Everyone has their obsession.
Do you need to check the score of the game? Do you need to watch the game? Do you follow a team? Do you follow certain players? Do you collect their cards, books, or movies?
How about celebrities? Do you need that new issue of People, InTouch or US Weekly? I know some people really do care about Michael Jackson's kids, or Brangelina Pitt, but I could care less. They are normal people like you and me, and if you quit following them around with a camera, they might have a chance at not screwing up their lives so much.
Kids collect everything having to do with their favorite character. Spiderman underpants, t-shirts, video games, movies, books, towels, soap, socks, sheets and .... oh yeah action figures. Or how about Pokemon? I don't know too much about it, its a Japanese cartoon based on a card game, or vice versa, where the object is "gotta catch em all!"
Well, I have been trying to get through this "pastor" obsession that I have. Then it hit me just the other day. My love for other churches and pastors is no different for how some people follow baseball teams and celebrities. I get kinda star struck when the name "Perry Noble" gets mentioned. To be honest, if given a choice between meeting Perry or Brad Pitt, I would pick Pastor P without any hesitation. I love his sermons, I love his preaching, I love his honesty, I love his blog. He would be an awesome guy to sit down and chat with.
"Dave Ferguson" is another name that I love. He is my local celebrity pastor whom I love, pray for him and his family, read his blog and root for. He also happens to be one of the guys that started the church I attend. Here's the kicker: he knows who I am, he knows my name, by sight. That overwhelms me sometimes, but then I get hit in the forehead by my own hand.
Jesus is the most Famous One of them all. He knows your name, he knows the very number of hairs on your head, in fact, he knit you together in your mother's womb. The creator of the universe, He knows you and loves you and wants a relationship with you. If you wanna start dropping names, start and end with that one.
Okay, so I still wonder if my fondness for pastors isn't weird, but at least every once and a while I can be thankful that Jesus loves us no matter how screwed up we are. If I am gonna have my home team be the Jesus team, the Jesus mission, then so be it. Winner every time, guaranteed.
2 comments:
Love your insights Shelley! I think what's neat about your "pastor obsession" is that you recognize that they are everyday people too - and hey, so was Jesus!
I was going to make some remark about a Troy McMahon rookie card, but I lost it now.
Sincerely,
The Lost Janus
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