today i was listening to someone while they were talking
"i just don't get when people go to church in jeans with their Starbucks in their hand, i just think that's so disrespectful, why can't you take the time out to get up and take the time to get dressed up, me and my kids get up early and get dressed up to go to church"....
now i wasn't involved in the conversation but i did give my reply and opinion..."and here i always thought that god looks at your heart when you go to church, not the clothes you where. i go to church in my jeans and sometimes i bring my Starbucks and i in no way feel i am disrespecting my lord and savior"
it made me think alot about what my pastor has been talking about at church lately. about how we put the holy spirit in a box, and now I'm starting to think we even try to put god in a box. Doesn't he work in different ways for everyone? can't he show up, and work miracles differently in my life than he does in yours. we shouldn't think that he just is this way or works just this one way, he can work a million different ways, i mean come on now, he's god! Now i am not claiming to know everything about god, and if you dress up to go to church I'm not knocking you. I say go to church how ever you feel comfortable, but i don't believe that god looks at all at the way you dress when you walk into church. i think his sole concern is where is your heart. did you walk in with a heart ready to worship, ready to learn, ready to be changed and renewed and ready to experience him? or did you walk in with a heart that had other intentions?
i wanted to get upset about that person's comment. because she basically called me a disrespectful person since i wear jeans to church. but i know where i stand with god. and then i also remembered. there is only one person whose opinion of me truly matters. and i know where i stand with him. i also know that everyone is entitled to their opinion.
i just hope that you feel welcomed in whatever you wear at church. and that you know that god wants you there no matter what. because he looks at the heart, the rest doesn't matter...and don't you ever let anyone tell you other wise....
