BULLETIN NOTES – DECEMBER 10, 2000

FUNNY, ISN’T IT?

It’s funny how a $10 bill looks so big when you take it to church, but so small when you take it to the mall.

It’s funny how overwhelming an hour on your knees praising God seems and how short 60 minutes feels when playing golf, fishing or other recreational activities.

It’s funny how a long a couple of hours feel at church, but how short they seem when watching a movie.

It’s funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into overtime, but we complain when a sermon goes into overtime.

It’s funny how laborious it is to read a chapter in the Bible and how easy it is to read 200 or 300 pages of a best-selling novel.

It’s funny how we cannot fit a church meeting into our schedule with a yearly planner but we can schedule for other events at a moment’s notice.

It’s funny how we can’t think of anything to say when we pray, be we don’t have any difficulty thinking of things to talk about to our friends.

It’s funny how we are so consumed with what others think about us rather than what God thinks about us.

It’s funny how people think that they can get more accomplished in lifetime without God than in an hour with him.

It’s funny how everyone wants to go to heaven, but aren’t willing to work for, believe in, thank, trust, have a relationship with, or truly get to know God before they die.

Funny, isn’t it?

Copied from Epworth UMC, Rev. Marcia Cochran