Today has been a long day, but it’s been a good one. I spent the day with God’s people: men’s class this morning; a funeral for a fellow minister’s mother; lunch with a good friend; coffee & conversation with a missionary on furlough; an afternoon strategy session with our local outreach team; and another class time with a cross-section of the Mayfair family.

At the end of a day like today, the word that comes to mind is blessed. It’s an overused term in my line of work and because of that, it loses some of its weight and gravity. But there’s no better way to describe how I feel after spending the day in the presence of so many dear brothers and sisters. It truly is a gift of God to share — as Bonhoeffer wrote about — life together. At the end of this good day, the words of David are on my heart:

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD.” — Psalm 122.1