Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Confession : Christians Sometimes Drive Bad.

A couple months back my church kind of in a way campaigned a well-known bumper sticker to highly influence the public to come visit our church while driving...One particular Sunday I slipped out into the lobby and sheepishly slid one into my purse. The sticker has somehow traveled from my purse to my notebook in which I take my notes every Sunday, a consistent reminder that I have yet to place this sticker on my vehicle. Every time I see this sticker I think about it...how I should just go wash my car, pick the proper placement, and just commit. You know commit to my church and of course Jesus Christ who will be so proud when he sees me "inadvertently witnessing to all the lost souls on the highway everyday!" But I just can't and here is why, most days Monday-Friday I tend to run behind in the morning for work, I make a 15-20 minute commute from Yukon to the N.W. side of OKC and well lets just say Jesus doesn't always ride "shot-gun" with me on my way. I weave in and out of traffic, speed more times than not, and sometimes I might just follow one who drives slow a tad too close for comfort. Though I have gotten better with what I tend to consider "always-late anxiety road rage" I still have a lot of learning to soak up in the patience department when it comes to being behind the wheel. Then there is Sunday morning for some reason every Sunday my dress doesn't fit just right, my makeup takes an abnormally long amount of time to apply, or my hair won't sit just so causing me to rush once again, this time to church instead of work. I will occasionally get so worked up over being behind a slow car and catch myself thinking "REALLY!? Meg it is your fault you are late and now you are getting all worked up on the SABBATH! On the one day of the week you are suppose to be chill and rest in the Holy Spirit..geez you are lame." Yes I sometimes think in 3rd person haha. Anyways the past couple weeks I have noticed a whole lot of bad drivers around me...several of them sporting my church's famous bumper sticker. All the while thinking "I am so glad I don't sport that sticker like them so no one can associate me as that one speeding super sinner from that one church." Anyways then I realized wait a minute we are all sinners and lets be honest we all pretty much believe most people other than ourselves suck at driving. That being established I think it is time to finally succumb and place the sticker on my car. This is seriously a blog over my convictions over a bumper sticker. That is all.

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