I love my SCC family :)

Hmmmm. Where to even start. Today has been a great day! No, even better! :)
As I sit here listening to some dear Latvian friends lead worship, my heart is full. It is overflowing with love. There isn't really a lesson to this post. There isn't something I've learned. This post is purely about being thankful and praising God just because HE IS GOD!

This afternoon I left church completely full of joy. I spent the morning serving Jesus. I loved on kids and just enjoyed the community of fellow believers. I enjoyed the community of those who have become my family away from family. I am so incredibly blessed and humbled to be part of such an amazing church! South Community Church if you didn't know. I'm blessed for many reasons.
1. I've never felt so at home with a group of diverse people. Everyone has their own story. No one is perfect. No one seeks glory for him/herself. We realize that our lives are a mess, but together, with God, our mess creates something beautiful. :)
2. I've never been part of a church that is so giving. I would say almost a 1/3 or more of my t-shirt orders have come from SCC. And I have also had people whom I hardly even know, come up to me and offer to donate to my trip back to Latvia. Plus I've seen the ways that people have supported Joel and Tara in their adoption process and it just continues to blow me away! Not to mention the 205 turkey dinners we gave away. Now I know that the community had a help in this too but to think that we don't even have 200 families attending our church, yet supplying 205 families with a full Thanksgiving meal was a no brainer. Our goal was 100 and when we reached that goal and knew we still had 106 more families in need, the giving didn't stop. I am blown away by such a giving family we have at SCC.
3. I feel like this all goes back to one thing, Jesus. Our church is nothing if not for Jesus. I feel like every Sunday I get the privilege to worship, serve, and be filled next to great people who don't care if their name is heard. They only care about the name of Jesus. Now don't get me wrong. Our church is far from perfect, we are all human and humans are not perfect. But getting to see glimpses into the hearts of those I can call my church family, has blown me away. I couldn't ask for a better place to call my church home.
4....which leads me to my last point. While preparing to move, where ever that is God may be leading me and whenever. I have always said there really isn't anything holding me back. Why not go. Today, and for the last few months I've been shown a reason. South Community Church. These people I once considered strangers have become family. Some of them have seen me at my weakest moments, strongest moments, stupid moments, silly moments, intimate with the Lord moments, and have seen God grow in my heart. They are my family. I have been supported beyond anything I could have ever imagined. They see the passion God has given me and push me to keep my eyes on Him. They challenge me in areas that I need to grow in and constantly speak Truth into my life. When the day comes that I will have to say good-bye, I know I will not lose a family but it wont make it any easier. I'm so blessed to receive such a love that I feel every Sunday. Hallelujah!!! Praise God for He is good!

Not sure this came across that way it was intended but basically I love my church family! If you are in the Tulsa/Bixby area and are looking for a church home, check out South Community Church at 105th and Memorial at 10:30am on Sundays! Feel free to check out the website at www.scctulsa.com

I pray that you have a place to go to learn from God's word, praise the name of Jesus, and be real with a God who cares about you!