When former Speaker of the House Sam Raburn was near the end of his life, he supprised his colleagues in Congress by informing them that he was going home to Bonham Texas. His announcement made no sense to them. They wondered why he would choose to leave a place that had some of the best medical facilities in the world and go to a tiny town in North Texas. Rayburn explained his reasons in a simple and sincere way. "Bonham Texas," he said is a place where people know when you are sick and care when you die."
Let that sentence soak in your mind for a little bit as it makes its way to your heart. And when it gets there, never let it leave. The message is a mandate for the church. We are to be that type of caring community. God's desire, as revealed in his design for the church, is that we be keenly aware and intimately involved in the lives of each other. The reality of loving relationships is what drew Sam Rayburn to Bonham Texasfor the last days of hid life. That same reality, in practice, not just in principle, will also draw people to the Lord and his church for the rest of their lives, too.
There is a dear lady whom i go to church with knew Mr Rayburn in years past. She lived there in Texas as well and knew the family.
Since i do not know much about what people like to read, and surely don't know much about blogging, I really don't know what to write about. I have been trying to use materials that have inspired me so that is the reason i share them. Everything i write is intended to be positive and not with my critical view that seems to come out often. Let me know if these type post are intresting to you.