You walk into a school, you'll probably find an irritable person. Walk down the The street pretty much certain to find an irritable person. Walk into a prison, you're more than likely to find an irritable person. There is this one place however, that seems like a safe place from these irritable and grouchy people and that place is the church, but for most of us who have been inside of one this isn't probably the most accurate assessment. Many instances i've seen of people in church and people who go to church is that, as christians, were pretty grouchy. All this leads me to as the question, why are we so irritable?
A short story of just the casual case of the "irritable Christian" on a typical sunday morning.
Its sunday morning and worship is starting. Our "irritable Christian" is about to stand and join with the body as they sing but they realize that the seat next to them is empty. Then they are filled with the small beginning of the irritability. Thoughts begin to run through their head, "ahh, i just know someone is gonna come in late and expect me to move for them and then it will interrupt my worship while they get adjusted and if they were just on time... bah humbug" So the person stands anyway and then, as if it were right on que, the late attendee wiggles past and gets situated, all the while getting stares as if he were the devil himself.
Obviously i don't want to encourage tardiness, especially at the beginning of any church service however when God looks and sees our reaction to a situation like this, it has nothing to do with the person late to church, and everything to do with how we deal with it. lets look at the beginning and see what can change. When our main character saw the seat next to him and begin to realize maybe someone will be coming in late, he could have realized that they know it would be less distracting to him and to others if i just gave up the seat on the end. Also when they come in, i think ill give them a smile and tell them I'm glad that he/she could make it.
WOW, what an improvement.
Granted, i know i can sound very childish and i like to think of myself a young adult and any adult might feel this is childish as well but if we take an honest look inward. Do we not sometimes look at situations the way our "irritable Christian" did?
Its a problem with our relationships and when we have a problem with our relationships, we need to run right back to God and restore ours with Him.If we are finding ourselves in the shoes of the "irritable Christian", we have to check our relationship with God, and if we can not love one another than where are we with our relationship with God.
"If Someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?"
John 4:20
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