You've Been Puncked!

Well today was a VERY different service in church. So different in fact I am going to go off subject for this post. BUT stay tuned....Today of course we honored the Mom's since it was Mother's Day. Osama Ben Saved Interviewed people about Moms before service. It was fun. Got a lot of great comments about Moms, then we called the Moms up front and gave them precious flowers and a cute bookmark, then prayed blessings over them all. Then Pastor Ro had a word pertaining to healing of the soul.....WOW BIG response! Then Pastor Mark continued his sermon on the B Attitudes.....BUT little did everyone know....there was an undercover plant in the midst of us this day! Thats right... You may have seen punked...or undercover boss.... well I contacted an old friend of mine who was one of my A team drama memebers at a previous church. I asked him if he would help our Pastor with a sermon on truely showing love and compassion. So Kenny stopped shaving 3 days ago.....began wearing the same clothes everynight working in the yard. Then last night started a leaf fire and stood in the middle of it so he would smell REALLY SWEET today. To top it off he poured some beer on his clothes. He showed up VERY early today and appeared to be hanging out behind the church. He infiltrated the fellowship hall.... once one of the members saw him wandering around outside the doors. He ate a lot of donuts and drank coffee. BUT was off by himself........the occasional do gooder would feel bad enough to stop for a second and say hi then leave. Very few said more than a quick hi. I stirred the pot some by making comments about "being sure to keep an eye on this guy" and yes that person got mad....BUT did they act?.... Pastor even asked some to go talk and spend time with this "homeless" person......Yet some of those even walked the other way!!!!!! But many were going around giving hi 5's and hugs to them and theirs..... WOW.....WOW .....are we nothing more than a social club while at church????? Are we a bless me club??????? Are we REALLLY willing to die for Christ, pick up His cross and follow Him?!!! We say we are BUT when it gets down to where the rubber meets the road.....are we really serious???? So many points and lessons were brought out in todays experiment. The question is will it produce fruit????? Would you have spent time really trying to meet a need in this individual????? Would you REALLLLLLLY be willing to die for Christ?????? Many of these today I'm sure have said yes to that question.....BUT when it came down to it....they either did not recognize the need......or saw the need and chose to ignore the need, or just plain FROZE up.......or is it a too good attitude???? I can't speak for any of these people..... BUT I do know what I learned through this process, I learned that people can really stink! Physically BUT also spiritually.

Kenny was incredible, he was SOOO believable. At the end of the service Pastor Mark revealed his plant. He allowed Kenny to speak and one thing that broke my heart was this.....I was welcomed by a few, BUT I did not feel the love......If I was thinking of committing suicide when I came in....I most likely would have completed the act after leaving..... WOW! I took this very personal due to some recent events in my life.

I wondered to myself ...how would I have responded? Would I have been judgemental? Would I have been Joe supper Usher and escorted him out of our church? I can't say without a doubt, I can say moving forward I have a whole new look on our purpose. I AM NOT at church to be in a social club, or a bless me club, or a look at me club....... I am not at church to be entertained, Lord knows there are pleanty of other churchs I could go to for that! I am at church to study His word so I can seek and save the lost. I want to make a difference in life. I am now purposed more than ever to destroy the workes of the Devil and be the Devils PERSONAL NITEMARE!