Okay... so here's the dirty secrets... airing the dirty linen... letting the cat out of the bag...
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL IS WAY COOL!!!!
Pardon my sudden outburst but seriously... I know it may seem like one of those typical feel good shows... but WHO CARES? not me, they do it well and I watch it!
Been wanting to try paintball or its laser equivalent... So if you wanna do it too let me know! Because how else on earth would I know if you don't say it! HAHZ... I like to say I'm psychic, but even my cat knows thats just a joke!
Okay... enough of the light frothy stuff... Its time for a little serious thought...
Is it wrong to dress shabbily? Don't get me wrong I love to look nice... but thats it isn't? Its just looks... First impressions and everything... I know how much it weighs on me, the first few moments I meet a person. But then is it important at all?? Doesn't God look at the heart and not the appearance which man looks at?
Have we become a respectable church? If I dressed like a beggar and went for service or cell, would I still be loved and accepted? What about if I ranted like a fool or had poor manners? What happened to the sick, needy and broken hearted? The beggars, lepers, prostitutes, liars, stealer, extortionist, killers and betrayers?? Somehow it seems that church has become a respectable thing of sorts. Didn't many despise Christ and reject Him? The friends of drunkards and prostitutes He was called...
If Christ was here today, sometimes I wonder if I would be one of those who rejects Him. The modern equivalent of a pharisee. The person who knows the jargon and the rituals. Have I forsaken the true depth of love for a shallow representation of boundless grace? Would we throw Christ out of the very place we worship Him in?
I don't want to appear judgemental because then I would only be heaping judgment on myself... But if you read this I truly ask you to consider what I have said... test it for me and I test it myself... and then tell me what you believe...
As my faith is put through the fire, my prayer is that gold precious silver and rare stones may exit the searing flames...
Lord, forgive this older brother today... My trust, my hope and my all are still in You!
