I WANT TO PACK UP AND MOVE TO THAILAND!!!!!
I AM MAD AT THE AMERICAN CHURCH. REALLY, I AM. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOMETHING IN MY LIFE AND I WANTED AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE FROM SOMEONE THAT REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ME.
A FEW MONTHS BACK, I WAITED ON THIS TABLE OF CHRISTIANS AND THIS GUY NAMED CEDRIC WILLIAMS REALLY MINISTERED TO ME AND GAVE ME A WORD THAT I PRAYED ABOUT AND KNEW WAS FROM GOD. AFTERWARD, THEY TIPPED ME $50 AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WENT TO THIS CHURCH CALLED FAMILY PRAISE CENTER ON LOOP 410.
TO THIS DAY, I REMEMBER THAT GUY AND WHAT HE SAID. SO AFTER WORK, I DRIVE IN THE RAIN DOWN 410 LOOKING FOR THIS CHURCH, GET A FLAT TIRE, CHANGE THE FLAT TIRE IN THE RAIN, AND THEN TURN AROUND TWICE AND FINALLY FIND THIS PLACE. IT IS A REAL NICE CHURCH. I GO INSIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL CARS OUTSIDE. I WALK AROUND AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE WERE DRESSED NICE, LIKE THEY HAD JUST BEEN IN SERVICE. THIS GUY NAMED MIKE COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS CAN I HELP YOU. I TELL HIM ABOUT CEDRIC, HOW I HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A GODLY PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS,
"Well, we're having service every night this week, you should come tomorrow and you'll get some answers."
WHAT IF MY PROBLEM WAS THAT I HAD BEEN HAVING THE URGE TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR IF THIS NIGHT WAS MY LAST NIGHT ON EARTH AND I DIDN'T KNOW JESUS. I DON'T DOUBT THAT THIS GUY WAS A MAN OF GOD, BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES INTO YOUR CHURCH AND IS SEEKING SOMETHING, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP THEM FIND IT! GOING TO CHURCH ALONE DOESN'T HELP PEOPLE.
I DID LEARN SOMETHING TO NIGHT, I DON'T NEED AND OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS THING. AND ALSO, THAT I CAN'T AFFORD TO WASTE MY TIME WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING ANYBODY. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT. IF SOMEONE NEEDS SOMETHING AT THREE IN THE MORNING, AND I NEED TO WAKE UP AT SIX, I NEED TO GET UP AND HELP THEM NOW, NOW, NOW!!! NOT TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK, OR IN THE NEXT HOUR, NOW.
WHAT HAS THE BODY OF CHRIST BECOME. PLEASE COMMENT.
BRAD
A FEW MONTHS BACK, I WAITED ON THIS TABLE OF CHRISTIANS AND THIS GUY NAMED CEDRIC WILLIAMS REALLY MINISTERED TO ME AND GAVE ME A WORD THAT I PRAYED ABOUT AND KNEW WAS FROM GOD. AFTERWARD, THEY TIPPED ME $50 AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WENT TO THIS CHURCH CALLED FAMILY PRAISE CENTER ON LOOP 410.
TO THIS DAY, I REMEMBER THAT GUY AND WHAT HE SAID. SO AFTER WORK, I DRIVE IN THE RAIN DOWN 410 LOOKING FOR THIS CHURCH, GET A FLAT TIRE, CHANGE THE FLAT TIRE IN THE RAIN, AND THEN TURN AROUND TWICE AND FINALLY FIND THIS PLACE. IT IS A REAL NICE CHURCH. I GO INSIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL CARS OUTSIDE. I WALK AROUND AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE WERE DRESSED NICE, LIKE THEY HAD JUST BEEN IN SERVICE. THIS GUY NAMED MIKE COMES UP TO ME AND SAYS CAN I HELP YOU. I TELL HIM ABOUT CEDRIC, HOW I HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A GODLY PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. HE SAYS,
"Well, we're having service every night this week, you should come tomorrow and you'll get some answers."
WHAT IF MY PROBLEM WAS THAT I HAD BEEN HAVING THE URGE TO COMMIT SUICIDE OR IF THIS NIGHT WAS MY LAST NIGHT ON EARTH AND I DIDN'T KNOW JESUS. I DON'T DOUBT THAT THIS GUY WAS A MAN OF GOD, BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES INTO YOUR CHURCH AND IS SEEKING SOMETHING, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HELP THEM FIND IT! GOING TO CHURCH ALONE DOESN'T HELP PEOPLE.
I DID LEARN SOMETHING TO NIGHT, I DON'T NEED AND OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS THING. AND ALSO, THAT I CAN'T AFFORD TO WASTE MY TIME WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING ANYBODY. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THAT. IF SOMEONE NEEDS SOMETHING AT THREE IN THE MORNING, AND I NEED TO WAKE UP AT SIX, I NEED TO GET UP AND HELP THEM NOW, NOW, NOW!!! NOT TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK, OR IN THE NEXT HOUR, NOW.
WHAT HAS THE BODY OF CHRIST BECOME. PLEASE COMMENT.
BRAD