Rock On

My husband and I are getting ready to play some Rock Band 2.

Dan plays lead guitar and I rock a mean bass.  I'm currently at "hard" setting and I'm sure I could advance to "expert" if we played more frequently.  Alas, it's been awhile....  I better hurry up and get this posted so I can warm up the strings check my guitar's batteries.

You know why I love playing Rock Band?  (besides time spent with my husband)

I feel like a rock star.  Like a bass-playing goddess.
I would post a picture of me playing that my Mom took ...... but it reveals I am anything BUT a rock star / goddess.  (Personally, I blame the strap and not my overeating for looking like I am 3 months prego......)

Anyway, back to Rock Band. 
As I'm anticipating playing tonight, the thought occured to me:

"Wish there was a gadget that made the Christian life seem easy....
like Rock Band does for guitar-playing."

And then it hit me.... there is.
The gadget is called "church".
Church is great and wonderful.  We are called by Christ to not forsake the gathering together.
But it sure is a lot easier to do the "church" thing, rather than the "Christian" thing.

I rock a mean Awana secretary grey polo shirt and I rock out toddler Sunday school tunes like no other.....
but do I rock my everyday Christian life?

Recently I have some relatives going through a difficult time.  Their step-family is being mean spirited and putting money above family.  To my shame, I shall post my internal responses.... in order they occured to me...upon learning of my relatives' situation:

1) "Those step-people are so mean and nasty.  How could they?  Are they Satan Spawn Heartless Freaks?"

2) I wanted to "defend" my relatives.  I racked my brain for any way to come to their rescue - 
    financially or if I knew a good lawyer, etc......

3) I tried to remember I needed to let it rest in God's hands and PRAY for my
    relatives.......   afterall, vengence is mine, sayeth the Lord....

Several Days later, in an email from a very wise person, I was reminded......
4) Pray for the enemy.  Pray for those who persecute you.  I was reminded their souls are more important than the material goods they are cheating my relatives out of.

So while I Rock Band the whole Church thing, too often real life situations cause me to examine how far short I fall of relying on the ROCK in real life.

Rock On.....