One of my most favoritests parts of goin’ on vacation is seeing new things and meeting new people (shocker, i’m a talker!) … Add to that our Niece being a pastor at a church, well, that’s a MUST DO stop on the RiceMobile2026VacationORama …
Then she went and did something that i hadn’t planned … This little so-and-so went and updated something that Pappeye had taught me 40 years ago … The NERVE of her !!! 🙂 ….
Ya see … Back when i was a young whippersnapper (a bit older than the pic here!) i’d asked Pappeye why we had to keep goin’ back to church once we learned about Jesus and got saved … I figured there were lots better ways to spend my Sundays … He smiled in that way he always did and told me “Honey, church is like an alternator in your car … It charges your Christian batteries … You can run without it for awhile, but, you need to come get your batteries charged up to keep them healthy” …
As an elder and a Christian Educator i can now give a much different answer, but, at the heart, his answer of being around like minded and souled folks on a regular basis DOES help keep us rooted and accountable, so, while there’s MORE to it than that, his explanation has always been good a good one for me …
Till Pastor Hanna came along, that is 🙂
She reminded us of how many different milestones have happened at or around the church or with the folks connected with the church over the years … How many hands have been held, hugs given out, tears have been shed (or wiped away) … These things simply CANT be done in online or “personal space” … In the Bible reading she used with her sermon (Hebrews) it kept referring to US … Knowing that connecting with Christ is supposed to be a communal event …
So, i guess this old dog has learned something new today … While i will still get my batteries charged up, i now know why … And hope that while others are charging mine, i may, in some small way, be charging others as well, because that’s what God wants us to do … Together ….
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Do you have any “old held beliefs” that have ever been challenged (or updated) ??? How about your thoughts on church ??? Do you have any additional thoughts on church ??? We’d love to hear them !!!!
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