Tuesday, April 26, 2011

You Took My Parking Space At Church

I received this in an email earlier today. I wanted to share it with everyone.

This should wake us up.....

One day, a man went to visit a church, He got there early, parked his car
and got out. Another car pulled up near him, the driver got out and said, "I always park there! You took my place!"

The visitor went inside for Sunday School, found an empty seat and sat down.
A young lady from the church approached him and stated, "That's my seat! You took my place!" The visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome,
but said nothing.

After Sunday School, the visitor went into the sanctuary and sat down.
Another member walked up to him and said, " That's where I always sit! You took my place!" The visitor was even more troubled by this treatment, but
still He said nothing.

Later as the congregation was praying for Christ to dwell among them, the
visitor stood up, and his appearance began to change.

Horrible scars became visible on his hands and on his sandaled feet. Someone
from the congregation noticed him and called out, "What happened to you?" The visitor replied, as his hat became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from
his eye, "I took your place."

9 comments:

Rebecca said...

This gave me chills. Amazing story and....wow. I'm going to have to pass this on to my pastor. Thanks for sharing.

Connie said...

Thanks for sharing that, Denise. Wow, powerful message!

Anonymous said...

OOOOOOOOOH that gave me chills also..

Chatty Crone said...

Simple and right to the point!

Debby@Just Breathe said...

Thank you for sharing this. What a powerful message.

Angela said...

There is a great message in that. Believe it or not I have been to church where people have told me that I took their seat! It's happened more than once.

Calvin said...

Thanks for the reminder of the message that He wanted us to know and follow day by day...

Tiz said...

What a powerful message!!!!! Easily understood.

Carol said...

Wow that is great thanks for posting