I'd like to share a devotion I read this morning which I think will help pastors who may think they're too busy to give attention to their child(ren) when they're getting ready to deliver a sermon.
It goes like this:
Some months after I had been appointed to my first student pastorate, I was struggling to complete my Sunday sermon. My youngest daughter came into the room with her favorite cloth doll. The stitching around it's arms and legs was frayed, and the seams were coming apart. With sadness in her eyes, she asked if I would sew the arms and legs back together. I said to my daughter, "Daddy is busy working on his sermon. I'll sew up your doll later." She walked slowly out of the room.
As I began putting the finishing touches on my sermon, I looked up from my desk to see my daughter returning to the room with sad eyes. She asked me again to mend her doll. Guilt got the better of me and I asked her to give me the doll. I got out the sewing kit and began to mend one of the arms. As I did so God seemed to speak to me, " Before you knew of my love and saving grace, you were much like this doll -torn and broken. Your life was coming apart. But because I love you, I have put your life back together. In love I have made you whole."
That night both my daughter and I were blessed by the love of God -who sees our weak, torn lives and make us whole again.
I (Elder Moses) believe the right sermon was given when that pastor gave his daughter the time and attention she needed. Love for a child is spelt T-I-M-E.
Prayer: Merciful God Thank you for loving us even though we don't deserve it.
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