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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Busy Sunday

Posted by Anaserene at 9:56 PM

I love Sundays.  They are very peaceful and give me time to reflect on my life.  It is a time to connect with those I love and care about.  It is a day to serve.  Today was all of those things but very busy. 


I started the day with going to a friend's church.  It was awesome!  I love to learn about new cultures, and religion is a culture.  It was very different than the LDS church, that's for sure.  It was busy and loud.  At first I felt like I was going to a rock concert.  But the spiritual, religious part of it started right away.  Well, I'm not going to give you a play by play.  As I was saying, there were many things that were different from my church and religion.  

However, what surprised me the most were the similarities.  Almost everything the speakers (pastors) said were the same as I believe; maybe not word by word but the idea was right on.  While very different than what you'd find at my church, music was still a way to worship as it is for us.  The idea of fellowship and service was another similarity.  Most importantly, the people were, it appeared, good people who worshipped God and tried to give their life over to Him.  

I was glad that I went and I really enjoyed it.  However, I was excited to be able to go to my church after.  It was so nice to feel the Spirit in the various meetings and the peace and clarity it brings.  It's almost like walking through the desert and finally being able to have that drink of water.  This week was definitely a long desert.  I bore my testimony in Sacrament meeting and was actually a little extra nervous in doing so. 

After church I wrote to my brother, watched a devotional, attended a quick meeting, saw a display of nativity scenes, and ate dinner with a friend.  

It's been a busy day with little time to reflect.  But it has been a good day.  I feel uplifted and edified.  My testimony is stronger.  And I feel more connected to friends.  It's good to have Sundays like these once in a while, even when they are busy. 

A quick note:  Leave a comment and let me know what you think about the music playing while you read.

 

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1 Comment:

  1. Anonymous said...
    December 8, 2008 at 9:36 PM  
    Glad that you enjoyed my church. As for the music... I actually paused it, because I have music going on my computer already.

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