Four Squares Church

Four Squares Church is a local church that was held in a government building this morning. I joined a group of crew members and drove to the morning service. We had to have a translator because the service was in French, so Christian who works on the ship on the deck came with us. I have the same feeling that I did when I came back from church in Fiji. I am amazed by the expression of the locals love for Jesus. They sing and dance around the church, saying AMEN and Hallelujah as the preacher is teaching the good word. The music was beautiful, just cries of their heart in an orderly fashion. Singing praises and worship then going into the state of adoration. They spent about twenty minutes just at the beginning of the service to pray: not pray for themselves but to lift God's name up and to praise Him for the many blessings we have. I found my heart in complete humility before the Lord. I know that I am so blessed but my knowledge has increased in more than ample amounts on my status in life. I have no worries, no stresses, no deathly diseases, no hunger, no pain, and yet I still have those days that I am human and complain about something. I want to count my blessings and bless others with them. I have had a mission statement for my life for a little while now: "Bless others because I am blessed." Am I blessing others? Am I striving to be like Christ everyday? These are just questions to keep me on track, some days I cant answer them, those days should not exist. I want to strive after the heart of Jesus. After the compassion that Jesus had for each individual- that is a challenge and a goal. The picture is of a little girl whose was sitting outside of the church on the way out.