Maywood

Now I know not everyone who read this is a member of a church, but I am, and I want to take this opportunity to share what an awe-inspiring place it is. As i sat in our Sunday service today, my Pastor was preaching on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5) and the Beatitudes, if you don't know what the Beatitudes are I would strongly suggest you read them, but in a plan explination Jesus tells us that we are to treat everyone with love even the people you may not think very highly of, that we as christians need to help and love even those who are unloveable. As I sat and listened to this and heard him speak about verse 4 that says; Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matthew 5:4). I knew that was me Two weeks ago, I was mourning, not because I had lost anyone to death, or didn't have money to pay my bills nothing really life shattering, but I was going through a pretty tough week with Autism, Pieper had a difficult week, and that meant that the rest of us had a difficult week as well, I walked into my church that Sunday very broken and very much in mourning for my Pieper and the rest of my family, even myself, and i will tell you that that verse came alive for me, my church rally around me and i was covered in prayer and love, I cryed an abundance of tears that day, not from sadness but from the amazing love that i felt, my church was Matthew 5:4 that day for me, they comforted me.
I am not writing this to say that my church is the best church ever(but it is) but to say this, God created the church to not only to do his work and to take care of the poor and week in spirit, but also to help his own poor and week in spirit, just as Maywood did for me that day. Thank you to all my family for being their when I needed them.