Yesterday was Father's Day. Not one of my favorite days on the calendar, for obvious reasons, but yesterday was a better one than I've had for the last few years. Here's a few thoughts on the day...
• Lots of folks out for the weekend. I think it was a combination of things - first full weekend after school was out and Father's Day. Another pastor commented on his blog that on Mother's Day moms drag the whole family to church. On Father's Day dads try to get everyone to stay home or go to the lake or skip church. Sad, but true.
• BUT...in spite of that we launched our new single's series entitled Crush yesterday and it was a blast!
• Why are we doing a single's series? Two reasons: 1) We have a lot of singles in our church and we want to make sure we are speaking to the issues that they face and deal with. 2) Because we want to make sure we all understand that singleness is a season that God may have us in for a reason.
• Yesterday we talked about the fact that if we're in the season of singleness we need to "Chill." Too often singles get so focused on what they don't have (someone to date, marry, etc.), they do anything and everything to "make it happen," when what they really need to do is "chill." Let God lead you through the process of finding the right person. The best thing some singles and engaged couples could do is SLOW DOWN...CHILL. Time is your friend not your enemy.
• Chilling out also gives you time to get clarity from God. One thing is sure - God wants you to get this right. This is the second most important decision you'll ever make, the first being your decision to follow Jesus. But the second is who you are going to spend your life with?
• We also did the "sex talk" yesterday. It was fun and tense at the same time. I had one mother who was sitting next to her teenage daughter tell me that when I asked how many married folks love sex and she raised her hand, her daughter grabbed her arm and held it down! Now that's funny!
• But here's the deal, singles - if you're involved sexually outside of marriage, you're just stunting the overall growth of your relationship and adding confusion to your decision-making process. AND IT'S SIN! (Don't want to forget to throw that in.)
• Finally, we talked about the fact that we all need advice from time to time and who we need to talk to at those times. Singles, whatever you do, DON'T GET ADVICE FROM YOUR SINGLE FRIENDS!! Find a man or woman who is older than you, loves Jesus and is committed to their spouse.
• Overall, lots of fun yesterday with a serious topic.
• AND...this proud grandfather has to say something about the feature song yesterday!! Arianna made her big church debut yesterday with the Taylor Swift song, "Love Story." I saw two things yesterday: First, I saw a lot of her mom in her, which was a good thing for me on Father's Day. Second, I saw her being herself. She's not a carbon copy of her mom, she's herself. And I'm very proud of who she's growing up to be.
• Looking forward to Pt. 2 next week - Junk In The Trunk. We're doing something next week that will be off-the-charts fun...something that some of you have never seen in church before...you don't want to miss it.
• Let me challenge you to get your friends here...single friends...married friends...teenage friends...student friends...'cause we're going to have a little something for everyone!
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