Chris.H

as i sit here its hard for me to imagine what my life would have been like for the last 4 and a half years if i hadent found the Lord. october 24 2004 is the date and even though i had found Jesus i didnt think i would ever find a church. up untill March 29 i had a very jaded view of churches, i thought whats the point? i can find fellow ship online at forums and in chat rooms why do i need to go to church? all of that came from 1 bad experience over 13 years ago (amazing how long we hold on to the things that hurt us isnt it?) now i know i am not the only one that has been hurt by a church and i know im not the only person who was reluctant to go back to church. it is just so hard to not think things like what if the next church i go to is worse? what if they do the same thing? will i fit in? will they accept me? well last sunday i had my entire preception of church compleatly changed in about 10 seconds. at the end of the service i was just going to go home and didnt think i was going to go back but oh no God had a MUCH different plan then i did. before i so much as had a chance to take a single step one of the members of the church introduced him self and showed a very genuine interest in me and my story. not only was he very welcoming and friendly he insisted he introduce me to the pastor and a few of the other church member. in that instance it was like a veil had been lifted from my eyes and i just knew that was the right place for me to be at this point in my walk. it is just so amazing how big of an impact a few simple words and a gesture of kindness can have on some one. it really made me realize that even though i may feel worthless at points in my life there is allways the chance that on any given day i may meet some one who just needs a kind word or some one to talk to and i may well be that person. it just really made me realize that no matter how small or insignifacant i think i am i may well be the world to some one at some point. the things God teaches us through out our life time are absolutly amazing and the lessons are free all you have to do is listen .