WHY GO TO CHURCH? 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 !" Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical and our spiritual nourishment ! When you are DOWN to nothing.......God is UP to something ! The Perfect Church =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I think that I shall never see A Church that's all it ought to be A Church that has no empty pews, Whose Pastor never has the blues. A Church whose Deacons always Deke And none is proud but all are meek Where gossips never peddle lies Or make complaints or criticize Where all are always sweet and kind And all to other's faults are blind Such perfect churches there may be But none of them are known to me But still we'll work, and pray and plan To make our Church the best we can! ********************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **********************************************************************
