so the other day during class, i found myself just wanting for class to end like we all often do. so we were let out and i was rushing to get back to bed. only to find that during the hour and a half it went from nice and blue skies to RAIN, now it was just like a sprinkle rain, oh no, it was pouring down like going sideways rain! so after standing there for a while i ran in my flip flops back to the dorms. it hurt basically, but thats besides the point. so i got back to my room to find my self, my bag (louis vuitton), my whole self being soaked. so that then inspired me to use a different bag, yea yea make fun of me for having a LV bag, but when its free and it works, you use it! so needless to say i decided i needed to down grade from this to something more easy and something i dont need to worry so much about. that then embarked my journey.
so today being tuesday, after class i embarked on my journey to the mall. upon arrival i found my self going from AE to Buckle, then i decided to enter in upon the place i rather not ever buy something from, A&F, the place that just i dont ever feel like i need a 50-70 dollar shirt. sorry but its just a bit much for something i am bound to grow out of. i’d rather a walmart shirt over that. or just nothing! but i figured i might as well just check.
so upon my walk over there, i could hear the music just loud from build-a-bear and it was only getting louder as i approached. so i entered the store and just it was dark, like i was shocked i could see shirts, or anything. but thats not it, i was there just to sit and listen to the music that made it hard for me to think. i mean its loud, its just like i don’t know how to describe it but it was hurting my head. then it was hard just to find my self around, i think i ran into a shirt rack but i don’t know cause it was dark, heck it could of been a person for all i care. i looked around for someone to help me but yet i didn’t find any, all i saw was the workers talking to workers and being someone that i am i didn’t feel like bothering them, so i just moved on.
then on my journey to leave the mall, i saw it, Apple. i just had to go in! there was no stopping me, so i entered. here i was greeted by the greeter at the door, and as i was looking around the room i found that everyone there was so just open and wanted to just help me, it was kinda like everyone was just focused in on me, now i know they are told to do so but its just kinda cool.
so now you have either stopped reading or you are wondering why the heck i posted something like this on here. well glad you asked, cause the other day i was speaking to a friend and he said all i ever did was ask him theological questions and he wanted to hear about what God was doing in my life. so here it is.
often we as Christians, we find our selves a lot like A&F, we as a church forget the true meaning of what it is to be a church. we find that its just easier to keep to our selves and just keep it simple. we find ways to block out the people of the world who arent apart of the church and just not really care for them. we see a guest and just view them as a costomer and just allow them to come, hear someone, and go. as they continue this and we just sit back and allow our selves to be hidden in the church and busy so we dont have to communicate. cause we as the church often just become a customer to it, we come on sundays when we need something but other then that we arent there to be seen.
heck we of the church have often found its easy to excommunicate the “sinners” of the world. we take people such as gays or lesbians and other things and just look down upon them. we kick them out of the church by just not commincating with them. therefore making them turn from God. i am personally sorry, but last i check, Jesus died for all of us. oh also He didnt focus in on just the holy people of the church. He focused on sinners! yet we as the church (GODS BRIDE) sit back and not allow gays or lesbians into the church, or we make the church such a place that they dont feel welcome. being gay or being a lesbian, its a sin, all sins are equal. WE are on the same level. we shouldnt just be kicking people that do these actions out of the church, we shouldnt be in the church if we live by these standards!
sorry for that rant but it needs to be said. but then lets look at the apple store. you walk in and you are just greeted at the entrance with a hand shake, or a hello. then as you walk around viewing the things in there, you find that people notice you cause they are here to help you. they are here to serve you, and it doesn’t matter if you’re Bill Gates assistant, they help those in need. they are accpting and not trying to hide from you, they arent there just stand around and look good on the outside, they know who they are and what they are apart of.
this is what the church need to be like, we need to be servants and healers in the world. we need to be followers of Christ and help the needed not so much ourselves, but in order to do this we need to get our heads on straight and focus in that everyone is a child of God. everyone should be allowed in with open arms, and open hearts. For we all are sinners and we all need God, but how can people gain that when we are so closed minded.
