to the servants who served us:

Did your hearts also swell up with love and excitement when you saw us every week (or whenever you could)?

Were you also incredibly encouraged and moved and blessed and comforted when we told you that we loved you, or even better — that we loved God?

Did you too pray for us for hours, all the while feeling completely inadequate and unsure if your prayers would make a difference, but persisting only because you believed God is more than adequate and does make a difference?

Were your schedules also filled to the brim and did you too struggle with how to best serve us without saying something stupid/hurtful and making us turn non-Christian?

Did you too sit around and just say, "Dang...(insert name here). Dang." because you were at a loss for words over what a blessing we were?

Because we're there right now...and it not only gives us such joyful anticipation as we look forward to the great things to come, but it also makes us look back and think about how good you were to us. Thank you to those who bless us now, and thank you to those who blessed us then.

This is church. ♥