Turn It Around

[268 words] “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country!” This challenge, made famous during the Kennedy presidency, suggests a like principle which should guide every Christian’s attitude toward the church. We should be less concerned about what is being done for US and more attentive to what we are doing for others. Ask not, therefore… …whether this is a good congregation to be a member of, but ask whether I am a good member of the congregation. …how much I am loved, but how much love have I shown.  …how many get well cards I received, but how many I have sent to others. …who visited me, but who have I visited. …how much I get out of classes, but how much I contribute to make the classes interesting and edifying. …whether I was remembered in prayer, but whether I…