Church has changed but God hasn't

Growing up I would go to church with my granny on Sundays. Her rule was if you were at her house on Sunday mornings you went to church. And I was there on plenty of Sunday mornings after a sleepover with my cousin. My granny attented the same church for most of her life. My daddy went there when he was a boy(My granny would walk there every Sunday rain or shine with her kids in tow) and later married my mom there. My aunts and uncles were married there and when the time came, we said goodbye to my pawpaw and my granny there.

I loved going to church with my granny. I did not love the panty hose she made me wear. I loved going to Sunday School and hearing the stories about Jesus. I did not love getting in trouble for passing notes to my cousin during the preacher's long sermons. I loved dropping coins in the offering plate as it was passed by. I did not love all the little old ladies commenting on just how much I had grown. I loved hearing my granny sing along to the Hymms. I did not love when my stomach would growl as i thought about the supper waiting back at granny's house while we were waiting in line to shake the preacher's hands..

But the main thing I loved about going to church with my granny, was the closness I felt to her. My granny LOVED going to church. My granny LOVED playing praise music during the day. My granny LOVED Jesus. And the more I learned about Jesus, the more I understood why my granny was so special, why my granny was so loving, patient, humble, and self -sacrificing. Why she never gossiped, complained, or wanted more. She was happy with what she had. She raised 10 kids in a 3 bedroom 1 bath house. She took in nieces or nepherws when they needed a place to stay, she would feed the homeless when they had nothing to eat and she would cook supper every Sunday for over 40 relatives. I can see now that my granny was a living testimony of the picture of Christ. She did not preach to you, she did not pass judgement if you didnt attend church, she lived her life the way the Bible instructed and in that I beleive she was planting seeds by being an example. Her life and the way she lived was her testimony.

And now that I attend church with my own family I have not only learned that the closer I am in my walk with Jesus, the closer I am to seeing how she had "it" all figured out. I have not only learned that I can find that same peace that she had about her..... I have learned that church may have changed over the years but God hasn't.