Do you every get BORED AT CHURCH? I DO. Not often, but I would be lying to say it never happens. Sometimes I get so bored I start thinking about how to escape. I go through the entire process. I think, if I just get up and walk out like I am going to the restroom no one will know that I am leaving. Then I think, what about my coat? What about my wife? I sit back realizing, I am stuck, there is no escape. We can not get up and walk out in the middle of the sermon no matter how boring it is. So, I just sit there and endure the pain.
Being a problem solver, I been trying to come up with a solution. (Maybe I should sit on the back row!) What is the proper response to being BORED IN CHURCH? Is the problem mine or the minister’s? Does it really matter? Why am I at church anyhow? Am I there to be entertained? Am I that shallow? Is my heart right? I could go on an on with questions. I won’t because I don’t want to bore you!
The truth is that I don’t know the proper response except to say that nothing in life is perfect. I should be going to church to praise God and worship Him. There is nothing boring about that, in fact just the opposite. Church should be uplifting. But even when it is not, I think I can and should show respect to the Lord and His servants.
Looking forward to next Sunday,
Ross