Kevin Adams Blog

Friday May 04th 2007, 7:05 pm
Filed under: Christianity

I’m always amazed at God’s faithfulness. I’ve been sick all day today, and I must admit that I have been somewhat depressed. I came home from work early today and slept in order to get myself feeling better. When I woke up hours later, I half-heartedly checked my email to see if I had received anything important. Indeed, I had.

My sister (who has no idea of how I’ve been feeling today) sent some emails to me with links to songs and sermons of the Holiness Church (like the one I grew up in). She had pointed me to a song called “Holy Spirit Flow Through Me” which was indeed a great song and I was uplifted by it. But then she had sent another email suggesting I listen to a sermon from back in 1958 by Scott B. Pyle called “Standing Grace”. Hearing Mr. Pyle’s sermon encouraged me and lifted me up as I sat here (sick) at my desk, captivated for nearly 35 minutes non-stop listening to this sermon, and Mr. Pyle’s testimony. I heard myself saying “Amen!” at so many places throughout this sermon.

I want to say how much I believe God is faithful to all of us. God wants us to be together in church every time the doors are open in order to worship and glorify Him, and encourage and strengthen each other in our Christian faith. I’ve been blessed today by this song, this sermon, and by my sister’s emails which pointed me to them. So I want to share a story/parable I received a while back which demonstrates the importance of encouraging each other in our walk with Jesus.

Parable Of The Spoon
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.”

The Lord led the holy man to two doors. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, “You have seen Hell.”

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man’s mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, “I don’t understand.” It is simple” said the Lord, “it requires but one skill. You see, they have learned to feed each other.”

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