I am often discouraged at church. I feel that the we all come to a place that we are unique individual believers, but not a body. We carry so much baggage into the place that we do church that we don't even set it down to meet people to pray over, affirm, love, and give to. There is none of that. I do confess that I believe there are several agendas that developed over the course of the last 3 months. I feel like I'm called to be transparent at this point.
There are so many photographers in the area. So many tools to measure us by and the fact of the matter is, I don't do it to be the best, I do it because I am an artist, not a money hound. I don't care who I can be associated with and I love to be together with other artists for camaraderie. So here's the deal....we are taking people's money to support or supplement our families. We are not curing cancer...we are flies on the walls at events...whatever. And I'm sick of walking into my church and feeling like my friendships with fellow artists in the area are dissolving because of the chips we have on our shoulders. And I don't feel like this can cost me anything. I once had friends there and now I don't...thats all I know. And so we have an incorrect picture of how to do life. I'm sick of it. If I wanted petty living with the church, I would've stayed in middle school because truth be told, my high school buddies were amazing men & women of God and remain so.
So lets get right what is wrong because this song is tired...a joke. Let's do church, let's get into the mindset that we are consumed with Christ and nothing else. Let's let the Holy Spirit rip us a part and put it back together...it won't matter cause everything God gives us is better than the stuff we have now, right???
