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| Mercury | Oct 22 2007, 05:26 PM Post #1 |
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Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a weathly nobleman wondered what legacy he shoud leave to his townspeople. He made a good decision. He decided to build them a church. No one was permitted to see the plans or inside the church until it was finished. As its grand opening, the people gathered and marveled at the beauty of the new church. Everything had been thought of and included. It was a masterpiece. But then someone said, "Wait a minute! Where are the lamps? Its really quite dark in here. How will the church be lighted?" The nobleman pointed to some brackets on the walls, and then he gave each family a lamp, which they were to bring with them each time they came to worship. "Each time you are here," the nobleman said " the place where you sit will be lighted. Each time you are not here, that place will be dark. This is to remind you that whenever you fail to come to church, some part of God's house will be dark." That's a poigant story, isn't it? And it makes a very significant point about the importance of our commitment and loyalty to the church. The poet Edward Everett Hale put it like this: "I am the only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do." What if every member of your church supported the church just as you do? What kind of church would you have? What if every single member served the church, attended the church, loved the church, shared the church, and gave to the church exactly as you do? What kind of church would you be? Some serious pondering points here. |
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