Taste and See

Welcome blessed Sabbath morn, how I love thee!

God is so good. He created a 7th day so that we might rest our weary hearts and minds, ease our sore muscles from our labor and gather together with brothers and sisters in Christ to share our faith, our joy and our woes as we all place them on His altar. As this blog continues I am sure I will spend many a writing breaking down the liturigal pieces but for now I just want share my love of worship.

One of my favorite things to do is walk into an empty church. Have you ever noticed the smells? There is this wood and water smell that I crave to breathe in. The older the parish the more tangy the smell, the newer the parish you still have the sweetness of the polish cutting into the elemental earthy smell. I love to walk in, sit in an empty pew and just breathe. It fills my spirit, revives my soul. Now Sunday morning worship smells with a full church are totally different. The perfume of flowers in the sanctuary, the aroma of coffee in the narthex, the sweet milky smell of new babies, the fresh outdoorsy smell of energized children and the perfumes and lotions of freshly scrubbed parishioners coming to worship their Lord and Savior.

I pray you find yourself at an altar this morning to lay down your week before God, give it all to Him and let it go. Let the Eucharist fill you with the Holy Spirit and transform your heart so that your light might shine the glory of God to all who meet you for the next 6 days!

God's peace to you my friend, Holly

Taste and See Hymn (from a hymnal book -if I find a the one I am looking for on-line I will link it so you can hear it.)

Just taste and see that the Lord is good;
Just taste and see that the Lord is good.
He's good for You, as He is for me;
So whatever you do, just taste and see.

Just call O Lord—He'll change your life;
Just call O Lord He'll change your life.
Amazing grace He will afford;
If in every place You call O Lord.
You'll feel real love coming into your heart;
You'll feel real love coming into your heart.

You'll sense a flow from God above;
And You will know you've found real love.
So praise the Lord for His life in you;
Yes, praise the Lord for His life in you.
Something of Christ He has outpoured
Into your life; so praise the Lord!