"...Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." (Heb. 10:25)

I once heard of an excellent example of faithfulness which occurred in a country church in central Kentucky. An older brother who was in very poor health, and unable to walk, insisted on being carried to worship services. For years, his grandchildren literally carried him in and out of the building before and after services. At times, he was in such bad health that he was unable to sit up, and his grandchildren would carry him in and lay him on the front pew. This they did until the day he died for they knew it was what their grandfather wanted.

In view of this, can we honestly say that our little aches and pains are a legitimate excuse for forsaking the assembling of the saints?