This came in one of my devotions this morning:
Isn’t it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church,
but such a small amount when you go shopping?
Isn’t it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you’re at church,
and how short they seem when you’re watching a good movie?
Isn’t it strange that you can’t find a word to say when you’re praying
but…you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
Isn’t it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible
but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?
Isn’t it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games
but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
Isn’t it strange how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda,
but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?
Isn’t it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others;
but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
Isn’t it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say
but…we question the words in the Bible?
Isn’t it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven
but…they don’t want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
Isn’t it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away
but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?
–Unknown
I wonder if Kenny Chesney read this list before he wrote one of his latest songs that has a chorus line, “everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody want to go now”? If you’re in the mood, you can watch the video on his YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/KENNYCHESNEY#p/u/9/vjaImNS_DSo. I like Kenny Chesney, but his song reminds me about how wrong our world is. I wanna go, and I wanna go NOW! But, the fact that I am here means that He still has work for me to. Which should be exciting. HE NEEDS ME HERE!