church today
i like this church. the people are so friendly.
i went to sunday school this week. i haven't been to sunday school in over 5 years. it was nice. plaid wasn't there, but some more people introduced themselves (as if i'll remember names), and one woman, to whom i spoke last week, introduced me to her daughter who's around my age, and then the daughter introduced me to another girl, so i had someone with whom to sit during the service.
then came the greeting time that i hate so much, and this woman came up to me all excited-like and said, 'are you melilot?' i said, 'yes.' and she proceeded to give me a big hug. i was thinking, 'ok, this is random, but nice i guess.' and then she said, 'plaid knew he couldn't be here today, so he called my daughter and asked her to be sure you felt welcome. but she couldn't be here because she has tonsilitis, so she asked me to be sure to welcome you.' my eyes came close to watering. how sweet is that? and you wondered why i said that plaid is the greatest guy i know. and it was very nice on the part of this lady and her daughter, too.
yup. i think this is my church now.
posted by melilotnfosco | 1:15 PM
19 Comments:
yay for finding a good church! and for such sweet & thoughtful people! and i already said it, but i'll say it again... i don't remember wondering that. ;)
and of course i love how it's so obviously God's doing :D
i like GOD :)
i need to not work sundays :(
amen! and not work at 5:30! ;)
Yaaaayyy God for bringing you to this church.
Plaid seems like a GREAT guy! (As do that lady and her daughter. How brave!) Did I ever meet Plaid?
your story makes me so happy! and wow, miss non-emotive getting teary?! God is so good!!!!!!!!
What a nice story. I love it when people make you feel welcome at a new church. I heard a pastor once remind his congregation that the children disrupting the service or the lady whispering to her husband in the back may be in a church for the very first time and they should remember that when they are glaring at them for being disruptive. I loved it, since my baby was babbling to himself for a good portion of the sermon:) (There was no nursery for his age.)
oh, and i forgot to mention, when i was reading your original post and got to the part where the lady asked, "are you melilot?", i wondered briefly, "how does she know your blog name?"
and enrique is happy for you, too
i didn't get teary - i just thought, 'hey - this is a moment in which i could get teary; but i won't.' and yeah, she didn't actually say melilot. :)
and no, kim, you never met him. you came my first year of college and i didn't really know him til my 3rd.
hobbitsister i thought the same thing -- that she introduces herself as melilot at church :-D
you know what i really love about this story? it's that God's timing is always perfect. He waits until there is no doubt in our minds that He's in control. i love God.
the only reason i knew she didn't really say 'melilot' was b/c we talked about it on messenger right before that ;)
sorry to confuse you all! :D
but then, i've also started calling you mel when we chat on messenger ;)
I called you mel to my mother one time and she thought your name was Melanie. She asked me about Melanie and I didn't know who she was talking about. My bad.
haha! :)
what she said :)
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