On Any Given Sunday
It’s an incredibly beautiful Sunday morning, and I’m on my way to church. It’s what I do every weekend. I love going. I love what we do there. I love being with the people who are there. We have something in common.
While on my way to church I thought about all the other things people were on their way to do. There were motorcycle clubs, bicycle clubs, and horse riding clubs headed out on group rides. There were hiking clubs, rock climbing clubs, and botanical clubs headed out to local trails. There were gun clubs gathering at shooting ranges. There were families headed to the beach, people headed to the mall, and others headed to the movies. Some people were sleeping in, some people were doing yard work, and some people were watching sports on the TV.
Clubs, families, and individuals love Sundays. It’s a day where they can do what they want, the way they want, with or without people if they want. Enjoying this kind of freedom is especially rewarding when you’re with others who like the same thing. They have something in common.
The Less Obvious Question
Seeing people going everywhere except to church on a Sunday makes it’s easy for a church-going person like me to wonder, “What’s wrong with those people?” (vis–à–vis Dana Carvey’s church lady). But on a gorgeous Sunday morning like this, the more important question for me to ask is, “Why am I going to church?”
People go to church for different reasons. Some go out of guilt and fear, others out of tradition and habit, and then there are people like me who go because we love it. Let me elaborate.
We love Jesus. We love being around people who love Jesus. We love singing songs about Jesus. We love learning more about Jesus. And we love being reminded how much Jesus loves us, and how much Jesus wants to be with us.
They Got Me Into It
If you ask someone how they got interested in a particular activity or hobby, most likely they’ll tell you about somebody who was already fanatic about that area. The passion that person had attracted them, intrigued them, and as a result got them involved.
Here’s the key: when you really love something, you’ll want others to experience the same thing. This doesn’t mean everyone will love it like you, but someone will. And it’s that person who’s gonna skip a whole lot of other activities to do what you love.
So instead of getting bummed about why so many people want to do other things rather than go to church, let’s continue love going. It this kind of passion that is actually more enticing than anything else.
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