Well, Good News Club went well. We didn't have a great turnout, but the lesson went well. We encouraged the kids to bring a friend next time. We have a large family that comes and brings all their kids, but many of the others are hit or miss. We try to keep positive, but the fact is that in this day and age, many parents are hard hearted about the things of God. Many wouldn't let their kids come because it is inconvenient to have to pick them up at school rather than ride the bus. Others just don't want us Bible thumpers polluting the minds of their little ones with the truth, a God that created the world rather than the fallacy of evolution. I get frustrated.
Speaking with a young lady this evening, we were referred to as weird and not normal because Sara and the girls wear dresses. Sure, I guess a woman dressing like a woman could be construed as weird in this twisted society we live in. I guess I forget that the world is a very anti-Christian place. The world took the Son of God and crucified Him because He was weird. He convinced them of their sin and they were not comfortable with that so He had to die.
When talking with some other kids today, they told us that they just weren't "into church and that stuff" and it saddened me to think that they had been raised to think of church as some social club that they could just reject out of sheer ignorance of the importance of why we "do church". Maybe they feel that way because no one has ever shown them the reality and love of Christ that would transform their lives and give them direction.
We were created by God for His purposes, His glory and honor. That is indeed why we are even here. It is for God that we live. As Paul said "for me to live is Christ, to die is gain" We are to be "set apart" and "peculiar people" and I guess we are doing OK on that front. I don't wish to make light of it, but it actually comforting to me to know that people see something different in us. It is the calling of every Christian to be more like Christ and less like the world. It isn't easy to be whispered about, looked at oddly, but we are going to continue to keep our eyes focused on the cross and not turn back to the world just for the sake of acceptance.
Til next time
"the weird guy"
