Isn't It Strange?



Isn't it strange...

     how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church,

     but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange...
     how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church,
     and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

 Isn't it strange...     
     that you can't find a word to say when you're praying but..
     you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?

 Isn't it strange...
     how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible,
     but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?

 Isn't it strange...
     how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games but...
     they do everything  possible to sit in the last row at Church?

 Isn't it strange...
     how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks in advance...
     so we can include it in our agenda,
     but we can make adjustments for other events at a moment's notice?

 Isn't it strange...
     how difficult it is to learn a fact about God and share it with others;
     but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

 Isn't it strange...
     how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but....
     we question the words in the Bible?

 Isn't it strange...
     how everyone wants a place in heaven but...
     they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange...
     how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away,
     but when we have messages to send about God,
     we think about it twice before we share it with others?

 
IT'S STRANGE ISN'T IT? 
 
 
This is from an email that my sister sent me. Not the picture... just the poem.

The truth of it made me stop and think... How would my behavior change and who could I reach with the Gospel if I put God first?

James 1:22 ~ "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."