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Pastor's Paragraph
The minister was
early for the service, but there was one person already
there. She was sitting in the back pew at the end of the
pew, half asleep. The minister went over and teased her
about getting her nap finished before he began to
preach. "This is the only place I can get any rest," she
said. At first he thought she meant she had back trouble
and the contour of the added pew gave her relief. But as
they talked on he realized she meant something else. She
worked a full time job outside the home and cared for
all the household duties in the home. When she came to
church, it was the only time she could get any rest.
Many people have experienced this, not in terms of
physical rest, but in terms of spiritual and emotional
rest. Guilt laden people say, "This is the only place I
can get any rest." Sorrow laden people say, "This is the
only place I can get any rest." Worried people and even
people in physical pain find some relief in worship! It
is as the old hymn says, "O love that will not let me
go. I rest my weary soul in thee."
When we come to worship it should produce a peace and
rest that is found nowhere else. It was Jesus who said,
"Come unto me all who are weary and are heavy laden and
I will give you ...REST."
In His Love,
Bill
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