A Church member 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!
Luk 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
PR,
This man seems to be a taker. Was he listening or sleeping? He can't remember one sermon?
His wife should burn his eggs, he would at least remember that.
First and foremost I go to church to worship the Lord. I also listen to the Pastors message. He has taken the time to prepare it, we should be nice enough to listen to God's word. I ask for copies on occasion.
Receiving Holy communion is high on my list too.
I will admit, I wasn't always that attentive. With age comes wisdom. Most of the time.
God bless you,
bluelake
