King Itchy

Quite a normal day.

I had the chance to play drums today, with no one around. I like the freedom. Joel had said that I need to "grow some" cause I was pretty weak on Sunday. I completely understand where he's coming from. The only defense I have is purely this: it's Sunday morning, and old people. Not to be hatin' on tha playas, but they be old, yo. Old people don't seem to like when young people play their loud music and wear weird clothes. But my intentions aren't even in that range. To present it from the "doe-eyed Bambi watching his mother get shot and strapped to the back of a van" perspective, I've been (or seen others in my position) chastised for playing freely. Its worship for crying out loud! I understand that theres a certain amount of conformity needed in order to create an atmosphere, but honestly, who is it for? What ranks in more importance? Lets have some option, and sit in front of each other, giving our justification for picking option A vs B. Who is it for?

I remember thinking about how rude it was when people would open their eyes during prayers. Or when someone didn't know that a group was praying, and you felt the need to quietly gesture to them to be quiet while the prayer was finished. What a bunch of lame crap. Who cares? Aren't Christ followers supposed to "pray without ceasing" anyway? What makes the difference if one person interrupts a whole 30 seconds of ONE prayer out of the whole rest of your life?

The same with worship time. I thought it was absolutely a bad thing if something happened NOT according to schedule or just not usual to our typical stuff. And for what? Who is it for? Let's imagine that someone comes in asking for something to eat. What if someone died in the service? Imagine a demonic inhabitant of some sort making a huge scene. Imagine the power going out. Imagine if the chairs all collapsed. Imagine having the building caught on fire. Imagine a plane or car crash nearby.

So it might be easy in some of those cases to say, "Well of course I'd stop and help." - but wouldn't you feel as though you weren't holy enough afterward?
What if you missed church one week? OMG.
What if a friend missed church one week? Not so bad?
What if church wasn't observed one week? Move on?
What if you weren't allowed to meet in public, legally?
What if people talk during the sermon?
What if people leave during the sermon?
What if people are mean to you because you won't spend time with them on Sunday morning because you have to be at a religious event?
What if the average church meeting moved to Saturday night? Saturday morning? Friday night?

During worship, think about yourself. Who are you presenting your body to? Who are you giving adoration? Who are you focusing on? This is NOT one of those "OK kids, it's time to learn how to worship without feeling like everyone is watching you, cause its all for God anyway" things. Everyone IS watching you. Everyone IS scrutinizing you. WHO CARES? If you are as crazy in love with God as you label yourself, then I WANT to see it, cause that means its possible.

I don't believe in labeling things as "Christian" because it's a synonym for "safe".
I don't believe in 'blessing the food' immediately before eating it.
I don't believe that God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or any patriarch, ever intended for Christ / God-followers / obeyers to meet systematically.

When will the American 'church' start acting like the freakin church already?
When is the Kingdom of God going to be realized as not after death and the end of the world but RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW?
When are you, yes you, reader, going to give your life to something other than yourself? That line is taken such as cliche, maybe even passed over so simply, but think about it. When will you devote every ounce of your existence, your thought process, your muscles, your love, your emotions, your money, your time, your effort..

If "Christians" don't start acting like Christians, I say kick them out.
It's rough life. It's time some people started taking it seriously, cause so far it's been a joke