A young, and very enthusiastic youth minister was allowed to preach his first sermon at a sparsely attended Sunday evening service. His text came from Matthew 18:20.
“For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”
He boldly titled his message, “When God Misses Church.”
His contention was that there are times in church, and anywhere else for that matter, where there are not two people gathered in God’s name. So, God is not there. I am not sure about his theology. But I do know that sometimes God is very hard to find, even in church.
When the service ended, his perplexed pastor requested that he he run his sermon text, title and message by him before he preached his second sermon.
The young youth minister is now a middle aged school teacher. I hope he has found God in his school. He just might be there.
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Posted by Miriam on February 9, 2011 at 12:26 pm
I know that G-d is everywhere. Sometimes he evades us though. In Biblical times with prophets He was more obvious more often. When we don’t feel him, we feel lost, when we get that faith back, we feel protected or at least guided. But I know that each day that I am blessed to wake up, that He has blessed me with air to breathe, a sun and moon to stay above, and water on the earth that does not take over the entire earth. We have miracles everyday. I know that our bodies are complex and were created by Him, that babies are born by His design, and that we have to search for Him and pray for a stronger connection to Him, if we can’t feel His presence.