Some people don't have the option to miss work. If my husband wakes up with the flu, he still has to go to "sick call" for the doc to check him out and say "yep you're sick, go home" or "no, you're not sick enough go to work." Some people don't have sick days and if they don't go, they could lose their jobs.
Then go to church, and sit in close quarters and expose everyone else to the bacteria/virus and get countless others sick?
Thanks, but I would rather you keep your bugs to yourself.
Yes! Amen! Keep them to yourself. I don't care what ya do concerning your jobs.... but by all means, if you REALLY do have a bug, stay home. We had a preacher that would tell us that you have to be at church no matter how sick you are. I can't tell you how many times people came to church and were laying on pews or stuck back in the nursery or whatever. This was also the sickest group around. What I mean by that is that children were always sick, someone, somewhere had the flu or what ever... It was a never ending cycle!
Ok, for those who just wake up and just feel lousy, GET TO CHURCH.... God has something for ya!
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Its funny, my daughter never has a problem getting to church no matter how she feels. But why does she always start coming down with something on Sunday night on the way home from church? Perhaps its school on Monday..hmmm. I may be on to something. :
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I *have* to go to work/school (since school is what I'm getting paid to do right now..sort of..). I don't have a choice. If I don't go, my kids will land themselves in some cardboard box (again..no thx).
I go to church because I can. Because I want to. Because it's a privilege. I don't have to go to church cuz serving God is an option. Going to church is also not the only way to serve Him. YES, I'd stay home and help a neighbor move in/out. I'd stay home and watch someone's sick kid so they could work. I'd sit in a coffee shop with someone who just lost a child/spouse. All of those things long before I'd walk into church. I would also stay home and minister to my FAMILY, my children, before I'd walk into church. To me, serving God comes before anything any man says I have to do. Cuz, I really don't have to do it. Even God won't tell me I have to do anything. His love is unconditional. I return that because I *want to*. I don't have to.
I do my best to arrange things to be in church, because I enjoy being in church, but I don't feel I'm letting God down if I choose not to attend a church service. If I feel like I'm letting a person down, it's not likely I'll stay in that church long.
When we were in home missions I worked between 45 and 60 hours a week. I know what it is to go to church dog tired and sick. In seven years I had to miss two services. I had the flu and kidney stones.
If I could do it so can others. It's all in the want to. If we love God we will go even when we don't feel like it.
I think there's a difference between 'not feeling like it' and truly being sick. If I miss church for no other reason than because I just don't feel like going, then yes, I think I am in the wrong (I have done this and felt guilty about it after). If I am sick, meaning I am in pain, or throwing up, or can't stay out of the bathroom, running a high fever, etc etc. then staying home from church does not pave my way to hell. Thankfully God understands and knows my heart and knows I would much rather be at church, than sick at home. I mean, who really chooses to be sick?
I'm not demanding with the music dept., Ron. I know what responsibility is, too. However, some people do disappoint me, not because I think they OWE me something, but because I feel when a person commits to doing something, they should do it as unto the Lord. Not everyone takes it that seriously, and my only hope is that maturity will fix that.
Agree totally! I work with the youth at our church and we asked for committment from several young people for an event a while back. We were given committment verbally, yet one decided shopping and a cookout at home was more to their liking so they simply didn't show. So I can relate to what you're saying. I felt the same disappointment.
Its funny, my daughter never has a problem getting to church no matter how she feels. But why does she always start coming down with something on Sunday night on the way home from church? Perhaps its school on Monday..hmmm. I may be on to something. :
Or maybe others go to church when they are sick and give it to her? The best place to get a healing might be church, but it's also the best place to pick up the flu
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