Mental Attitudes

Author Unknown

Tom Jones and Sam Brown went to a church service on Sunday morning. They entered side by side. They sat in the same pew. After the last song and benediction, they arose and departed as they had come.

Said Tom Jones to Sam Brown, “The service was a soul-feast. The songs inspired me. The prayers comforted me; the Lord’s Supper was a beautiful reminder of the suffering Son of God. I am a better man because of the wonderful hour of worship.”
Sam Brown answered, “I am frank to say that no such inspiration came to me. As far as I am concerned, that was just another religious service–a thing to be endured, not enjoyed.”

The question is, “How could the same religious service prove a blessing to one and a thing of indifference to another? The first man came in quest of a blessing and found it; he came hungering and thirsting after righteousness and was filled. The other found no blessing because he was not looking for a blessing.
The difference in mental attitude makes all the difference in the world. What we are in heart determines what we see, what we find, what we receive. Before we can get anything out of a church service, we must put something into it–our love, devotion, and our undivided attention. In order to receive, we must give. We often think that the trouble is on the outside of us, when in reality, the trouble is on the inside of us.

–via, Lanett Bulletin