Unofficial clean-up committee

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In a message dated 97-07-15 01:11:04 EDT, you write:

<< I think it is very sad and not a very Christain *attitude* at all that a
 *minister's wife* would think she was above "helping" in your church!!
  
 I think our *willingness* to help and be a blessing to our church shows a
*true*
 love and willingness for serving God.  Agreed? >>

Absolutely agreed! We are a small church, but my wife is usually the one who
scrubs the toilets, etc. Even if we were larger, I still think that she would
not get all the help she deserves. In this case, the laborers will always be
few. She also drives the van on Sunday morning to pick up Sunday School
students for the class she teaches. All this, and more, and a full-time job,
too.

I have noticed, however, that lately she has been training the young people
to help her. Whenever they have a shut-in at church, they first clean the
place from top to bottom, then go down to the sanctuary to pray. 

Now, my original question was going to be not about the minister's * wife*,
but about the *minister*. Is he a "Sunday-Morning Preacher", who only shows
up at church during "service" times, wearing a suit and tie, or is he one who
puts on his work clothes, rolls up his sleeves, picks up his tools, goes to
the church when no one else will, to see what needs to be done, and does it?
IMHO *he* should be bringing his wife *with him*, so that she can clean up
inside, while he is cutting the grass, or whatever else needs doing. As for
*me* and my house, *we* will serve the Lord.

Some might think that this is an "endless, thankless, glamourless job", and
it may be, (as far as people go). They very rarely notice when the place is
clean (or at least they don't say much), but, let the "unofficial clean-up
committee" miss a spot, and they'll certainly hear about it. 

But there is such a spiritual blessing in working for the Lord. People who
have never cut the grass don't know how much God can speak to your heart
during that couple of hours. God can and will deal abundantly with a person
with a humble spirit...it's kind of hard to be proud when you've got your
head stuck down the toilet. It must be somewhat like Noah, building the ark,
all those years, and a natural man would have thought he was alone, but I'm
sure that God was ministering to his heart. The blessings of God come not
only after the work of our hands is completed, but also during.

I always thank God for those who volunteer for the "unofficial (and unpaid,
in natural terms) clean-up committee" (some who aren't even members of our
assembly). Surely he will continue to bless them in a special way. 

Pastor Joe