A churchgoer 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
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 those 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!