A "Celebration Sunday" prayer...So long have we anticipated this day...marked it on our calendars...prepared for an encounter with the Holy Spirit. May 4th is now in our rearview mirrors and we'll never be the same. Thank You, Jesus for giving us the opportunity to glimpse your presence and power as we sat peacefully on the blanket of your amazing grace and stood in awe beneath a big oak tree that spread over us like the wings of the Spirit of God. We felt Your breath in the gentle breeze that blew...we sensed Your pleasure in the songs that resonated across the ridge...we bowed in the presence of Your majesty as we offered our gifts to You. You are our inheritance and we are rich not because You give us things, but rather because You give us You. Words fail to describe Sunday's experience and that's perfectly fine with us. We are awed by Your mercy...floored by Your holiness...and speechless before Your higher ways. You are our Savior and we rejoice not because of beautiful weather (though we are grateful) or the generosity of Your people (in a word...humbling)...but because our names are written in heaven and we have eternity to sing the song of the redeemed. We love You...You alone are worthy, Righteous King...so to You alone do we offer this blessing...we bless You, Holy One...we bless You.