Thankful November-Day 9

November 9, 2013

Today I am thankful for my church, The Austin Stone Community Church. I am thankful for the people who listened to God and came to Austin. When I was in college, my junior year, I was struggling with finding a body of believers to worship with and could not figure out what was missing. I was going to skip my Phi Lamb meeting to go to a basketball game (gasp!) and one morning I got on the bus and one of my sisters in Christ told me to go to the meeting because Chris Tomlin was going to be there. I went to be able to worship with Chris Tomlin and I remember him and Matt Carter telling us that they had started a church and were hoping to reach out to the UT campus. Almost 11 years later I dropped my baby off in the nursery that I served in for almost 6 years. I drop my kids off at classes where I can trust that they are speaking the Truth to them. I am thankful that The Stone isn't just the cool place to go to church but instead it's a Church that calls us to love a life that aligns with the Word of God. That I walk away from each Sunday with a new insight of who Jesus is. That I sit in a courtroom filled with people who love Him and it shows because they are there supporting adoption. It shows to the point that a stranger leans over and asks who we are and what church we go to because she has never seen support of adoption like this before. I am so blessed to worship my Savior with a body of believers who are serving God and making His name known.

Thank you Jesus for the Austin Stone.