I was in 7th grade, I don’t know why I did it, but I didn’t get away with it. The person who told on me was the girl I had a crush on, go figure. But I got called down to the office of the christian school I attended, and had to face the principal (again), I wonder why I hate offices. I am pretty sure the principal sat me down to pray and repent about what a bad boy I was (again), then to give me my punishment. I think I got suspended for 3 days. My offense was writing on the chalkboard in big letters that my teacher: “Mrs. ______ SUCKS”. I now realize it was just a personality conflict, but I assumed everyone would agree with me.
I guess the major issue was my terminology, ‘sucks’ is a BADWORD. I guess as a person gets older certain words become OK. Like adults who don’t curse, cuss, or swear around children, but it is ok around adults? I guess we all get used to the double standard, in all walks of life, but that is not what I am talking about. It is just curious to me that ‘sucks’ doesn’t seem to be a badword any more. If it is, please censor this, or pray that I won’t be such a bad boy anymore. (sorry, my sarcasm is ugly)
So I don’t want to talk about if ‘sucks’ is a badword, but rather come up with a definition for it.
One of the things that has prompted us to go out on the World Race is realizing it would suck if God were really real, Jesus was more than a fairy tale, and the words in the Bible are true.
It would suck if there really were a spiritual world(and a satan, and spiritual warfare). It would suck if there really were a heaven and a hell (and we had a choice where we, and others went). It would suck if God really heard our prayers and cared and answered the prayers (wouldn’t I actually pray more?). It would suck if what we did on earth actually had eternal consequences.
I’ll tell you what would really suck- If I made honors all through school, did all my homework, and was a GOODBOY. If I earned my ‘cross and crown’ (basically a baptist merit badge, and a measure of your place in heaven, kind of like a progress report to let your parents know how nice you were) each year in sunday school, went to the right camps, hung out with the right people, never said a swear, or smoked a cigarette, or went dancing, never kissed someone of the opposite sex, and especially never kissed anyone of the same sex (in fact gay jokes are the only acceptable degrading humor, unless of course I am with someone of the same gender, then I can make fun of the other weaker gender) If I were a three sport all- american (of course no contact sports). If I went to an Ivy League school, or better yet, a CHRISTIAN school, and graduated (in 4 years! hard to believe it is possible) cum laude. If I got a good job, a nice car, a great wife. If I got a huge mortgage and exhausted myself with overtime to support this life. If I went to church, sometimes even getting there on time, and actually sang in the worship. If I sat on a board or committee, maybe taught sunday school. If I went to a small group and had an accountability partner who helped me to stop saying stuff like ‘sucks’, or at least helped me not to be so dang offensive.
If I stuck it out at this job, butt kissing for a raise (got mouths to feed!), and building my 401K. If I watched my children get married. If I never smoked a cigar when the grandchildren were born, or played cards with the boys, or danced- in a club or a church (what’s the difference?). If I never had a beer or a glass of wine. If I tithed regularly and hung out with the right people at church. If (as a baptist) I never talked to the methodist or episcopalion.
If I finally retired, and collected a nice pension. My investments have finally matured, so now I can sit back and relax, enjoy the grandchildren….when THE SON OF MAN comes in his glory, and all the angels with him. He will sit on the throne in heavenly glory, all the nations gathered before him, and he begins to separate the sheep and the goats….read the story in Matthew 26:31-46.
To hear “Depart from me you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels….”
“I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”
To be put with the goats, after living such a perfect life, that would suck. (thank you for the inspiration, Keith Green)
