Tonight we did something extremely fun for some of our students... We had a 'Chili Night' out in our backyard... Now - I know what some of you are thinking - "Chili Night?" Yep - we decided to have a fun, fall evening... I made my (in my mind, at least) World Famous Chili and I grilled hot dogs for (what else) chili dogs... We had one of those 'fire pits' from Lowe's where we roasted marshmallows for S'mores... And - we made an effort to have caramel and apples... It ended up more like delicious 'cement' - but it was a nice effort...
But the students had a great time... They visisted with each other... Some they knew already - and others they got to know better... We sat around on our deck and one of our boys led us in a few worship songs and the National Anthem (that's one of those random moments that someone starts to be goofy, but we all ended up singing it to the end!)... But as we were singing songs like "Marvelous Light" or "How He Loves Us" - I began to see that even in that kind of environment - these kids were worshiping the Lord together... It wasn't perfect - it wasn't even always pretty... But it was beautiful... Psalm 47:6 says, "Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises." And that's what we did...
Nights like these are important for any organization, but especially the Church... We need to be with each other outside 'The Building' to really get to know each other... And when fellowship and worship break out in that type of atmosphere - look out! And may I recommend that you do it with a chili dog in hand. What a tasty night!
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