Sherry shared with her small...
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Sherry shared with her small group how she became a Christian. At the time she had only
been married two years and had a son. On the community bulletin board at the local
supermarket she saw a notice about a mothers' group that met at one of the nearby
churches. She thought she needed all the help she could receive raising her son. So she
began attending.
At the time, Sherry did not think about church or religion. She remembers her mother always saying that people who go to church were hypocrites. Her mother would say that people got all dressed up and acted nice on Sunday morning but the rest of the week they lied, cheated, and stole.
At one of her first meetings, one of the other mothers shared her experience of a recent trip to the supermarket. When she got home she discovered that somehow she did not pay for a gallon of milk. The clerk must have missed it. The woman said she went back to the store, explained that she had not paid for the milk, opened her purse, and paid for it. The clerk could hardly believe that anyone would come back to pay for an item they were not charged for. But, the young mother explained, she knew it was the right thing to do.
It was at that moment that Sherry knew there was something real about being a Christian. There was something she had never considered, that Christians were good people. It was shortly after that Sherry gave her life to Christ and joined the church.
The apostle Paul writes, "make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind."
At the time, Sherry did not think about church or religion. She remembers her mother always saying that people who go to church were hypocrites. Her mother would say that people got all dressed up and acted nice on Sunday morning but the rest of the week they lied, cheated, and stole.
At one of her first meetings, one of the other mothers shared her experience of a recent trip to the supermarket. When she got home she discovered that somehow she did not pay for a gallon of milk. The clerk must have missed it. The woman said she went back to the store, explained that she had not paid for the milk, opened her purse, and paid for it. The clerk could hardly believe that anyone would come back to pay for an item they were not charged for. But, the young mother explained, she knew it was the right thing to do.
It was at that moment that Sherry knew there was something real about being a Christian. There was something she had never considered, that Christians were good people. It was shortly after that Sherry gave her life to Christ and joined the church.
The apostle Paul writes, "make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind."
