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Here is the bottom line. It's not how much prime worship time we spend with God on Sunday, but how much quality time we allow for him the remainder of the week. We can't get away with Sunday-only worship anymore. Although grace before meals is commendable, he relishes more in-depth encounters. Although personal prayer before bedtime and upon awakening helps us to stay in touch, what he is after in our lives is arm-in-arm fellowship, those two-on-two encounters. Some of our more intimate moments with him come through sharing time with our families. Does that seem far-fetched? Do we really want to pay that price, to give an honest full pound measure? Isn't it true that most of today's church families just won't make the time for informal sharing? Can't we give thanks to our VCRs and cable TV for deflating our family potentials? Isn't it true, also, that as we short-change God, it is we who come out on the short end?
Consider the alternatives. Mom and dad can grow old before fifty and the children can be transformed into VCR zombies. Or, by taking the time to reacquaint ourselves with our intimate Friend, we become not the people we are. Isn't it a risk worth taking?
- James Weekley in Tilted Haloes, CSS No. 7857 (1987).
