REWIND
The podcast "REWIND" features a collection of past sermons from Organic Church. Each episode takes listeners on a journey through the teachings and messages delivered during previous worship services. The content is a retrospective look at the spiritual guidance and insights shared by Pastor Michael and visiting guests!
Listeners can expect to revisit powerful sermons, meaningful scriptures, and impactful messages that have been shared in the past. The podcast aims to provide a convenient and accessible way for the church community and new audiences to engage with the timeless wisdom and spiritual teachings presented during earlier sermons.
Whether it's a reflection on a particular theme, a series of teachings, or a selection of sermons covering various topics, "REWIND" offers an opportunity for individuals to deepen their understanding of the faith and find inspiration in the timeless messages.
The podcast may also include commentary or reflections on the historical context of each sermon and how it continues to resonate with the present-day congregation.
REWIND
Life’s Little Moments- Alyssia Brindley (May 3, 2025)
Life's big moments get all the attention—the birthdays, graduations, weddings, and holidays. Meanwhile, the endless repetition of daily tasks can make us wonder if we're making any meaningful progress. Are we really advancing, growing, or fulfilling our purpose when every day looks like the one before?
Alyssia Brindley tackles this profound question in her first ministry message at Organic Church. Speaking from her personal experience as a mother who initially resisted stepping into ministry, Alyssa offers a refreshing perspective on finding purpose in life's mundane routines. With disarming honesty, she acknowledges the thankless aspects of motherhood—the endless diaper changes, lunch-packing, and school drop-offs that can leave one wondering, "What have I actually accomplished?"
Drawing from Proverbs' assurance that "our steps are established by the Lord," Alyssa reveals how God works through our daily faithfulness in ways we often miss. Through touching personal stories—like her children initiating their own Bible studies after watching her quiet devotional habits—she demonstrates how our lived example speaks volumes without a single sermon. This message resonates far beyond motherhood, touching anyone who has felt invisible, stuck, or uncertain of their impact.
Whether you're a new parent overwhelmed by responsibilities, someone longing for children, an empty-nester searching for new purpose, or simply feeling lost in life's routines, Alyssa's gentle reminder remains the same: "You are still here for a purpose... Don't measure your life by the big steps. The little things matter and you matter."
no-transcript. If we can all get to our seats, we are going to get ready to start. So for those of you who have never met me, I'm Pastor Michael Brindley. I am the senior pastor at Organic Church. I'm surrounded by a wonderful team. I have Pastor Holly, I have Pastor Roger and then so many other volunteers. But you know, we've been doing this for six years. I've been the senior pastor here for six years and early on in the ministry somebody spoke into my life and they said that my wife would come alongside me in ministry and for years I said yes, she will.
Speaker 1:And for years she said no, I won't. And it was a long time I pushed and I pushed and finally I got her to agree to record a podcast with me called Tied Together, and it was just marriage and life and kids and homeschool and all the things that we experience in life on top of being a pastoral family. And so I was like, yes, we finally got something. And then it took Pastor Holly asking her to do this for her to actually step into ministry. So I am so excited that you guys are here to get to hear, the very first time, my beautiful wife Alyssa Hello, is this loud enough?
Speaker 2:Is this close enough? Can everybody hear me? Yes, okay. So when Pastor Holly first asked me to do this back in oh, I don't, february maybe I came up with every reason that I shouldn't, couldn't and wouldn't, and she said it'll be a small group. And she said it'll be a small group. 10 to 15 minutes is all, and ultimately I cannot say no to people. So here we are. I have a fine time doing it to.
Speaker 2:Michael, though I started praying and I said, God, there will be children, women without children, women who wish there were children, mothers, people who don't have their mothers. How am I supposed to say something to all of them when there will be such a diverse group? And I was just thinking I can't talk about being a mother because there are a room full of people more qualified than I to do that and I didn't want to talk about my own mother because I would cry. So I just, I was really praying, like God.
Speaker 2:Mother's Day isn't always a lovey-dovey, great holiday for everybody. Some people it's daunting and depressing, like some years has been for me. But it's not about what isn't I'm going to talk about. No matter where you are, if you are a child, if you are a mother, already a grandmother who doesn't even have kids at home, I think this is going to be for you, no matter where you are, and maybe even some of them it, I don't know. I will reference mothers, obviously, but again, I think this will be for anybody.
Speaker 2:When we look at our lives and we think about the things that matter, we tend to think of the big things. As mothers, it's oh, my baby turned a year old and you're like I mean, you did that, you like made a whole human and now it's a year old, so that's a milestone for us. Or, oh, they've graduated kindergarten, they've graduated high school, now it's college and all of the big moments in life, like it's birthdays or vacation holidays, whatever it is. We measure in these big things and I did this, sir. We got to this part and it's not all. But when you look at your life as a mom, you go through, when they're babies, all of the things that you do. You are changing diapers day in and day out, and then you're packing school lunches and you're taking them to school and you're doing all the things. And when you look back on the last six months, you're like, what have I done? Like have I moved forward? Because it's the same thing day in and day out, day in and day out, and we don't tend to think about the way that the mundane everyday life grows us and we think we can think does it really matter All of these things? Being a mother can be a thankless job. Are we really? Am I growing? Am I doing and this can be even in work, in motherhood, whatever? Am I moving forward? Am I advancing the kingdom? Have I opened my Bible in the last month? Everything just becomes so heavy and just. You're doing the same thing every day, but life doesn't always. It doesn't matter all of the little things in our head, but when you look back all of the mundane things, they do matter.
