Any of you who are Free Will Baptists know that our National Convention is right around the corner. At this convention my department always has a booth set up in the exhibit hall. A co-worker and I have been working on getting things ready for the booth for the past couple of weeks. We came up with a great idea of adding a backdrop to our booth this year. For this backdrop we need several pictures that is easily identifiable with our department. We felt like we should use stock photos instead of our own pictures as to not get the backdrop outdated since we planned on using this for several years.
We had told the printing company the type of photos we would like and they can just find some stock photos for us instead of us having to do it since they were more experienced in this area. Well, I got email from them today saying the designer was having a hard time finding photos so they sent us three links to websites to find stock photos. Ugh! Am I really paying them for a design that I'm coming up with? Anyway, I decided to spend my ENTIRE day today scouring these websites for photos that might work for the backdrop. I go on this one certain website and I click on the category "Religion" because surely I can find the perfect photos. I found photos alright but not what I was expecting.
There were 1,918 pages that were available to view. They were filled with churches, crosses and fish signs. What really got my attention were the angel photos. They weren't the pictures of angels that we grew up looking at in Sunday School. You know what I'm talking about, the fuzzy halo above the head, the plastic and glittery wings and the long flowy white bedsheet attire. This particular angel was wearing white and did have a pair of wings but is knee socks and a thong really part of the angel garb? Somehow I'm thinking not. I was a little taken aback so I called a few co-workers over to confirm that this is not how the angels in Heaven are dressed. They got a kick out of the picture and we all had a good laugh but it did make me think about how flippant people are about Christianity these days.
It makes me sad to see people who call themselves Christians but you just can't tell it in their daily lives. If you are a true Christian and try to live your life the way God wants you to, would you still use curse words (no matter how little you use it)? Would you still dress in a way that isn't pleasing to God? We are to glorify and edify God in all things that we do. I know that I don't always accomplish this task but I sure do try. It hurts me to see people raise their hands in church during a song or say the loudest amen during a sermon and then the next day you see them using bad language and dressing a way where you can see all God gave them. I've had people tell me that they dress and act that way so they can reach people where the "stuffy, cookie-cutter Christians" can not. But how can the unsaved really know that they you are a Christian if you are acting and dressing the same way they are? Wouldn't they be surprised if you are being just like them and say, "Oh, yeah, I'm a believer. You need to be a believer also." It doesn't make any sense at all. They would think, "Well, if you act and dress just like me, why do I need to saved? I'm already like you." The Bible says we are to be in the world and not of the world. Why can't some Christians understand that. Maybe they never really got it in the first place.
Oy! I came on here to tell you about the thonged dressed angel and you got a sermon, sort of. Have a great weekend!
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