Then we would phone to see if the church was open. If it was open, we went to church. To my mother, Sunday was the Lord's Day and she always put Him first on His day. There were virtually no exceptions. Church attendance was a positive spiritual discipline that brought the abundance of God into our lives, the lives of our children and we pray into the lives of our grandchildren.
Legalism turns church attendance into a soul-killing law that spawns spiritual death.
Mother persevered in making sure that we were in church every Sunday because God expected it and that was good enough for her. She didn't do it to parade her self-righteousness in front of others. She made the sacrifice and put out the effort because it was the right Biblical action to take. That is not true. God's law has been a stumbling block to every person ever born.