I recently had an email conversation with a church member. In one of his posts to me he said,
"I know pastors take a lot of heat for everything from the type of toilet paper we have in the bathrooms to the freshness of the communion bread."
That reminds me of a story a preacher friend of mine tells:
His young daughter had been considering becoming a Christian by asking Jesus into her heart. There were earnest conversations, but he refused to push her into a decision, preferring to allow her to come on her own free will and trust God to lead her.
On one occasion, after he preached his sermon, he stood at the head of the aisle and invited anyone who might "have something on their heart to share with him" to feel free to do so.
Just then, his precious daughter stepped out of her pew and toward her father. Recalling his conversations with her about becoming a Christian, and believing this to be the time, he felt a wave of emotion and began to feel his eyes moisten.
As he got down on one knee to hear his daughter's precious words, those for which he had prayed and waited to hear, she said, "Daddy, there's no toilet paper in the girl's bathroom!"
He explained... "I did say, 'If you have anything on your heart to share with me right now, please do so!'"
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