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read between the lines
this week in church i think church got a little more exciting this week than the rest. don't get me wrong, i enjoy attending my church regardless of its semi-solemn atmosphere during most sermons, but this week...fuyoh...the topic, I AM SURE, had every adult, teenager and anyone who has hormones (babies excluded) sitting up in their seats.our dear pastor (not the new one; the one that's always been with us, the one who's most respected by most people, the one whom i've never heard anything even suggestively unclean come out of his lips in public before) decided to speak on the 1st chapter of song of songs, also known as song of solomon! i think never in so long have i known the congregation to be more attentive than this sunday. when he (pastor) read the verses, i couldn't help remembering that funny scene in keeping mum where rowan atkinson, who plays the pastor, is advised to read that very book in the bible to rejuvenate his dry relationship with his wife. go see the movie to know what i mean. but innuendoes (or should i say, direct words) aside, it was informative and refreshing for a change to have the speaker speak on something that hasn't been touched on like a thousand times already. don't get me wrong, i understand the importance of being reminded of familiar verses so that we continue to walk in the Way, but i'm just saying it was refreshing. and anyway i think a lot of us in the congregation wanted to hear a sermon on that book because most of us find it difficult to understand. i know i did. everytime i came across the book i always found it hard to comprehend that these seemingly explicit (and some non-believers say even pornographic) verses were actually speaking about the love christ has for his bride, the church. i hope they have a part two, because we only got as far as the end of chapter 1. |
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