Saturday, February 18, 2006

We (means me) Suck

You know what's going to suck, the day we tally up everything we said we were going to do and realize we didn't actually do anything. If I've come to learn anything about the people of the faith of which i claim, it's that we do alot of talking, we like to sound real fancy like we know what life is all about and can justify ourselves at the drop of the hat but all the while we are talking people die, starve and go to hell. I guess it's not that bad though because in the mean time we probably established a good rule of thumb for how the next situation should be handled and how we can revise our purpose statements to convince people we still care about the rest of the world, all the while we change our church logo to seem "more of the people," and we throw up a website with sweet flash backgrounds where we can post our accolades. If i sound disappointed at this point it's because i am. I am disappointed in myself and my generation. A generation where caring is trendy and you don't have to mean it you just have to wear braclets that make people think you mean it. And as long as you read the trendy books and listen to the newest Christian tracks souls save themselves... based soley off your image. We live in a culture where New Year's resolutions are nothing but a oppertunity to look noble for a day or two and fade under the radar by february. We are the generation of i'll do better next time, sinner saved by grace, oops i did it again, tomorrow is another day lets drink and be marry because we smile even when we don't want to waste of potential. But hey even if at the end of everything we've accomplished nothing we at least looked and sounded good... so raise your glass to empty arguments and childish rivalries, person with the biggest church wins, rule number one is quantity (not quality) and the most quoted theologian gets shot gun on the way to heaven. Let the social decay begin!

2 Comments:

Blogger Kathryn said...

I literally said the following outloud after reading this,

"WOW"

No real comment, just "wow" and "you nailed it."

11:08 AM  
Blogger Michael Burchett said...

Indeed it is true my friend, I have experienced it in my own life. I can sometimes use the excuse "well we are supposed to live as examples for Christ in this world so that people will 'see my light' and want what I want" to shrug off the responsibility that God gave me to "Go and make disciples of all nations." The excuse I use is that my life is enough of a witness when even Jesus says it isn't because I am supposed to Go.

9:08 AM  

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