Sometimes things just don’t seem to gel. Tonight, something just seemed to be a little “off”. We have Celebrate Recovery every Thursday night. Almost every week, it is wonderful. We have had over 50 people for the past several weeks. The atmosphere is charged. We have great music. There is a sense of family.
Tonight was not the same. First, we had a smaller number. Several people who are there every week were not there tonight. There were no new people there, and we have at least one new person almost every week. The music seemed a little off. The praise team had some personal problems they had to deal with. The congregation was not as enthusiastic as usual. There seemed to be a lot of distractions going on when I was teaching. During small group time, I ran into two young girls running around unsupervised and had to send them back to the child care area. We DID have plenty of food for refreshment time, so that was one good thing.
I felt like it was just a night when things seemed to not go right. When we finally headed home, a woman who was with us began to tell us how much the night had meant to her, that God had really spoken to her through the lesson. God had been telling her to let go of some things, and when I spoke about yielding to God in our daily lives, she realized that she has to yield to God in these certain areas. She shared how she has failed in the last weeks, but that without Celebrate Recovery, she would still be lost in a world of severe drug addiction, with no hope for sobriety or a better life. C.R. has brought her into a relationship with God, has given her hope, and has helped her to make some great changes in her life.
You know, one person touched is all I can ask for. So the night was not what I had hoped for, or expected. It was not the glorious, joyful time that we usually have. God is still at work. AMEN
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