Sunday Service..Amen

One thing that has always sought to elude my mind’s grasp; what is it about a Sunday that turns even the most evil of people into priests and pastors. Don’t get me wrong, am not saying it as if it’s a bad thing but what surprises me most, the moment one puts a foot out of the church, suddenly he/she is back to their old self. Talk about wolves in sheep’s clothing.
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This thought brings back those nostalgic moments back in high school when the main exams were just around the corner. Suddenly everyone was having a religious conflict, asking to be forgiven for all manner of sins, some imaginary and getting saved. Most of those who got saved barely made it past lunch time before they regressed back to their evil ways. A wise man once said that life is a movie and the world is the stage. People are always acting out their life according to a script written and formatted in accordance to what the audience wants to see.                          
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People live in fear of each other, in fear of the prejudice that comes from being you. I always ask myself; imagine if newspapers never reported tragedies and catastrophes, would people still read them? Like it or not human beings are not perfect. Despite the fact that we do not admit it, we all have that innate liking to listen to other people’s misfortunes and pretend to care. Meanwhile, in one’s mind, you are rejoicing for the mere fact that you or someone you are related to is not suffering under the cruel hand of fate.
What is it about a Sunday that makes us all realize our equality? What is it that brings us rich and poor, sick and healthy, old and young together under one roof, breathing the same air, seating on the same wooden benches? Why is this so? I tend to think that it’s because we have one thing in common. Wars are caused by differences. Arguments are caused by differences. Break ups are caused by differences. But here in church we have one thing in common; we all believe in one creator and one God. Despite the several religions we have, we all have that belief of a supernatural being watching over us.







 
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“We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same. We are united by the reality that all colors and all cultures are distinct & individual. We are harmonious in the reality that we are all held to this earth by the same gravity. We don’t share blood, but we share the air that keeps us alive. I will not blind myself and say that my black brother is not different from me. I will not blind myself and say my brown sister is not different from me. But my black brother is he as much as I am me. But my brown sister is she as much as I am me.”
                                                                                                                                              -c.joybell, C.