Instant Pudding

Gotcha' by the title, huh? j/k ;) There's a point to it...I promise!

Our church had Revival services two weeks ago. Which caused us to be busy-busy-busy. It went from Sunday morning service through Thursday night. Now, let me explain....I was not raised in churches that have annual/semi-annual revivals. My understanding is that it's a lot more dominant in the South (though I'm not saying they only exist there either).

Now with these revivals down here in good, old South Kackilackie....one thing I am not a big fan of, especially...the SCREAMING. I understand when preachers get excited; really, I do. My dad's been known to raise his voice when he gets excited about a certain subject matter...but it's due to excitement/emphasis. HOWEVER, I am NOT a big fan of screaming/yelling just for the sake of it. So it's something I've had to get used to...especially at these services.

However, on the plus side, this last guy was really, really good. I liked him a lot. Now...on to the pudding comment. One of the things he stated was that we are basically an "instant pudding society." We want things NOW. We don't like waiting. We like to create little shortcuts here and there, just to rid ourselves of the longer process. And if we're not careful, we take that element over into our spiritual lives. So true! I've been guilty of it myself. Ok, so I want to deepen my relationship with Christ. Awesome. BUT...it takes time. Time and effort. There are no shortcuts, and WORK is involved. If you want to have the real deal, there are no substitutes. It's a nice thing to remind ourselves of...at least, in MY humble opinion.

Short post, I know....but hopefully, it's quality and not quantity...

Werd.