Something Funny, I Promise

I’ve tried to write this post so many times that I’ve lost count. First, I tried writing it in my head which didn’t work out at all. Then, I decided to follow what most writing gurus advise and just go ahead and write but I still couldn’t. The only reason I didn’t give up is because I am desperately trying to build a writing culture and this entails discipline. I told Pastor Victor about my pseudo writer’s block and especially about the fact that I really wanted to write something funny. You may be wondering who Pastor Victor is and why I want to write something funny, I’ll answer the latter. 

I have said it before, I’m a passionate person, I do everything with a tinge of violence and feel everything deeply. And so, my writing tends to bleed with my passion and that’s totally cool but sometimes I just want to be chill and I want other people to feel chill too. Hence, the attempt to write something funny. 

But that’s when I remembered that one of the taglines of this blog is that I would sometimes write things that are random. I guess that’s the direction I’m going today, I couldn’t really come up with something funny so I’ll have to settle with something random.

People and mannerisms. Pastor Victor doesn’t know how he stands when he is annoyed or how often he grimaces even when he is not really upset. But we always see him so we know. In his attempt to help me get over my writer’s block, he told me a story about Pastor Moses. Apparently, Pastor Moses got a new shoe and didn’t wear it up until a really special occasion. Pastor Victor was convinced that Pastor Moses shook his leg a little bit more when he was preaching because of the new shoe and how happy it made him.

His story made me smile. Because it made me realise our pastors are humans too. Literally, that’s something I know I can do, wait until a special day to wear something new. Most times we forget that our pastors are people like us too. I once had a pastor say that in church when they say turn to your neighbour, no one ever thinks of turning to the pastor. Huh, how true is that!

My friend whose parents are pastors told me her mum never wanted to go to the movies because she was afraid that church members would see it as carnal. Crazy. Anyways, our pastors are spiritual leaders but are humans too. I hope we show them grace and not judge them by ridiculous standards.

I’m not sure if I have made any sense but remember, today’s post is supposed to be random so I guess I’m still within line. Life is so wide; I hope you never stop handing it over to God.