Post by kanyon on Jul 23, 2005 11:49:17 GMT -5
My niece sent me this little story this morning. I thought it would be appropriate considering the discussion under 'this speaks volumes'
WHY GO TO CHURCH? WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of
the 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 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!
WHY GO TO CHURCH? WHY NOT GO TO CHURCH?
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of
the 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 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!