06/08/2026
Just come to church. You’ll feel better…really. There’s something that happens when you fully engage in worship - whatever is wrong doesn’t seem quite so prominent.
I haven’t been to church in two weeks. And to be completely honest, the thought of going tomorrow sounds really, really tiring.
For the last two weeks fevers have popped up in our house Saturday night or Sunday morning. And when you’re married to the Pastor, you’re automatically the one to stay home. These past two weeks have been exhausting dealing with sick kids while being sick myself.
Whenever I miss church for multiple weeks I am reminded how Satan really does try to convince you that gathering with the body isn’t that important. It’s easy to slip into a routine that doesn’t include church. The excuses just seem too nice:
I am tired, I could sleep in tomorrow!
I don’t want to serve, I could just watch online!
It’s easy to forget that we don’t gather with the body because we “feel” like it. If that was the case, I would hardly go while raising little kids. But my feelings don’t dictate what is truth. And the truth is that Christians are commanded to gather together regardless of our feelings. Jesus knows that we need it more than we know.
Tomorrow morning I will wake up before the sun, get myself and my girls ready, go serve with my local church family while having our youngest strapped to me… and I can almost guarantee I will be grateful I went.
Not because my exhaustion suddenly disappeared, but because gathering with the body reminds me that I am not doing life alone.
Not because it was easy, but because gathering with the body takes my eyes off of my circumstances and places them where they should be: on Jesus and others.
To the exhausted mom debating on going to church tomorrow, go. Your soul needs refreshed.