Greetings of Love,
I want to share a positive experience with you. Yesterday we attended the Sweet Pilgrim of Faith's Family and Friends Day picnic at Wicker Memorial Park. For those unaware, Tarrytown Baptist Church and Sweet Pilgrim have been in an ongoing God-inspired collaboration of rendering service to God for about a year or so. Anyhow, after service yesterday, I had purposed in my heart that I would not attend based on the fact that previous excursions as such were challenging on my body, especially the walking and sitting (diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease).
However, when Pastor Frazier (Sweet Pilgrim) discovered I was not coming, he encouraged me to come; I said I would come with one request to tell me some jokes once I made my arrival (still waiting on the jokes, lol); hopefully, I thought to make the sitting and walking easier. Well, to my delight, it was not only a positive experience but a moment of ministry sharing and reflection with one of the new members of Sweet Pilgrim and members from Tarrytown.
God always meets us where we are going for his purpose.
Lessons relearned from yesterday are that encouragement is a vital ministry in the church, and the ministry of encouragement changes a whole lifespan of experiences previously experienced as unfavorable and provides a positive outlook to the person being encouraged. I pray that my positive experience will enable you to challenge yourself in sharing God on a grander scale, primarily through experiences once deemed hostile.
Greater is Abounding,
Minister Sylvia Joyner
