Speaking of excessive rain. Praise the Lord I am not a homeowner at this time...because I could not afford to repair what this rain has done to my wall:
I was also sick all weekend...still am. I just hope this goes away like tonight because I have a crazy week ahead of me. It's weird because I never get sick and when I do I can usually manage and go about my business fine. But whatever I have right now is really limiting me. I went to church this weekend and didn't have any volunteers to run the coffee shop so I was running it by myself (I did have Eli this morning and she's awesome) but anyway...so last night was fine, but this morning, I don't know what happened. I'm not sure if I was breaking a fever or what, but I got so sick I could barely stand...and we were crazy busy so it just didn't help at all. I ended up having to leave and go home. I hate feeling so sick and there is just nothing you can do about it.
I also decided church people really really bother me. Not all church people. I don't want this to be a sweeping generalization. But some people that I encounter through serving at the coffee shop just shock me. Maybe it's my fault. Maybe I shouldn't except people to be any different just because they are at church. But I still can't help it...it just irks me. This morning I had a woman take a sip of her coffee and look at me and say with the most disgusted, snotty voice you can imagine, "you might as well just through that away...that's garbage. I could make a whole pot of coffee by adding water to that." To that I say GO MAKE YOUR OWN FREAKING COFFEE! No one forced her to buy her coffee from us. If she wants bland nasty coffee she could walk 50 feet and get the free coffee we offer (and don't get me started on the fact that we still offer that just to appease people). If she would have politely asked me to add water to hers, or informed me she thought it was too strong, maybe I would have taken her suggestion to heart. And it's not just her. I get at least 3 people like that a weekend. One man commented under his breath one day, "you can tell this place is run by volunteers." Why yes sir, it is, and if you think you could do any better, then by all means, please join the team...we're pretty shorthanded!
The problem is, people seem to think the Church is a democracy. And it's not. It's not at all. Jesus never said we should take a vote and see what people think. He said do what is healthy for the body. And if it's not healthy...cut it off.
I guess the bottom line and the reason I'm so fired up is this: I'm just not the kind of person who handles being walked all over very well and I feel like because I work at a church I am forced to do that. Okay, rant over.
I also decided church people really really bother me. Not all church people. I don't want this to be a sweeping generalization. But some people that I encounter through serving at the coffee shop just shock me. Maybe it's my fault. Maybe I shouldn't except people to be any different just because they are at church. But I still can't help it...it just irks me. This morning I had a woman take a sip of her coffee and look at me and say with the most disgusted, snotty voice you can imagine, "you might as well just through that away...that's garbage. I could make a whole pot of coffee by adding water to that." To that I say GO MAKE YOUR OWN FREAKING COFFEE! No one forced her to buy her coffee from us. If she wants bland nasty coffee she could walk 50 feet and get the free coffee we offer (and don't get me started on the fact that we still offer that just to appease people). If she would have politely asked me to add water to hers, or informed me she thought it was too strong, maybe I would have taken her suggestion to heart. And it's not just her. I get at least 3 people like that a weekend. One man commented under his breath one day, "you can tell this place is run by volunteers." Why yes sir, it is, and if you think you could do any better, then by all means, please join the team...we're pretty shorthanded!
The problem is, people seem to think the Church is a democracy. And it's not. It's not at all. Jesus never said we should take a vote and see what people think. He said do what is healthy for the body. And if it's not healthy...cut it off.
I guess the bottom line and the reason I'm so fired up is this: I'm just not the kind of person who handles being walked all over very well and I feel like because I work at a church I am forced to do that. Okay, rant over.
2 comments:
Yes, it really is quite disturbing the way "Christian" people act in a church. I have many a experience with then (and you would be surprised what people will say to the pastor).
Just recently, I had a meeting at church at 7 p.m. I headed over 30 minutes early to run some papers and whatnot. I found a couple waiting outside the church to go to the Bible study, starting at the same time. I let them in and proceeded to walk to my office.
"Is Pastor Bob here yet?" they asked. No, doesn't look like it. "I can't believe he's not here...shouldn't he be here by now." On and on they went about how he wasn't there yet.
About 5 minutes later, Pastor Bob walks in (still 25 minutes early, mind you). The lady hadn't seen and asked me if Pastor Bob was even going to show up tonight. I told her that he had just come in. "Oh good, because he should have been here already. He must have been running really late."
What the heck? Why do people expect us to be sitting in our offices 30 minutes before the meeting starts? I mean, we sit in our offices all day! We need SOME time off, people.
Anyway, things like that really irk me. And now I shall end my rant.
oh dear! the thing that gets me is that shouldn't even be just a church-goer thing...it should be a human thing!
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