A Little Excited...

Guess who's back, back again. Halvy's back, tell a friend. Sorry it's been a while (does anybody actually read this thing regularly?). It hasn't been for lack of things to say, I've just been devoting my limited writing juices to pumping out papers for school. But now that I sit here on a Saturday night with nary a deadline in sight (semester's over), my thought muscles are active. And I'm thinkin' about going to church tomorrow. And I'm thinkin' about worshipping with the people of Christ Our Redeemer. And I'm excited. It is such a profoundly unique and awesome privilege that Christians are afforded; to gather together and praise God. And we don't praise a distant ruler, hoping that if we sing loud enough or do it just right, that maybe then this indifferent authority will be moved to take pity on us. No, we gather corporately and praise the King of kings, the Creator of all, the One who always was and always will be, the God who cares for His people, the God who gave us breath, the Father who calls us sons and daughters, the Almighty who hears our silent heartfelt prayers, the Lord who died for His servants. And we get to praise Him because we know Him. I'm excited, because I do and say a lot of stupid things that are to my shame, and yet I can go chill with other people just as messed up as I am and worship a perfectly holy God, because we know Him. Though we're sinners, we're forgiven and considered holy, because we know Him. It's a unique privilege, and I take it for granted all too often, but for now I'm excited.