Geese? What's so great about geese?

hey yall...Went to the ladies jubilee at Alpine Baptist Church in Columbia, SC yesterday. It was their 9th year of putting the jubilee on. It was super packed! It was our first time going and It was great! The ride was not as long as I thought it would be, thank the Lord lol. It was one of the best if not the best ladies meeting I have been to. The theme was Hospitality. Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. ~Romans 12:13 There was some great singing and testimonies! The Lord moved and worked in hearts! The Ward family sang and played their instruments and wow were they good!! Very, very, talented girls! It was the first time I had ever heard them. The speaker was Mrs. Loretta Rolen (her dad is Preacher Milford Bittle.) Since the theme was hospitality she spoke about being others-minded. God wants us to be humble and if we are then we will think of others and not ourselves. She said real love will open your hands and your heart and also your home for others! True love is giving not getting. At the end she read a story telling about geese...I learned studies show the geese fly in the V formation because It is much easier flying together than apart. Pressure builds up under which pushes them up and helps them fly easier. When the main geese at the front of the V formation gets tired of leading and needs a break he will shift to the back and someone else will take his place. Have you ever wondered why they "honk"?? The geese in the back are the ones doing the "honking" because they are cheering the ones leading to keep on going! Such unity and encouragement!! When a geese gets hurt and needs to get to the ground and rest 2 other geese will go to the ground with it and stay and protect it until it is well enough to fly. They then catch up with the rest and get back in their place.  
 
That is the way our churches need to be...We need to back our pastor and cheer, or "honk" him on.  Considering he is the pastor and he is in charge, (under God) back him. He has your back so you ought to have his!! A major pet peeve of mine is church members who WON'T back the man of God (but think they own the church and the money lol) and all they do is put him and his decisions down...If you don't like the way he does things, find you another church. AND one more thing, if he is preaching the word and living right and you "disagree" with something you are the one in the wrong. You are the one who needs to get right. No church NEEDS "you" all the church needs is God, a faithful man of God and a few good saints but really all the church needs is God.If he is not there it is all in vain. No "family" should run the church...and I don't care how long your family has been members there. The tithe money aint yours and the church aint yours. The church belongs to God. It's ALL God's :) wow, don't know why I got off on all that! lol but getting back on track...So "honk" the preacher on! I'm sure he would love to hear someone "honking" him on when things get hard!

And when the pastor needs a rest someone needs to willingly step in for him and help. Just like when Moses's hands were falling Aaron and Hur stepped in and held his hands up for him because he no longer could. ((Exodus 17:12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.)) If only church people would quit thinking about their self and start thinking about others I believe the world would be a better place. This makes me think of a message I heard not too long ago about fanning someone elses fire. It isn't about me or you, it's all about the Lord! Reach out and cheer others on for the Lord. We are told to help carry one anothers burdens. Mrs. Loretta said a saying yesterday and I don't remember the exact words but it went something like this...when we start helping carry other's burdens ours don't seem quite as heavy. remember that saying..there is always someone worse off than you. Take your eyes off "your" self, pain, burdens, or problems and give encouragement to someone who needs it worse than you.