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Time for Worship!

I'm sitting here counting down the minutes...time for worship.  I am amazed how my life has changed over the past couple of years. 

There was a time in my life that I did not look forward to Sunday mornings.  I would lie in bed and think of any and every excuse not to go.  This morning was the same scenario.  Only this time, I had a reason to counteract even the thought of not going.  There is no question in my mind about whether or not I'm going.  (The question might be more of what in the world I will wear! Ha!)

So, what's so amazing about that?  My heart aches this morning.  My soul feels empty, yet I know my Redeemer lives!  I have a mental picture of walking arm-in-arm with my friend, my confidant.  He is the One Who will never leave me, He will always come back for me, He chose me first.  And Oh, how He loves me!

Why wouldn't I want to go worship Him?


Psalm 84:2 "My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God."

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