Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that God always knows how to pull me closer to Him when I get off track. Quite often I have the same weekly conversation with Sam about going to church. Here is what the last one sounded like...

Lanie: Can we take this next Sunday off from church?

Sam: We took last Sunday off.

Lanie: No, we didn't. We were out of town - that doesn't count.

Sam: What do you think God would say?

Lanie: Log on to www.communityoffaith.tv?

Sam: It's up to you.

Then I remembered what I read in the Purpose Driven Life. We don't worship God for us. We worship God for God. It doesn't matter how we feel or what we think...we don't go to church for us...we go to worship God for Him; that is what He wants us to do. To quote Rick Warren, "Worship is not for your benefit...we worship for God's benefit. When we worship, our goal is to bring pleasure to God, not ourselves."

Needless to say, I'm planning to be at church this Sunday. Thank you God for reminding me that it's not about me...but about YOU, always.