Shocked

Ok, so I have recently heard of and experienced a few things that have literally made my jaw drop!

So I am a server at Olive Garden as a lot of you may already know. I come in contact with a TON of different people on a daily basis.

Matthew 5:14 say, "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

This is what I TRY to do on a daily basis. Ironically, Sunday is the day where I experience the RUDEST, GREEDIEST, MOST HATEFUL, people I have EVER met. And most of them are dressed in Sunday attire...it just SHOCKS me that people who have JUST come from worshiping God and who claim to live their lives like Jesus can be so incredibly hateful.

One man said to another server (before she even spoke), "If there is any gratuity on the check you can go ahead and remove it b/c I give the Lord 10% and I'm SURE not about to give you 15%!" UMMM....WOW. Not only did he say that, but he also left NOTHING for the server. It AMAZES me that someone who is "living their life in the image of Christ" could say something like that and feel no guilt or remorse for it. Dont you think that if Jesus had been sitting at that table he would have left a generous amount for the server? What are we saying about our God when we lash out at people like that!??

Servers make their living on tips ALONE. We do NOT recieve a pay check each week like some people may think. I make $2.13 an hour, and after taxes are taken out of my paycheck I literally get NOTHING. If I wasn't a believer and someone EVER said something to me to the nature of what the man in the above paragraph said...it would be game over for me...my thought would be, "why in the WORLD would I want to follow a God that obviously has no compassion for others? why would I want to give my life to something that seems to make other's lives hell?" It would have ruined any chance of me wanting to ever give my life to Christ. End of story.

I have come across so many people who tell me that they can't stand the church and they can't stand Christians, and I never really understood why until recently. It is embarrassing and is RUINING your chance to witness to someone who doesnt know God. Dont people realize that once you put on the armor of God you are being looked at DAILY by other people!??!?! It's not just a club...you dont get to join the church, give your life to Christ, and then continue to be a jerk to other people!!! When you give your life to Christ you take on the responsibility of trying to live your life as Jesus would. You're to be KIND, COMPASSIONATE, LOVING, GENEROUS, ETC.

I'm am just disgusted and completely floored by the way Christians are portraying themselves, the church, and GOD! It's like a slap in the face!!! The world is WATCHING us! I dont know what else to say really. I am so embarrassed, hurt, and annoyed!

Something's gotta give.