We attend a little country church right by our home. The people there are like family to us.

Last week I wrote about taking our little 8 year old grandson to see the Ark Encounter in Williamstown Kentucky and today a friend at church brought me this book to keep and share with my grandson.

Prayers from the Ark is a book of little poems that were written from the perspective of the animal passengers on the ark and from Noah. Here is the table of contents:

This book is just the neatest little gift! As I got the gift home and opened up the pages to look at it, I began to think about my church family and what all those people mean to me. We all come from individual homes but really are like a big ole’ family.

Today we took our youngest grandchild to church with us and everyone just made over her and told us how precious she was. Our tail feathers plumped up like 2 barnyard peacocks and we were so proud!

We have a time period at our little church called – hug time- and it is a few minutes before the preaching starts where we all walk around the room and hug, shake hands, or just speak to one another. No one shuns another or just visits their own little click for it is genuine affection that we share! The preacher calls us back to attention by ringing a big cow bell! It is such a fun time!

I cherish the love that we share in our little country church and the support system we have there. When our son died 4 years ago these same people were at our home to comfort and share our grief. Our life is so enriched by having all of these people in our lives.

When our preacher leads us in prayer he always asks God to be with us but never fails to ask God to be with the little church down the road and the big church up in town. That prayer means so much to me as that is how we should feel. Our God is big enough to go around and be there for everyone!

If you read my blogs and don’t have one of these church families in your life then I encourage you to find one and find one quick. I don’t know how we would survive without our little church family and the blessing that they are to us! It is a little piece of heaven here on earth!