Today, after I went to church, I changed into my sweatpants to get comfy. When I went to church, I wore jeans. They are comfortable for the most part but, definitely not as comfortable as my sweatpants. The same can be true of my personality when I enter church and when I leave. I write today to challenge us to think about the person we are in church verses the person we are in our homes.
Sometimes, the person we show in church is very different from the person we are at home. It is almost like we are ashamed to show our true selves. We wouldn't show up to church in a sweatpants, we think. But, the reality is that church is the perfect place to show up in your most comfortable clothes. You see, Jesus, and our family of other Jesus believers deserves to see all of us, not just the put together piece of ourselves. We need to be at our most comfortable state in order to be most vulnerable and when we are most vulnerable then Jesus can do his work in us.
I encourage you to be yourself at church. Let it all hang out. You may disagree with me if you come from a stuffy, conservative church. You may disagree if you think there is some order to how church needs to be run. But, I tell you, Jesus hitched a ride with a tax collector, had a party with sinners, and debated this with Pharisees. Please don't be a Pharisee. If you see someone showing up in metaphorical sweatpants, don't put them down. Come along side them and embrace that they are letting loose in God's house. And, it is God's house, where anything can happen.
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