In the best selling book Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby writes of seven realities of experiencing God. The first one is so imprinted on my mind. It is, God is always at work around you. This is true in every life including our family life.

Tonight Danny was playing the harmonica. He bought it a couple of months back and practices through a list of about 20 hymns on it. He was playing the song Lead Me to Calvary. Meanwhile, Sandy was rubbing her nose through the litter box of our new kitten. Sandy was looking for some excrements to munch on. When my husband saw this he quickly stopped his playing and yelled, "Sandy, No!" Upon hearing her master's voice she jerked back from her task acting guilty, then wagged her tail and came to Danny. When our dog got near him she began trying to lovingly lick his hand with her poop laden mouth. With a fast motion Danny pulled his hand back.

This incident made Danny think of the meaning of the word worship. In the Bible the word has been derived from a hebrew word meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand. When we go to church I wonder if God's reaction to our worship is like Danny's reaction to Sandy. All through the week, we do our sinful deeds. Many times they are intentional and habitual. But whenever we decide to attend church we expect God to be welcoming and excited that we have come.

Remember the statement I told you earlier, God is always at work around you. He was at that moment when my husband was interacting with our dog. It is ironic that the song Danny was playing on his harmonica spoke of the only way to be presentable to our holy sinless God. Here are the words:

Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget thine agony;
Lest I forget thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.

That chorus speaks of the importance of taking serious that Jesus died on the cross for us. Since we are humans, we will sin. When Jesus died on Mount Calvary he made us free from sin, that is, if we accept that what He did paid the penalty for such wrongdoings. When we repent and ask God to forgive us through Jesus for doing wrong the Bible says God will forgive us as far as the east is from the west. Repentance means to stop doing the sin in our life. Then when we want to worship God, such as when we go to church, God sees it in a good way. Otherwise, our gift is like Sandy's kisses to my husband hand.