Today we visited the Meridian Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene. We enjoyed our time of worship and fellowship at Valley Shepherd. Pastor Tim Pusey was finishing a sermon series in 2 Corinthians. He preached from I Corinthians 12: 7-10. He focused the sermon on Paul's "thorn" in the flesh. He talked about the range of interpretations of what "thorn" means such as physical or emotional, but concluded that biblical scholars are not sure. He emphasized that all of us will face situations as Christians where we will put in situations where we think we are not capable of handling. He reminded us that whatever our "thorn" may be that "God's grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (v. 9). Pastor Pusey did a great job communicating the important of when we are weak, God is strong.
It was also very rewarding to see two of NNU graduates, Tom Foisy and Casey Wilkerson. Tom is the youth pastor and Casey the children's pastor. They both made us proud in the service. Several other NNU students serve as interns, Matt Dayton and Roland Teddar.
We enjoyed lunch with Pastor Tim and Cindy Pusey along with his daughter Krista and her friend Josh. Pastor Pusey's parents, Paul and Louise Pusey were friends of the senior pastor where I served on staff ministry in Lexington, Kentucky. It has been reconnecting with the Pusey family.
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