Speaker 2:God gave us all a purpose and a mission. All of us have the same purpose and mission. Moses told the Israelites to. The greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength. And you are to tell that to your children and repeat it often. Talk about it in the day and in the night, at work and at rest. And then Jesus again affirmed this when asked by the Pharisees.
Speaker 2:In 1 Corinthians it says whatever we do, do it for the glory of God. So if we are loving God with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all of our strength and giving him the glory in all things, our lives and our hearts are aligned with God. In Proverbs it says that our steps are established by the Lord. Meaning established, meaning fixed and firm, secure, not subject to change or to destruction. And for me, even as I was doing this, I was like, oh like, what a relief that is that our steps are already determined by the Lord. Before. The Bible says when we were formless, god knew every moment of our lives and how Sometimes in the everyday you're just moving. You're moving and you don't feel like you're going forward, but God establishes our steps. So, even when it is just the bleh of life and you haven't done it, there are no big things happening in your life, whether that means your children are adults and you even have grandchildren and you don't feel like you're doing a lot with your life. God has established your steps and you are where you need to be. He does not call us from 20 to 60 and when you're a child, you don't matter and you don't have a purpose. And when you're older, you don't matter and you don't have a purpose. He has called us our whole lives to do his, his for his purpose and his mission, which is to love God with all of our hearts, souls and strength. And so I get.
Speaker 2:I often feel like I'm not doing enough with my in regards to my children. I'm not doing enough. They. They aren't learning this, so they're not doing that. They need to do more, and it can feel like everything just gets in the way. There's not enough time. Lord, I want to do more Bible studies with my kids. I want them to learn more of your word. The Bible says that we're supposed to repeat it to our kids. Like, how can I get in them that this is what like God? God is love and you got to love God with your whole heart. And you can't make them. You know, like you can tell them but you can't make them. And then I'm reminded just again in everyday life that I don't have to throw into my kids what I want them to know. My life reflects that.
Speaker 2:The other day, on Tuesday, during that bad storm, we were in the car and I'm looking at the cars coming at us and they have their hazards on and I'm like, oh, it's getting worse. And there's this big tree branch and it wasn't close to the car, but I could see it just right across the highway. I'm like, okay, we're getting off on Midvale exit and we're going to the church. Like I'm not trying to go home and I was just praying. I was like, lord, please keep us safe, get us to the church. And later one of the kids told me they said I just knew you were going to start praying in tongues the whole way there, because they know, like when I'm in the car and I'm stressed out, that's how I'm getting from point A to point B.
Speaker 2:And then another thing that I, whenever the kids were younger, smaller, I would try to wake up early in the morning and do my Bible study before they would wake up, because it's just chaotic. And then I started to do it in the morning while they were awake, and I would just you know, don't let me finish reading, but you know you don't need anything right now, but they would see that. And then my daughter started her own little Bible study. Or she would open her Bible and read Bible stories that she remembers from class or that we've gone over, or whatever, and she did it. And then it was mom, can we do a Bible study? And she would open up her Bible and I'd bring mine, and then she would ask me, wake me up in the morning when you're going to read your Bible.
Speaker 2:And my boys, when they shared a room, they would have Bible study some nights together, and that was never me. Hey, you need to do this Like you need to be in the word every day. You know, to like my small children, it was my life and they saw it. That's the everyday, normal part of my life. That, to me, feels like I'm just doing the same thing over and over again and I'm not moving forward. I'm not going. You know I'm not. There's not a big moment to tell me like, wow, you've really done this in the last six months, it just feels so.
Speaker 2:Job 28, 24 says for the Lord looks at the ends of the earth and he sees everything under the heavens. So the maker of the universe, of heaven, earth and everything in it, sees you, he sees me, he sees every one of us, no matter where you are. If you are a woman desperately wanting a child, or if you are an older woman who doesn't have children at home and you long for those days, or you don't speak to your adult children, or you don't have your mother that you wish you did, he sees you and you are still here for a purpose. Your purpose is to love God and align yourself with God, because you can't say, oh, I go to church, yeah, I love God.
Speaker 2:I love God Like I love my aunt, great, great, great Aunt Ida, because she's my family, if I don't speak to great great Aunt Ida in the last three years and I haven't seen her, spoke to her. Nothing am I really loving her? And through prayer, and that will align you with God and he will form your steps, you won't be out of line with what his purpose is for you, no matter where you are in life or in your motherhood journey, what you do every day matters, even if it's not anything big. Don't measure your life by the small steps that you or the by the big steps that you do. The little things matter and you matter, and that is all.