So Many Thoughts - So Many Weeks

It is my dream that one day I will catch up with all of these, and will be in sync with the local paper that prints them. It's called the Midweek Herald and can be found here.

A Thought for the Week for the week after Easter!

There are some things we tend to take for granted, some things that are so much a part of life that we don’t really notice them. Churches are like that, in villages they get used for special events, for the important parts of life and death, people use them in directions to get some place, every now and then you might even feel a need to go in, have a look around, take a moment of quiet or say a prayer. But on the whole they are just ‘there’. But the Churches I have been a part of are powerhouses, they work hard to make communities function as communities, they care for the sick, visit the lonely, help the needy. They run events and activities. They worship the God who made the universe. Churches are important, they will support you in need, and need your support. Thank God for Churches.

Comments

quilly said…
Amen!
10:07 pm
Bill ~ {The Old Fart} said…
What Quilly said,

Sorry to be such a stranger, I keep telling myself to visit my friends, but never do.
3:40 pm
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