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The Queen's Chair: When Will Church Be Done? (577 hits)

Each Sunday, most people will carve out time for God. You may get dressed up or may dress casually to go to your Sunday service. As you go through the order of the service, everything is fine. However, when it comes to the preacher or the minister gets to the sermon. That's when most people starting checking their watches. (For those of you who go to church, you know exactly what I'm talking about.)

It's as if we have only a specific amount of time to pray for and with God. Then we want to go back to our "normal" life. I know that I like to go to church. I get upset when I miss it. For me, I get upset because my attendance assures me that I know what's happening in my church. I like to see and check-up on church family members and see what future activities or programs that I or my children would like to attend. My day seems a little weird if I don't go. I also have church family members who get nervous if they don't see me for a while. Ever since my unexpected stroke, they call just to make sure I'm OK. They now know if they don't see me, it's kid-related or I may be on the radio co-hosting a show.

After the service, we may attend a church fellowship dinner. Or a concert. Or the girls may have a field trip somewhere. Or my pastor may be preaching somewhere else.

All I know is that church has always been about God. Not so much about praying to him as in praying for and with him. My children (like most kids) sometimes consider the sermon boring and don't always understand the ritual. I know exactly how they feel. I was their age once. Some where in my youth, the sermons began making sense when I listened.

What I've learned as I've aged. You get back what you put into something. Carving out time for God, should come naturally; it doesn't always. I know there are lots of non-believers out. Some make their way to church. Some don't. I think about all the gifts that he has blessed me with and believe me, I'm thankful.
I figured going to church and teaching my daughters's God's Word and how to pray is the least that I could do.

Posted By: Marsha Jones
Sunday, November 14th 2010 at 7:22PM
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Well done Marsha. What you put into service is your contribution to a rewarding worship.
Sunday, November 14th 2010 at 8:14PM
MIISRAEL Bride

Well Done Sista Marsha. Great Post. Excellent dialysis of what the church means to you. I am not an avid worshipper of a single church. Still searching, but I make it my business to go at least once a month for that feeling.
No Brotha Jake Its not the building, but what the building represents. Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst."
I don't care what no one says, you can't get that feeling or have that powerful a spiritual connection unless you are gathered in his name, be it a Mosque, Church, Temple or whereever else you worship, and the degree of learning is phenominal.
Monday, November 15th 2010 at 9:16AM
anita moore

Hello Ms. Marsha,

You and the others think that has blessed you, but that is not so. What you are saying would be the same as one of the children of Israel saying that the Egyptian religion and church services were a blessing to them when we know that was not the case since God sent Moses to deliver the children of Israel out of the hands of Pharaoh. Black Americans must also be delivered. The purpose of being delivered is to have your God given own religion. The religion of Black Americans is named LIFE.

Do you understand my point?

What say you?

Monday, November 15th 2010 at 10:39AM
Harry Watley

Sister Marsha,
THe Black church is a essential part of the fabric of our community.
Tuesday, November 16th 2010 at 3:06PM
Jen Fad

Hello to All,

The Black churches being an essential part of the fabric of the Black community is true since they are the greatest obstacle to Black America's divine salvation. Similarly, the Egyptian churches were eight essential part of the fabric of the Hebrew people community as well. The Egyptian churches were the greatest obstacle preventing the Exodus of the children of Israel. Do you see my point? In other words, were the children of Israel free in Egypt? Likewise, are Black Americans free in White America or the United States of America? Is it possible that Black Americans could have a portion of this continent to experience complete independence from White America to worship God, to have our own religion, to pursue life, liberty, happiness and prosperity in our own way?

So, do any of you so-called Christians could believe that God would bless Black Americans the same as how the children of Israel were blessed? Who was the prophet for the children of Israel? Who is Black America's prophet? Black Americans need a prophet that God could work through the same as God when God worked through Prophet Moses on behalf of the children of Israel.

We all have the common sense to know that every people that God anointed a prophet that prophet was the same race as his people, am I right. Consequentially, Black America's prophet must be a Black American, am I right. Is that not the way God has done it throughout the ages?

Now, if I am wrong someone needs to step forward and straighten me out, right.

Tell me what you think, people.

Tuesday, November 16th 2010 at 3:55PM
Harry Watley

Marsha, again we are dealing with human behavior. example,

Some people in my religious practice chant by looking at a clock and just love to tell others how many hours they chant at one time...this is not chanting (praying) (worshiping or even being respectful to ones faith and its teachings) It is about personal satisfactions in our ralationship to our beliefs and not public approval/ disapproval as so many are lead to believe is the correct way to practice their religion. (smile)
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