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 203,000
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!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
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A wonderful point about the meals your wife prepared -- when I feel resistance to going specifically to worship, I believe it is my old nature resisting the pruning God has in mind for me.
And I must needs remember to pray for the men who preach that their message is Christ-centered and they are refreshed by God Himself.
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