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!"
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!"
Thank God for our physical and our spiritual nourishment! I'm blessed to belong to a community of believers who shares the same passion... i hope all of you are too:-)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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5 comments:
spiritual nourishment!
good one :)
Wow...short n precise...good inspirational words
Amen
Kesian that fellow who ate 3,000 meals and still starved dead, and heard 3,000 sermons and remained spiritually dead without experiencing life transformation. It appear that the problem is more to the receiver than the giver of the sermons.
God can use donkey to speak to us, but God graciously sent 3,000 man of God to speak to particular church goer,and that remained no impact and wasting time, sad to say
that there is more hope in a donkey than the church goer. At least the donkey allow God to speaks through it and IMPACT life.
aw.... don't dare to reveal urself?
if u dare to critic, please be a "man".. and at least give an identity.. swt...
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