The folks were religious, or so they said.
They buttoned their shirts right up to their heads.
Not a single blight in their church-approved look,
They checked off each list in their long-winded book.
They buttoned their shirts right up to their heads.
Not a single blight in their church-approved look,
They checked off each list in their long-winded book.
Their children were combed, their shoes were all shined.
Their Bibles and booklets prepared on the dime.
They hopped into cars that were beautifully waxed.
Polished and shined, their shoes nicely blacked.
Oh yes, they were perfect, God's holy elect.
All their T's nicely crossed, their I's carefully specked.
Their harmony perfect, oh yes they could sing!
Their four parts created a melodious ring.
When lo and behold, the back door gave a squeak,
And in walked a woman with crocs on her feet.
She looked out of place as she surveyed the crowd,
Feeling conspicuous like a bump on their log.
She turned around slowly while the parishioners stared.
She could feel the discomfort rise up through the air.
So she silently trundled back out to the street
Looking down grimly at her croc-covered feet.
And she spoke in a voice that was too low to hear.
I thought maybe Jesus could help me down here.
But it seems I'm too lost, can't be saved anymore.
I guess I'll just quit, should've known this before.
And back at the church, the singing resumed.
The folks were relieved with the old peaceful tune.
Their previous discomfort had left through the door,
Trudging so sadly across their church floor.
As they turned to John three and found verse sixteen,
They read it in gratefulness for what had all been.
Their Saviour had come and had shown them the way.
He could've ignored them and left them to stray.
And out in the dark, away down the street,
Walked a woman alone in croc-covered feet.
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Oh Corrine, this is such a good call to action!
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ReplyDeleteWhere's the love and compassion for those that in your words dress so properly and sing so fine and etc. I understand the thought of these type of church people being hypocritical at times but I think in reaction to some bad experiences you might have had it's super easy to being very judgemental and critical on the more conservative side and put them all in the same boat. I believe your article is coming from a reactionary heart and in hopes that the frequency of pointing these things out it might help these fine dressed, fine singing folks to forsake there ways, well i don't think so. I believe the heart is what matters here as well as those crokcovered feet people. Just taking the fine dress away won't fix the hypocrisy as well as cladding people with fine dress won't resolve the sin in their life's. My call is to be equally fair to whichever side that is being dealt with.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting comments. I replied once and then realized I had misunderstood a portion of what you had written. I completely agree that the heart is what matters. I know many plainly dressed church attendees who know Jesus very well. I have also met people like the ones described above. My intent was not to discourage any of the above activities, but instead to encourage us not to miss the people who are crying for hope right in front of us. My prayer is that we can all walk in the Spirit and allow the love of Jesus to flow through us.
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