\"How You Doin'?\"
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Hi, everybody. This is MLB continuing with podcast number one, Part two entitled How You Do It. I got up from my seat and went over to the woman. She was apparently destroyed. I helped her up and accompanied her outside. We entered the fellowship hall and sat down. I asked her name with her head down. She whispered, Barbara, Barbara, tell me what's gotten you so upset? After a minute or so, she began to tell me what had transpired earlier that morning. She said, Well, today was my day to set up the fellowship pole for a monthly covered dish luncheon, and a special guest was invited to speak. I wanted everything to be ready and to look nice. I arrived a couple of hours before the service to prepare the chairs and set the tables. The announcement had been made that volunteers were needed the previous Sunday to help out. Those who would be willing to volunteer were asked to contact me after the service will call me later in the week, I listed the names of the volunteers in a notebook. I jotted down 12 names this morning on Lee. Two showed up. This got me very upset, especially because they didn't even have the courtesy to call me. There were only three of us to do all the work in preparation here in this infuriated me. I told her that I would be right back. I entered the church to the fellowship hall. I went directly up to the pulpit. The pastor was blowing and going with his sermon, I approached him and whispered, I need to address the congregation for a minute. He hesitated. He gave me a puzzled look and slowly moved over to the side. I took a deep breath and began. Most of you know Bomber, I'm sure. Well, she's been sitting in the pews, sobbing throughout most of the service. I found out from talking to her later that the reason she was upset was because only two people showed up to help her set up for the covered dish luncheon today. And that was from a list of 11 that wasn't right. I was compelled to say something about it. What is the sense of attending a church service? No matter what the sermon topic is about? When someone seated in the congregation is apparently distraught and has left completely unattended. Should not somebody tend to them before the service continues and find out what is going on? I think so. I went in about 20 minutes. The situation apparently was ignored. Unquoted Scripture, Which of you men, if you had 100 sheep and lost one of them wouldn't leave the 99 in the wilderness and go after the one that was lost until it was found. Luke 15 3 Permit me. To paraphrase this. Which of you attending a church service, especially a pastor, would take no action if someone sitting in the congregation was noticeably upset and sobbing. Would not the past to stop preaching and attend to that person and try to comfort them? Would not one arm or of the people in the congregation also care for that person and go to them and see if they can help in some way? After I spoke my peace, I went back to see Barbara. I stayed with her for a while until she settled down. She just wanted to go home. I escorted her to her car and we both left. Needless to say, that was the last time that I would be welcomed in that church. I couldn't find it in my heart to return anyway, since I knew from the pastor's reaction that he would prefer that I never returned anyway. So there's my story. Everybody. Perhaps you're asking, What's the purpose of this story? Well, here it is. Next time you ask someone how they're doing, don't accept the one word answer. Assure them that you really want to know how they're doing. If you ask since theory, they might believe that you really care and tell you their story. Then be a good listener and keep your eyes on them. If you're I straight, they'll know instantly that you're not sincere and don't really care. Theodore Roosevelt once quoted this. Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care how true that is. So whenever you meet somebody with a family friend or stranger and asked them how you doing, it gives you the opportunity to either minister comfort advice encouraged show love show you really care or pray for that person. Do it sincerely from the heart, For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning that you should love one another first John three Verse 11 asked The Holy Spirit to empower you to do this for you Can't do it on your own strength. This is M. L. D. Signing off. Let me hear from you. My email is Tarbox seven at gmail dot com. It's TS and Tango a r B o x seven at gmail dot com Tune in Next time for part Cats Message number two, part one entitled Why do You Go to Church, then The sureness.