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Road Trip.

i was all ready to go - a great day at the lake with friends.  i had everything packed; my extra swim suit, diapers, powder, lunch (a delightful collection of fruits and insects - the crunchy kind), lotion, extra ear plugs, my favorite microbrew and just enough cash to have a good time and not pay the way of everyone.   i packed my 72 gremlin and hit the road.  as i turned off the main drag and onto the highway - i hit want we all hate - it hit the parking lot known as the "freeway."

as i sat, waiting just to move an inch, it hit me like a ton of bricks - well, not really "a ton"  if i was actually hit with a ton of bricks i would be an oil stain on the highway to lake mead, and that would totally mess-up my weekend - so, it really just dawned on me, and not really "hit me" - but i digress.  as i was sitting in traffic cleaning myself (i am a primate remember) i started to think about church and how church and this "freeway/parking-lot" have so much in common.  this dawned upon me as i was being very bored just sitting there listening to the radio and very "not funny" deejays.  here's what i came-up with:

"the blinker people."  these are the church people that fall into "never on" or "never off."  the never on people are the ones who just cut you off without care to your safety or the safety of others.  while the never off people never switch, they just seem like they want to.

"the weaver."  you know, those people who weave in and out of the different lanes trying to get ahead, but in the long term - they travel the same distance as everyone else.  these are the church people who think they are better then anyone else, because they spend all their time in study - weaving in and out of classes and books.

"the speeder."  these people go too fast;

"the slower."  these people go to slow.

"the rubbernecked."  these are the people who keep looking at other churches and what they are doing, and demand that the church do the same thing.  they always look to others for what is best inside the community.  they need to learn to look inside.

"the rearviewer."  these are the people in the church who have more life behind them then they do ahead, so they spend all their time looking to the past - while trying to move forward.  it is like driving forward while looking only in the rearview.

"the tinters."  their window are so black with tint, they can't see out.

i know what your thinking, "boy, this primate has too much time on his hands" - and you may be right.  but without opposable thumbs who cares

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