when i was younger i didn't like church.. i couldn't stand church
even today sometimes my parents mock my old saying "i hate church" ok well let me talk about why i wished i could have just stayed home #1. church was boring i don't even need to elaborate on this one.. why would anyone force a kid to sit still for hours like that? church made school look like club med #2. the songs were not good to listen to maybe the songs had good lyrics but i couldn't really tell as they were so loud and non-enjoyable #3. they begged for money we used to go to one church where they'd often take up extra offerings, they would beg and put on a show to get people to put more money in i don't remember it but my dad said one day i said "will someone please give him themoney so we can go?" and he just mental noted that and my dad said one day he saw the preacher signal to someone to go crazy on queue... my dad found us another church right after that because the manipulation became clear #4. everyone in church always had bad breath someone behind u laughs and u ask ur sibling next to u if they farted.. they say no, then u realize that the person behind u has fart-breath and whenever they laugh u get quite a taste #5. people went crazy and i could never relate to that it was like a show, like i would be sitting there and people would be shouting and going bananas and i'd get elbowed in the head out of nowhere.. and i would never even understand why these people were going crazy.. what are they experiencing that i'm not? i would ask myself that.. it just made me feel out of place even more #6. i had to wear church clothes i HATED wearing church clothes.. a lot of kids liked Easter because they got new church clothes, but i didn't care, i hated wearing dress-clothes, i absolutely hated it with a passion i'd come home from church and rip my clothes off and become normal james again.. it felt good to be me again every sunday after church i think that pretty much covers it what i feel about church now is this God placed wisdom guidance and insight in certain people, and places like the Bible, one's conscience, God Himself, church, etc so i don't really dislike church because i find it to be valuable if God places a message for His people (aka YOU) in a pastor then hopefully u'll be there to catch that message i still don't like the songs and i show up late on purpose sometimes to miss them.. i like a good Bible based message i wear whatever i want to church now if people around me have bad breath then i move i do church my way for the most part and if i feel the church is getting out of line in some way then i will go to a different one but basically church is cool with me now as long as the pastor has solid Biblical teaching that i can apply to my life today ya dig? peaCe
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JaimsThese are my blogs from 2009. I started them in May of that year when I couldn't work on music but still needed a way to express myself. Archives
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