Recently my husband decided on a whim to take me on a weekend get-away. We packed a bag and hopped in the car. Since I had no time to plan I decided to book our hotel room through a third party site. The young lady that helped me, over the phone, was super friendly and professional she quickly found what sounded like the perfect room at the price range I was looking for. She even told me there were no cancellation penalties before she took my card number and confirmed my reservation.
We were both excited…until we arrived. Pulling into the parking lot we discovered we had booked a motel not a hotel, meaning the doors were on the outside. I knew I was in trouble because for some reason hubby hates these type rooms.
He immediately wanted the money back, mind you we had not seen the lobby, the room… nothing. Now, believe it or not; I'm not that picky about these type things, my mind set was…as long as it’s nice and clean I'd be fine.
Before we even went in he began visiting other inner room hotels to get their rates. When he found one he liked with an opening; we headed back to the one we had reserved, mind you he had not been inside either establishment. Refusing to even go in, hubby sent me in to find out the process of getting our money back. Guess what…we had been improperly informed, there were no refunds allowed. We were stuck.
He was convinced that there was no way, the room could be nice simply because the doors were on the outside. Well we got our key and went in…it was awesome! The hotel had just been bought by new owners and remodeled… he had to admit it was nice, and not at all like he thought just because of the doors being on the outside, he now had a new perspective.
I said all that to say specifically to say this to people who “don’t, do church.” You never know until you go. Not all churches are the same. Stop lumping them all together. Stop thinking your new experiences will be exactly like the old ones. No church is perfect, and yes things will happen and issues will arise, just like with our refund, because churches are building filled with people! People with differences, but that is not a bad thing.
Hebrews 10:25 says, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
If you can’t tell by now the world is changing, the old folks would say, “Time is winding up.” If nothing else the church can be a source of community, family and protection in these last days, forsake it not. You’ll never know until you go.
Think about it.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
You'll never know...until you go.
Recently my husband decided on a whim to take me on a weekend get-away. We packed a bag and hopped in the car. Since I had no time to plan I decided to book our hotel room through a third party site. The young lady that helped me, over the phone, was super friendly and professional she quickly found what sounded like the perfect room at the price range I was looking for. She even told me there were no cancellation penalties before she took my card number and confirmed my reservation.
We were both excited…until we arrived. Pulling into the parking lot we discovered we had booked a motel not a hotel, meaning the doors were on the outside. I knew I was in trouble because for some reason hubby hates these type rooms.
He immediately wanted the money back, mind you we had not seen the lobby, the room… nothing. Now, believe it or not; I'm not that picky about these type things, my mind set was…as long as it’s nice and clean I'd be fine.
Before we even went in he began visiting other inner room hotels to get their rates. When he found one he liked with an opening; we headed back to the one we had reserved, mind you he had not been inside either establishment. Refusing to even go in, hubby sent me in to find out the process of getting our money back. Guess what…we had been improperly informed, there were no refunds allowed. We were stuck.
He was convinced that there was no way, the room could be nice simply because the doors were on the outside. Well we got our key and went in…it was awesome! The hotel had just been bought by new owners and remodeled… he had to admit it was nice, and not at all like he thought just because of the doors being on the outside, he now had a new perspective.
I said all that to say specifically to say this to people who “don’t, do church.” You never know until you go. Not all churches are the same. Stop lumping them all together. Stop thinking your new experiences will be exactly like the old ones. No church is perfect, and yes things will happen and issues will arise, just like with our refund, because churches are building filled with people! People with differences, but that is not a bad thing.
Hebrews 10:25 says, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
If you can’t tell by now the world is changing, the old folks would say, “Time is winding up.” If nothing else the church can be a source of community, family and protection in these last days, forsake it not. You’ll never know until you go.
Think about it.
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