WPC Pastor's Warm Up, July 12, 2010

Call me slow, but only somewhat recently did I come to the conclusion that "families are difficult". This, I am now sure, is a universal truth. Certainly the Bible tells me this is so. For example, look at Elkanah's family in I Samuel 1. Poor man. Poor miserable wives. But tucked into every turn in their struggle are all these references to prayer and worship. I count sixteen of them. It turns out this family represents a pivotal moment in history. When prayer and worship are a daily (and weekly) reality in a family's life I suspect other pivotal moments occur. Notice the honesty. Notice the persistence. Notice how no one in the family can fulfill anyone else's expectations. Because only God can do that. Let's learn Hannah's Song, with our hearts.

Pastor Dick Thompson