What happens if you stop going to Church?


And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." Hebrews 5:4

A church member who had been attending services regularly stopped going. After a few weeks the pastor decided to visit him.

It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the parishioner at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor’s visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a big chair near the fireplace and waited.

The pastor made himself comfortable but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the play of the flames around the burning logs. After a few minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone. Then he sat back in his chair, still silent.

The host watched all this in quiet fascination. As the lone ember’s flame diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead as a doornail.

Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting. Just before the pastor was ready to leave, he picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said, “Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the fiery sermon. I'll be back in church next Sunday.”

Keep on glowing in your life. Go to church daily or as often as you can.
And, priests and pastors, please do visit your parishioners when they fail to attend services, for a better bonding.






PRAISE GOD
BLESSED BE THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD


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