Some very positive ladies from a Bethel Baptist Church came to our home yestersay to invite people in our housing development to their Easter Church service. The next day I discovered I was the only one to come. An old white woman in a beautiful sea of smiling dark faces welcomed me today.
I decided to go, I hadn't been going anywhere in the past 2 years to any Easter Celebrations. They so warmly greeted me, there was a huge crowd of probably 400 plus people. They had me fill out a visitors card and they gave me a little bag of gifts. So I went in and sat and was immediate greated by all the nice ladies around me. The service was 2 hrs long and so much went all that my senses were just overwhelmed. Never have I been so warmly welcomed at any church ever. These folks were singing their hearts out, dancing in the isles with holy spirit and it was just wonderful. The pastor had me stand up and the entire congregation gave me a very warm welcome during the service which other churches have done before. The closest I've ever come to such an exciting event was at a Pentacostal tent revival I went to one time, but even then this was much more powerful. Everyone in the congregation was crying, singing, dancing and the love in there was strong enough to slice through. It was a WOW moment for me. I was hugged repeatedly and though I consider myself a liberal Christian at times because I don't believe the bible literally. But these people passed out unconditional love like a thick salve on all who entered. I felt humbled and appreciative to have shared Easter service with these folks. I would go back again, and I can see that this was better than any man made drug, it was purely intoxicating. I was exhausted from the emotional journey I traveled with them.
Balsam
