Church Service

Church Service 1

Churches can be the

loneliest places

All the joyful people with

clean smiling faces

Sharing their good news

drinking their tea

But nobody sat down

alongside me

Maybe my dress wasn’t

quite so new

and my car looks a bit

shabby too

And they all have such pressing

business to do

In the middle of singing

they shook hands all around

but not mine, so I kept

my eyes on the ground

and wondered if God would

if He could be found

and I wandered away

with a comment or two

and the pain still inside

and nobody knew

and thought as I saw

the sign through the trees

it should read

“club members only, please.”

Church Service 2

This is where you will come to meet with Me.

I am everywhere, but if you come

I will be waiting to meet you here.

You see only the surface of the people surrounding you.

They may have clear, smiling faces, but I know

what is lying buried in their hearts

Listen for My voice in the midst of all the words,

Concentrate on Me. I will hear your tiniest whispered prayer

I know the love in your heart when you sing to Me.

I don’t care what you look like, or what you’re wearing

or what kind of car you drive.

I have all the time in the world to care for you in the stillness.

Don’t concern yourself with who knows who and who is busy talking to who.

I am here for you and have brought you here for My purposes.

They may smile and shake your hand for a moment

But I want to take your hands and hold you to Me for a lifetime.

Don’t go away with the pain still inside you

I want to meet with you,

and minister to you and

heal your wounded heart.

Don’t go away until I

go away with You.

See the sign outside? They made

a mess of it with that complicated name,

when all it really needs to say is

God’s church, welcome.

My church, you and me,

Come in.