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October 17, 2004
Standard of FakenessCategory:
Church
Days like today I am reminded how ugly my sin is. Going to church, for some reason, prompts me to put on my best nature, attitude and smiling face. But with a long weekend of work, it becomes harder to do so because I’m simply so worn down. During the church service, I was standing up in front of the congregation playing guitar and leading songs doing my darndest to be in the Spirit. I was thinking to myself, “Why should I be the one to stand up here? God knows I don’t deserve to be. I’m no better than any one of the people out there in the crowd. ‘Could I be called a Christian if everybody knew the secret thoughts and feelings of everything I do?’” Today, I could not uphold the standard of fakeness I have put on my church-going self. Why do I do it in the first place? Why can’t I just be real, no matter what? Why do we all stand in church doing our best to be fake? Why, why, why? Posted by pablohart on October 17, 2004 03:28 AM |
