Our COTTAGE situation is a growing time for me. I am still turning loose of belongings. Wish the weight came off as easy.
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