Sweet Fellowship

I have always enjoyed church.  I don't mean when the guy don't know when to stop.  I don't mean every little event my Mom and Dad dragged me to (I almost wrote "drug me to" but we didn't go to that kind of church).  I mean the vast majority of times, I would rather be at church than about anywhere else.  That is from a combination of proper raising in church and a God-given love for the people of God.  The church I went to for about 15 years (from elementary school through college) was about a mile from my house.  As soon as I was old enough to ride my bike there, I did.  One of the secretaries (who is with the Lord today) said that I used to come in (as a kid) and tell her that I would pastor there and she would could be my secretary one day.  That never happened, however, I was a youth minister there for a short time and worked alongside of her.  I was that kid that came and walked through the church when the educational wing was closed and dark.  I would go in and mill around.  I was the kid that put a piece of paper that was way-to-small into the new document feeder on the new copier and got it jammed.  That caused a panic attack and a 'shoo-ing' from the above mentioned secretary.  I have, as well, always been jacked up on Sunday or as we call it at my house (for the sake of Millie) 'church day'.  When I wake the girls up on Sunday, I go in singing 'Church Day', a yet to be released Christian hit that I am sure will go aluminum on the charts. 
I love the church. I love the building, the steeple, and when you open it up, I love the people.  I especially love the fellowship.  Acts 14:27-28 reminded me this morning of the gift that we have in the church-   And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸ And they remained no little time with the disciples.   They testified about what God had done in them and for them and then they hung around a long time.  You need to be fully involved in the work and the fellowship of the church.  Commit today to walk with the Lord in and through the local church!!