I know this is cheating but a friend sent me this and I had to share because the message in it is very good and timely.
Why Go To Church?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving
sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the
delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this..
They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my
wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
When you are DOWN to nothing... God is UP to something!
Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!
Oh, I truly loved this! A perfect comparison to the benefits of attending church! I have to say, the gentleman who wrote this to the editor is very wise in offering his theory on church and God. Don't you love reading comments like his?
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this with everyone. I'm just getting ready for bed, and I'll smile my way towards sleep remembering this post.
I'm so glad I stopped by tonight.(smile)
'Til next time,
Mattie
Thank you Mattie, I'm glad you stopped by. I agree with you, I love reading things like that, they inspire me. Glad I could return the favor and leave you with a smile, you are always an inspiration to me :)
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