I don't know why exactly I'm shearing this but...
About a week ago I decided to go to my friend Krissa's chruch for a wenday night severice insead of my own. I first just wanted to go because I thought that either Switch Foot or Thousand Foot Krutch was gonna be there (I didn't know that that they were christian bands then tho)....it truned out that they weren't comming tho...but ne way....
I was feeling uncomferable ever since I steped out of Krissa's mom's car...but when we walked in I was even more uncomferable when I met her friends...it wasn't that they weren't nice or ne thing...it was just that I didn't know what to say...and I felt weird wearing one of the shirts that I had gotten at my own chruch cuz everyone else was wearing what they would wear to shcool.
Now when time came for worship I was felling about 10 times more uncomfterable then I had when I steped out of the car...I felt like I didn't belong and that I was out of my element.
Chruch had begun and there were people that had their arms in the air and singing w/ their eyes closed and people dancing...and I didn't know what to do...none of this ever happened in my church...so I was felling really out of my element now....and I wasn't singing or clapping (not cuz I didn't know the songs...cuz the lyrics were up on the screens) cuz I had this weird idea that if I sang other ppl would think I'm an idiot and all these weird things.
Finally after Among Thorns (the band that actully had a "gig" there that night) played accouple of songs I finally got this thought: "You know what...I shouldn't care what other ppl in here think! This is a chruch for God's sake and screw them if they want to think I'm an idot for singing! If they didn't want to come here and praise god with simple acts like singing then they should leave!" and just thoughts basicly along those lines. I learned alot that night....and I think God might have spoken to me and told me to overcome my fear of what others might think. Since that night I've become a better christian just from that little realization there...I know it's stupid sounding but it's the best thing that's happend to me in a while....I now have a fire burning in me that hasn't been there since Billy Gram left town...and I'm happy I have it back
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Anyway, to sum this whole story up for those of u that have fallen asleep (I forgive you for that lol) : When you go to visit a church that you haven't been to before, don't hold back on praising God because of weird ideas that you may get in your head about other ppl are judging because you are praising God...just praise God w/ all you have and don't be scared.....you might learn sum thing just from over comming that fear and you might come a little closer to God by doing so.
-britt
About a week ago I decided to go to my friend Krissa's chruch for a wenday night severice insead of my own. I first just wanted to go because I thought that either Switch Foot or Thousand Foot Krutch was gonna be there (I didn't know that that they were christian bands then tho)....it truned out that they weren't comming tho...but ne way....
I was feeling uncomferable ever since I steped out of Krissa's mom's car...but when we walked in I was even more uncomferable when I met her friends...it wasn't that they weren't nice or ne thing...it was just that I didn't know what to say...and I felt weird wearing one of the shirts that I had gotten at my own chruch cuz everyone else was wearing what they would wear to shcool.
Now when time came for worship I was felling about 10 times more uncomfterable then I had when I steped out of the car...I felt like I didn't belong and that I was out of my element.
Chruch had begun and there were people that had their arms in the air and singing w/ their eyes closed and people dancing...and I didn't know what to do...none of this ever happened in my church...so I was felling really out of my element now....and I wasn't singing or clapping (not cuz I didn't know the songs...cuz the lyrics were up on the screens) cuz I had this weird idea that if I sang other ppl would think I'm an idiot and all these weird things.
Finally after Among Thorns (the band that actully had a "gig" there that night) played accouple of songs I finally got this thought: "You know what...I shouldn't care what other ppl in here think! This is a chruch for God's sake and screw them if they want to think I'm an idot for singing! If they didn't want to come here and praise god with simple acts like singing then they should leave!" and just thoughts basicly along those lines. I learned alot that night....and I think God might have spoken to me and told me to overcome my fear of what others might think. Since that night I've become a better christian just from that little realization there...I know it's stupid sounding but it's the best thing that's happend to me in a while....I now have a fire burning in me that hasn't been there since Billy Gram left town...and I'm happy I have it back
.Anyway, to sum this whole story up for those of u that have fallen asleep (I forgive you for that lol) : When you go to visit a church that you haven't been to before, don't hold back on praising God because of weird ideas that you may get in your head about other ppl are judging because you are praising God...just praise God w/ all you have and don't be scared.....you might learn sum thing just from over comming that fear and you might come a little closer to God by doing so.
-britt
