Found myself dressing up Sunday evening to speak at another church just outside town. Ok, dressing up is a stretch, but I'd been in jeans in the morning, so anything else these days is dressing up. I just like not having to "have to" do it anymore. Even though I've never been very good at doing it, even when it was expected of me.
The most interesting comment in the evening came from Nina (our three year old), who asked the question, "Why are the flowers in jail?"
The church has a baptistry at the front, but in order to keep the kids from using the baptisty as a short-cut, the church put up some steel bars (the kind that keep people from breaking into shops windows). On the other side of the bars was a flower arrangement.
Sometimes if we could see with the eyes of a three year old, maybe we'd see things differentely.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not judging the church. Some would say POG wouldn't exist if it weren't for this church. Actually, I don't really believe that. But God did use them in our history and I respect that.
But Nina's question just reveals that many times we make decisions in church without thinking of how things appear.
Anyway, most of all, I just thought it was a funny observation at the time.
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