Tuesday, June 12, 2007

replaceable

i was at church the other day,
and some seniors were giving their testimonies.
they were talking about a lot of things that changed their lives,
and not to seem rude or anything,
but i think i must have heard God mentioned about 3 times.

i know these people are all very Godly people,
and that they definately love God,
but every time i thought they were going to attribute something to God,
they would attribute it to the church.
now don't get me wrong,
i know the church can help a lot of people,
but it still seemed odd to me how little God was mentioned.

tell me what you think.
i could be wrong.
i could be being cynical.
maybe they mentioned God more than i thought they did.

4 comments:

David T. Ulrich said...

i think they did quite a bit.

i actually did chuckle in one of them though.

they said "i could never have done these things without my friends, and God, and my family."

in that order.

i dont think she noticed - nor meant the order in which she spoke in, but i still thought it was funny.

Alyssa said...

hmm.. im not sure what i think.. or how i feel about this...

i think my heart kinda hurts a little though

Alyssa said...

hmm...well, it just kinda upset me that you would pose a question online, because i know everyone of those people who shared spent a heck of a lot of time on theit testimonies, and i know credit was attributed to the church but the church doesnt work very well if it werent for the god behind it, and i know god was given credit too. so i dont know...

i can share mine with you if youd like, and thank you for your lovely compliment.

Carson Leith said...

i don't necessarily like HSM testimonies.

most of them are not heartfelt. they're just read off parchment if you know what i mean.

so if i ever decide to share my testimony, remind me to memorize it.