Church Attendance

Church Attendance

“Get Up and Go, Church Members”   (Dear Abby Column)

Dear Abby:  I thought this was so good, more people should see it.  It’s written in a half-teasing way, but there’s a lot of truth in it.  I hope it makes your column.

-V.M., Bremerton, Wash.

Dear V.M.:  It did.

Dear Church Member:  Don’t wait until the hearse hauls you to church.  If you do:

• You will go, regardless of the weather.
• You will go, regardless of the condition of your body.
• There will be beautiful flowers there, but you won’t enjoy them.
• You will go, regardless of how your family feels.
• The minister may say many good things, but they will do you no good.
• There will be beautiful music, but you won’t hear it.
• There will be heartfelt prayers, but they will not touch your heart.
• There will be friends and relatives there, but you won’t worship with them.
• You will go, no matter how many hypocrites are there.
• You will go, no matter how much you are needed at home or work.
• You will receive no blessing from the service.
• You won’t feel concerned about your clothes.
• You will never have to decide about attending church again.

Aren’t you glad to be alive and well and full of zest and able to choose to go to church?

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