Tragedy to Triumph lessons learned

 have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16<33

One of my favorite commercials is the Allstate Mahem one that shows a guy representing life's dangers about to wreck havoc on a family's possessions.  The moral is that you should be covered by Allstate to minimize the danger of mahem like him.  Many of us will rush out and compare rates and coverages often over months before making a decision on which insurance to buy.  This is a good thing and assures that we're getting a good bang for our money.

Many of us take for granted the importance of selecting a church family to commit our time too. Many of us neglect the importance of being involved in a small group through the local church we select to attend. Yet, what most may not realize the selection and the commitment to a church body is equally as important as the insurance we buy. Both of them protect our families from Mahem.  Only one assures us that God will walk with us throughout the entire journey of our mahem experience.

I know.  Our family was fortunate to belong to a church. Our children were fortunate to belong to a children's Sunday school class and we as their parents were fortunate to belong to one as well.  Our commitment Sunday after Sunday enabled us to lay our roots down, form deep and meaningful relationships and it form a starting off point to begin the new week. A good day in church almost assured us of a good work week,

We learned of the many benefits of our commitment to this church body in the early morning hours of June 10th, 2007. Plunging into despair and depression we had the church body to come to our rescue.  These people became our angels as though they were sent by God to offer us words of encouragement and assurance that God has not abandoned us.  The faith of these people were what sustained our family through our darkest days.Their faith lifted us up like Aaron held up the arm of Moses.

The question I have for you today is 'have you made a commitment to a church body where you can go to worship the Lord and sink your roots down and allow people to get to know you?  Being committed to a church body just may be what you need to go from tragedy to triumph should the unthinkable happen.