I Never Intended to Quit!

[290 words] A man who had not attended one service of the church in four years told me he had never thought of quitting the church. I reminded him that he had: (1) Withdrawn his presence from the service; (2) Refused to give his moral support to the activities of the congregation; (3) Withdrawn his financial support, for he had not given one dime to help carry on the Lord’s work. Then I asked “What else would you have to do in order to ‘quit’ the church? As the truth stared to dawn upon him, his expression reflected sober thoughts. He replied, “Why, Bro. Nichols, I’ve already quit, haven’t I? Well, I surely didn’t mean to! And I don’t know when I did it. I’m coming back.” He did too. At the next service, he was restored and three years later, he was still faithful. Dear reader, how about you?…