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IT WAS A COLD WINTER'S DAY,THAT SUNDAY,THE PARKING LOT TO CHURCH
WAS FILLING UP QUICKLY,I NOTICED AS I GOT OUT OF MY CAR THAT FELLOW
CHURCH MEMBERS WERE WHISPERING AMONG THEMSELVES AS THEY WALKED
TO THE CHURCH.
AS I GOT CLOSER I SAW A MAN LEANED UP AGAINST THE WALL OUTSIDE THE CHURCH
,HE WAS ALMOST LAYING DOWN AS IF HE WAS ASLEEP ,HE HAD ON A LONG TRENCH COAT THAT WAS ALMOST IN SHREDS AND A HAT TOPPED HIS HEAD PULLED DOWN SO
YOU COULD NOT SEE HIS FACE.
HE WORE SHOES THAT LOOKED SMALL FOR HIS FEET,WITH HOLES ALL OVER THEM,
HIS TOES STUCK OUT ,I ASSUMED THIS MAN WAS HOMELESS ,AND ASLEEP ,SO I WALKED ON THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH.
WE ALL FELLOWSHIP FOR A FEW MINUTES ,AND SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THE MAN LAYING OUTSIDE ,PEOPLE SNICKERED AND GOSSIPED,BUT NO ONE BOTHERED TO ASK HIM TO COME IN INCLUDING ME.
A FEW MINUTES LATER CHURCH BEGAN ,WE ALL WAITED FOR THE PREACHER TO TAKE HIS PLACE,AND TO GIVE US THE WORD,,WHEN THE DOORS TO THE CHURCH OPENED,IN CAME THE HOMELESS MAN WALKING DOWN THE AISLE,WITH HIS HEAD DOWN.PEOPLE GASPED.AND WHISPERED AND MADE FACES,HE MADE HIS WAY DOWN THE AISLE AND UP ONTO THE PULPIT ,HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AND COAT.
MY HEART SANK, THERE STOOD OUR PREACHER,HE WAS THE HOMELESS MAN"NO ONE SAID A WORD ,THE PREACHER TOOK HIS BIBLE AND LAID IT ON THE STAND.
"FOLKS I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT I AM PREACHING ABOUT TODAY
THEN HE STARTED SINGING THE WORDS OF THIS SONG
IF I CAN HELP SOMEBODY,AS I PASS ALONG
IF I CAN CHEER SOMEBODY ,WITH A WORD
OR SONG,IF I CAN SHOW SOMEBODY,THAT
HE IS TRAVELLING WRONG,THEN MY LIVING
SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN.
CHO- THEN MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN,THEN
MY LIVING SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN,IF I CAN HELP
SOMEBODY AS I PASS ALONG,THEN MY LIVING
SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN.
FELLOW CHRISTIANS , DO WE SEE OURSELVES IN THIS STORY?
GOD BLESS
LET US REMEMBER THE GROUND IS LEVEL AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS,AND WHEN HE WENT TO CALVARY IT WAS FOR ALL OF US. |
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