Friday, January 21, 2011, Day 6

BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME


It is hard to understand why we ever became members of this church.  When I retired, we decided to move back to Toledo to be near our friends.  Being life long Methodist, we looked for a Methodist church to join but were unable to find one that fit our needs.  Our daughter was bringing her children to the day care and she mentioned to Pastor Bob that we were looking for a church home.  Of course, he suggested we try Heritage and we did.  

On our first visit, we both noticed that there seem to be something different about the Church.  To be sure, the people were friendly, the music was upbeat, and the message was very good, even though Pastor Bob was on vacation that Sunday.  There was something else, something spiritual -- not physical.  It finally dawned on us that God’s presence was in this house.  We could see it on the faces of the people.  We could feel it in their love.  We had to be a part of this!

I have been a Christian since I was a teenager but I never really understood what it was to be a Christian.  It is unbelievable how God has used me since I started coming to this Church.  Before coming here, I wouldn’t go to the grocery store on a bet.  Ask me sometime to tell you the horror story about the time Dorothy sent me to the grocery store to buy some milk.  Now they know me by sight at Sam’s Club and I help prepare a meal every Wednesday for over 100 people.  Before coming here, I wouldn’t go in the kitchen except to get a cup of coffee.  I am now working in the drama department and I had never acted before in my life.  I teach an adult Sunday school class and I never would have thought of doing that before joining this Church.  It seems that every thing I thought I would never do, God now has me doing.

Over the years I have read the Bible, but I never really read the Bible.  Now, thanks to the Bible study classes and the Sunday school classes I am now really reading the Bible.  You can see God’s presence in every thing this church is about.  It is really exciting to be part of this and grow in the understanding of God’s works.  Aside from meeting my wife, this is the best thing that has ever happened to me.


Charlie Taylor
Council Member