I’m not entirely sure why I’m a skeptic but I definitely am, especially when it comes to Church. I’m a very visually judgmental person (even though you will never notice it, and you wouldn’t think it.) and I know that is a bad thing. I also have a tendancy to think that people are what they appear to be, and I know that is wrong as well.
Although I find Church strange in the fact that the same Bible verses are referenced a million time in the span of only half my life time, it would appear there are more than a million different ways to look at something. Believe me I know what the right frame of mind can do for any sermon, and I know what the wrong frame of mind can do as well.
So as I sat there I pulled out my pins and began to draw a few doodles while listening, and as I listened I thought about a few things.
Here they are… I scribbled these down in Church as they came into my head…
Stories for us that we’ve never done or seen, but examples for us to think about. To pretend that we would give up our first born to trust God. Metaphors for life and examples, yet every time the same concepts with a new wrapper… Not always… It’s like a bag of different kinds of candy.
Will I really move mountains?
Will I really have the voice of even the Apostles?
To do what we can to break the Mold…What will we do?
I don’t like the Mold I feel like we stand in.
Is there something different coming?…different in the sense of social structure, something bad.
Is this Mold being built to make us weak?
Make no mistake, I don’t say these things because I’m new believer. I don’t say these things because I’m loosing my faith. I don’t say these things because I want an answer from you. these are rhetorical ‘?’s… But questions all the same, and when I find my answers I think things will be different.
Hey,
I don’t see any drawing in this post, btw that Dr. Horrible thing was pretty funny..
July 20th, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
love your honesty randy. thanks.
July 21st, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Hey, Randy !
Found you because you commented on my sister blog. Her husbands name is Randy Hicks.
I was just wondering… Why do you attend church?? Just a question.
April
August 3rd, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
Honestly thats a pretty good question, I kinda think that’s one of the reasons why I may have wrote this post. Simply because I’m not entirely sure why.
(here is a little history to make my answer sensible)
I was raised in a Christian home and went to a christian school and a had the typical christian friends and activities. After HS I went my own way and neglected my beliefs and what I was raised in.
For the longest time I didnt see the point in church. Why be a part of a community of self righteous do-gooders who in reality are no better than the drunk down at the bar. Honestly I think it gives people a sense of community even though most of them know it’s partially flawed and full of scandals.
In the end I think we all realize the same thing, weather we are believers or not. We are all partially stupid in one way or another, but it’s up to us to decide what group of idiots we hang out with. I guess that’s it for me, I’m just looking for the right group of people that think about life in a similar way. Considering the fact that I believe what the Bible says, Church is probably a good place to start. (oh and I think some people go to listen to the sermons too)
wow I just wrote a lot….
August 3rd, 2008 @ 7:46 pm