Church Watch

Not a bad day today. Well, it got a bit dodgy towards the end, but one can't everything in life, can they? I saw a lot of cool people today, although I'm not sure all of them were exactly happy to see me, but I was happy to see them. Yeah. If you feel guilt at the pit of your stomach right now, that means you.

Anyway, there's a church opposite Burwood K-Mart. I like how they have this billboard out the front of it with inspirational or thought-provoking messages.

Now, I'm not a religious person. A little, little bit superstitious maybe, but definitely not religious. Not that being religious is a bad thing. I respect that people can believe so strongly in something that they can't see or prove exists. As Fowler in the Quiet American says, I wish I could be like them.

I do believe, however, that the Bible is a very interesting read. Not that I've read the whole thing. But parts of it. Also, I believe that many Christian values match my own. I was once asked whether I was a Christian after I loaned my mobile to a scary-looking Maori guy at a train station. He did give me his wallet for collateral, but still. He could've killed me, then taken his wallet back.

I won't pretend that it doesn't annoy me when self-proclaimed Christians do very un-Christian-like things. Like just generally being a bad person. Maybe it's just rash of me to assume that Christian people are supposed to be good folk. Not good, as in goody-goody, just to a standard of niceness that is generally expected of people.

Like this one time we were in a restaurant, this Christian family sitting next to us were talking about Jesus and stuff. Which was fine. Until the waiter came along, gave them the wrong dish, and they were like, "Shhh. Don't tell him." Not in a jocular way. Like, as in the full-on didn't tell the guy, and they just started eating. That, to me, is way below normal standards of decency and morality, let alone Christian principles. This isn't the only example, but we'll leave it at that, as I don't know where I'm really going with this. Maybe some of my Christian pals can inform me as to whether this is right or not.

The point of this was to start a new segment. Every Monday, there will be a segment on this blog called Church Watch. And I will post the message they have on that good old billboard and discuss with y'all. As I said, they are very thought provoking. Today's is as follows:

Never give up on your dreams.

Okay, so this is one of the slightly more boring ones. But still. One needs reminding every now and again. Like I do now. Be it study, work, relationships, whatever you want to achieve, never give up on your dreams. Because sometimes the stars align, and things just fall into place. And you need to keep your faith in order to take that opportunity when it comes along. I'm sure I'm not just talking to myself here.

Word of the Day: Church