I just received this in an email from a friend and thought I'd pass it on. Some food for thought.
If you're spiritually alive, you're going to love this! If you're spiritually dead, you won't want to read it. If you're spiritually curious, there is still hope!
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!
Thank you for the reminder!
Hi, Jamie--
Thank you for reading my post. Have a great day! :)
Indeed, this very old story is more true now than ever. People don't see the value in alot of things...people don't see the value in going to church, my students don't see the point of learning about history...but when they get older, when people have lived life, all of the things that we thought were pointless when we were younger suddenly make so much sense....
William--You are so right! So interesting how our perspective changes the older we get. I had never heard this story before, but it just seemed so timely right now. Thank you for your comment!
Hi Peggy, I read your response to Claude's post and liked it so much I decided to come over and read some of yours. I love the ending lines in this post. They are so true and we all need to remember them each and everyday.
You just made my day, Suesan. Thank you so much!! Can you see me smiling??? Have a great day!