so much for that whole girl thing...

(editor's note: these posts were recollected and written on december 28th in the early am while keeping myself awake through a graveyard shift at work. the post date reflects the day of the actual event.)

After getting diverted at practically the last second last week, i was pretty excited to finally go to Grace Community Church for a couple of reasons. One, i was excited to see my friend Will Reagan, who leads worship there; and Two, the possibility of seeing a girl who actually recognized me by name after at least 4 years, and getting to follow up with that. 

So i get there about 10 minutes early, and there's still not a lot of people there, but Will is there, and i make small talk with him about how he just got back in the country(he's quite the globetrotting fellow...it seems like he's always either about to leave for somewhere foreign, or he's just come back), while scanning the room for the aforementioned girl. As the service begins, there's no sign. I shouldn't have been surprised. We settle into the music. There are some simple songs (that i'm assuming that Will himself has written) that are quite powerful, and some old standard contemporary stuff and a hymn mixed in. The people of the congregation are all friendly, and all want to know who i am and what i do, which can be kind of intimidating, not to mention repetitive, what with saying "hi, how are you" over and over again. 

I don't remember much of the verbatim of the pastor's sermon, but i do have a song from it. The previous week, something the pastor at Redeemer said sparked an idea, so i wrote that image down, and when i got home, i ended up adding some lines to it. I should go back and edit that post to include those lyrics. At any rate-here's the song from Grace Community Church.

Peace Will Come(John 14:27)

baking in the desert sand and sun

reeling from a life lived on the run

in this life of chaos

i am begging for a change

i've always been your wayward son

with words of war upon my tongue

i will swing this sword

until my thirst is quenched

oh God your hand avails for me

you made me friend not enemy

and in the midst of struggle

you have overcome

so let not my heart be troubled

let not my sin destroy this hope

peace will come oh peace will come

peace will come

Next up is Crossings Church, and the conclusion of "The Great Church Search of '08".