Since I have been in NYC, I have been attending Redeemer Presbyterian Church.  The main thing that drew me to this church was the preacher, Tim Keller.  Everybody that knew I was moving to the city told me I had to go to Redeemer and hear Tim speak.  They were all right about him.  He is a great speaker and really challenges you with his messages.  Tim Keller is really all I enjoyed about Redeemer though.  The worship wasn’t the greatest and worship is a big thing for me.  I feel like I have been spoiled when it comes to that because of my church back in Atlanta.  I continued to go though because the messages were out weighing all of that.  The community was a little stiff and hard to get involved with.  That was another downside to the church.  All of my friends attend Forefront Church up here.  I went once in the summer and really enjoyed it but I was so fixed on having a great speaker that I just completely took it off my radar.  I have started to learn at Redeemer that you don’t know which service Tim is going to preach at until you are there.  This got me frustrated and made me realize that I want to be going to a church that is consistent and encompasses most of the things I want.  The speaker at Forefront is great and if I ever feel like I need more of a challenge, I could easily listen to Tim Keller on the internet.  So, for the past two Sundays I have been attending Forefront Church with my friends up here and it just feels so much better.  

I love the way that the Lord works.  He knows exactly what is going on in your life and he knows exactly what you need to hear.  I feel like he is pulling me in a different direction and that he will use all of my strengths and even strengths that I haven’t explored yet.  That’s what the message was all about this morning.  Basically, the pastor talked about all our different strengths and how if we don't use them, then that's considered a sin and we are "missing the mark".  I get very impatient with this because I just want to know everything right now.  I want to know all my strengths and I want to know how I am supposed to use them.  But then life wouldn't be so easy would it?  I have a feeling this is something that will stick with me until the day that I die.