Fantastic service today.  In fact, we had so many in Sunday School that Jim and I didn’t get to sit in our “assigned” seats, a great situation to find ourselves in.   Then Pastor Tim blew it away with a sermon on “Rearview Mirror.”  He interrupted the song, “Come thou fount of many blessings” when we got to the part about “here I raise my Ebenezer….”  He asked if we knew what it meant, and when we all responded with blank looks, he told the worship team to sit because he had a sermon to preach.  Needless to say he had our attention.  Without restating the entire sermon, although I took copious notes, he related the events in 1 Samuel 7, and then exhorted us to revelation (a vision of God’s faithfulness and what can be), repentance (turning away from our old habits and making the changes we need to make, and remember as in remember the victories we have through God.

We have enjoyed the rest of the day, knowing that it’s the last day of Jim’s vacation, and also knowing that the temperature is going down from mid 40’s at church time to single digits.  In fact, it’s already a winter wonderland as we get ready to dig into a bowl of chili.