Thursday, May 24, 2007

An Inspiring Inspiration

This is a very nice experience that everybody would just want to experience as well.
It happened on a Sunday at our Church. A brother was assigned to be the speaker for today’s sacrament service. He is to speak about “Love in the Family”.

But prior to this event, the preceding Sunday was a Testimony Sunday and everybody is invited to share one. We are sitting together and this brother felt somewhat that he wanted to share his testimony especially because now he is coming to church with his whole family (minus the mother who died a few years ago). The feeling was added with our cheer that he should go up and bear his testimony. But this brother was really somewhat shy for if it would happen, that would be the first time that he would bear in front of the congregation. And so, time has lapsed be his strength to stand up and bear was not enough and he lost the chance to say his testimony.
And so back to the current Sunday, he spoke about the topic he was assigned to speak about. And with great sincerity, the congregation felt his love for his family and the family that the church has given him. I, in particular, was touched when he uttered these words, “During those times that I fell and slipped, and then decided to go back again (to the Church), YOU are more than happy to ACCEPT ME…”

With these words, I felt so spiritually overwhelmed. I remember those times that I also slipped and fell and then had the time to decide and go back to the Church. And in the every counts of my inactivity, the members from our Church are more than GLAD to ACCEPT ME!

To whatever I am now, to whatever I become now… this partly I owe to myself, my parents, my love, and to my friends and church mates who have been there to support me during the hard times of my life. And I appreciate and PRAISED our HEAVENLY FATHER for all of these.
Everybody needs acceptance. Everyone needs a helping hand and open arms to cry with. Everybody deserves to be happy that includes YOU!

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