Let me start by saying that I absolutely love my church. I have learned so much and grown in my faith by leaps and bounds since my family became members over 5 years ago. Like every church, its not perfect but I'm deeply committed in a way I've never been in the past.
One of the "non-perfect" things is that during praise and worship the congregation always seems...well, asleep. In no way do I want to judge people and how they worship God but when you look out and see hardly anyone singing along with the choir than you wonder what people must be thinking. It's been like this for as long as I have been attending so while it does frustrate me, I've also just gotten used to it. I just try to concentrate on my own attitude and make sure that my heart is in the right place for worship.
Our pastor is aware of this problem and apparently decided to add 3 more songs to what we usually sing in the morning. Now I have no problem with this idea and I love having a longer praise and worship time on Sunday. I was raised in a contemporary church back in Hawaii so singing 6 or more songs does not seem odd or long in the slightest. It actually wasn't until we moved to the South that it became apparent to me that many churches really just want to sing their 2-3 songs and be done with it. How sad! Why would we not want to spend as much time as we could praising our Creator?? Our choir leader once said, "How can we put on a time limit on the One who we are going to spend eternity with?"
I don't really know how people feel about singing these extra songs on Sunday. I guess only time will tell. What I do know is that I want The Church to wake up! Wake up and realize that if we really believe that God is here with us then He deserves our time and undivided attention.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." -Confucius
I've never considered myself to be the blogger type. I sit down for several minutes staring at a blank screen waiting for some spark of inspiration while never actually writing anything. I did try starting a blog about a year ago but I was too shy to let anyone read it which totally defeats the purpose. Then I got irritated that the only person reading it was me, blah blah, 5 posts later I gave up.
But I believe I'm ready to commit to this new venture. I've been inspired by reading some friend's blogs and I think I may have caught the writing bug! Let's hope a side effect is coming up with oh-so-clever and profound posts. Or at least thoughtful and entertaining ones. Sooo a little bit about me:
I'm about to turn 23. I live at home which has its ups and downs but is pretty good all around. I'm completely committed to being an authentic Christian and really living my life for Jesus. My family moved from Hawaii to a small southern town about 11 years ago. Still dealing with culture shocks at times lol. My passion is makeup/skincare. I love all things beauty related and finding out how many different types of beauty there are in this world.
This blog will most likely wind up being a mishmash of topics. I want to write about everything from growing in my faith to how to apply bronzer to dealing with racism. Most of all I want to remind people that you can find so much joy in life when you take the time to see the beauty in simple things. Cliche? Yeah, probably. Still true? Definitely!
