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."
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!"
All right, now that you're done reading, send it on!
All right, now that you're done reading, send it on!
I think everyone should read this! "When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could you get that for me?"
5 comments:
I think the church point was a good - and the rebuttal was just as good. For me, discomfort with the cuurent structure of the church (and it's uses) - I think can use some re-working - just enough so that we move from 'believing' something to 'doing' something.
I am beginning to be of the belief myself, that it does not have a lot to do with the fault of the church as it were...but perhaps a North Americanized view and nature of how we perceive and treat the world around us...I have yet to see a church in any other country outside of North America that is as complacent as we are...
"I have yet to see a church in any other country outside of North America that is as complacent as we are..."
Possibly Britain? LOL. I agree!
Yup, I would have to say, our North Americanized ideology, may well have some roots in Brittain
: )
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