i’m making god sad

There’s a little church that I see every day on my way to and from work.  Like many churches, they have a marquee on which they usually have clever religious quips and quotes, along the lines of “Eternity is a long time to be wrong” or “No it is not hot as hell.” Although I’m not a religious person, I usually find them entertaining. But this week they have this…

Seriously?! Judgy people make God sad???

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen!!! All I can picture is God as a sad, fake crying Pierrot-like mime…

Now here’s the part where I’m gonna make God sad, because I’ve got judgment aplenty about this little quip.

Judgy people make God sad?  Hmmmm…just wondering where these things rank in God’s continuum of sadness:

• Child soldiers in Uganda
• Dictators and others who torture and maim
• Starving children all around the world, including here in the the wealthiest country in the world
• Rapists and murderers
• Wall Street con artists*
• The melting polar icecaps

*Almost put Wall Street con artists on the same line as rapists and murderers, but thought that might be a wee bit over the top.

Maybe believers should be sending some smoke signals up the to Great Crying Mime in the Sky about some of these things. Clearly God’s not a micromanager. But perhaps it’s time for the little church on the corner’s marquee quote person to expand their world a little. Because while judgy people may not be the best thing in the world, they sure as hell aren’t the worst.

[stepping off soapbox]