May, 2008

Here’s My Heart...

My dear friend, Dr. Bruce Chesser, is the Senior Pastor of FBC Geyer Springs, in Little Rock, Arkansas. With permission, I am sharing a recent article appearing in the weekly newsletter of that church.

“I met an interesting young man in the Welcome Center yesterday. I won’t go into all the details that brought him to Little Rock, but it was a fascinating story. What really intrigued me was that he found our church on the internet and wanted to worship with us. He was actually staying in North Little Rock and was somewhat stranded. He said he would be here for a couple of weeks. He was so impressed by what he learned about our church that he decided he wanted to attend. You know how he got here? He WALKED from North Little Rock! It took him over three hours. He attended a Sunday School class at 9:30 and then worshipped with us at 11:00. One of our generous members not only offered to give him a ride back to North Little Rock, but he and his wife also took him out for lunch.”

“As I was thinking about this fellow later in the afternoon, I couldn’t help but ask myself, ‘What would it take to get me to WALK THREE HOURS to a church?’ I wonder how many churches he passed on his way? I wonder how many steeples he saw off in the distance or how many church bells he heard ringing?”

Dr. Chesser closed the article by talking about how special Geyer Springs FBC is, and challenged people to invite someone to come with them the following Sunday. But, the article really made me think about DLBC. Would we walk three hours to get here? How about thirty minutes? How about three minutes? Do we have something special to offer people? Are WE (you and me) inviting anybody to come with us, to OUR Sunday School class, or to OUR worship?

Something to think about isn’t it?

-Jim Clayton