I have been running 4 miles every day from Monday through Saturday, I did that last week and today I ran 4 miles and will do so the rest of the week, real early in the morning. I wave to everyone I see.
I served coffee at the Hillside Church on July 2, 2023 and on August 6, 2023. I baked a cake for each of those times. I baked a crumb cake and another cake for the July event and a Tell Your Neighbor Cake for the August event.
I also read scripture at one of the church services in early July:
I wrote my testimony recently and show it below:
“All my life you have been faithful” – The Goodness of God is a modern hymn that tells of the true wonderful goodness of God. Here’s how God’s goodness has shown up in my life.
In November 1974, I started working at a company called Buck Consultants. I was assigned to an actuarial group a few months later. We usually ate at our desks. Sometimes in the small lunchroom.
We had a small group of us that became friendly, John, Janet, Barbara, and me.
I noticed that John would bow his head in prayer right before lunch. I asked him about that and eventually he talked about his church.
I started going to his church on Sunday evenings, the Bible Baptist Church in Syosset, Long Island. Eventually I met some people my age and found them to be part of a young Christian group.
After the evening service a few of us would gather and sometimes go to a place to eat. I also went to a few bible studies, and one night I accepted Jesus into my life.
I tried to get my family to pray before meals too, but I wasn’t successful.
I met my wife, Megan through an inter church gathering and started riding the train with her to commute to and from work, and I would eventually go to the Presbyterian Church in Babylon Long Island where Megan went.
We were married in that church; the pastor asked me to say the background to the lighting of the marriage candle – he said I was so calm. He had no clue how nervous I was.
After several years we moved to New Jersey on account of my job. We tried a few churches but did not feel right about them. When our son went to Nursery School, we started going to the church that school was held at – the Hillside Lutheran Brethren Church.
After some challenges about 10 or 15 years later we stopped attending.
In early 2022, I had a desire to do a devotional and I signed up for a daily email from Time of Grace. Then I had a desire to go to a Men’s Bible Study and through a friend I found one I have been going to since late 2022Then the Lord prompted me to go back to the Hillside Church and I have gotten involved in several things at the church. On vacation I even watched the church service online, which was a true blessing.
The Lord has richly blessed me and guided me to the Hillside Church. My walk with Jesus has gotten stronger as I have attended weekly church services and volunteered at workday and coffee serving. I also read a scripture during one of the church services back in late June, I think.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s only son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” John 3: 16 – 19
Praise the Lord for his goodness to us.
I am thankful to God for being with me always, he can be with you if you accept his son into your life.
Keep moving no matter what it is it is good for your health.
This is all very interesting and, I’m glad you have accepted Jesus into your life. Although I do not attend any church, my love for God and the sacrifice he made for us, giving us his only son, Jesus, in sacrifice, remains strong. I grew up believing God was my best friend, and still pray to him as my best friend. In my darkest of times and, there have been plenty, I never thought he forgot me. He carried me through and will continue to carry me through what life has to give me.