If you got it, flaunt it!

You've heard the saying, "If you've got it, flaunt it.". That is the worst thing you could ever take to heart. Seriously. There are so many reasons as to why this is such a wrong approach, but that's an entire book. I knew a girl once, that had the largest butt. We will call her "Molly". I will not embellish upon this subject much, because if you know me personally, you will find the humor and irony in this. Back to "Molly", not me. Molly used to think that choosing wardrobe choices that accentuated her derriere, was awesome, sexy and appealing. It was not. She did not have a Kim Kardashian, J Lo or Jessica Biel butt. It was not any of these. It was more along the lines of Oprah Winfrey. Sorry, Oprah. I would cringe when we were together because it was just nasty. Plain nasty. I knew everybody was thinking the same thing I was, when she walked away. Two pigs fighting in a blanket. Several times, I heard Molly say, while looking in the mirror, "If you got it, flaunt it!".  Molly didn't have it and Molly shouldn't be flaunting it.

This applies to so many different areas in life. I could seriously write a short novel on where this applies. But, I won't. Instead, I will use my blog and several paragraphs. If you follow me on Facebook, you might remember a status that I posted a couple days ago about broadcasting your "powerful" walk with God. Since, going back to school and realizing that I've chosen writing as a career, I will often times write a status and make a mental note to expound on it, later through my blog. So, if you're following me and see a status that actually has some sort of depth and merit (those are very few and far between), you very well, might see it in this blog, later. Ok, chasing rabbit trails...

I chased that rabbit trail because what I'm blogging about is a point I made, through Facebook a couple days ago....

Look at me! I spoke to Jesus all day! I just used the bathroom on myself, because we were so deep in conversation and I didn't want to break up the connection, to go to the bathroom. Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!

 I happily hit "unfollow" on Twitter a couple days ago, after an individual tweeted scripture verses, how much they were praying, how much they were fasting, how many people they told about Jesus, day after day, day after day. And sadly, there's several others I know, like this. There's a very good reason, that those that do not call themselves Christians, feel like we as Christians, are self righteous. I think that and I'm a Christian. I've heard my dad say this to me, personally, and to congregations through ministering, "If it's right in here (pointing to his heart), it's going to be right out here (gesturing to the room).". And believe me, when I haven't talked to God in a few days, you're going to know it. When something is not right on the inside, it doesn't matter how hard you try to pretend, put on a certain facade and smile, it's going to show. A man can dress up as a woman, all he wants to, trying to convince everybody that he's a woman, but he's still a man. 

You're a part of our congregation now, so why are you still looking like a sinner?

Without going into too much on this subject, for the sake of not creating a monster, many times church folk of a certain faith, believe that as soon as you become a member, you should immediately start "acting" like one of them. 

Interpretation: You should look, talk and act like us because outward appearance and making people believe you're one of us, is really what it's all about. Who cares about a relationship. It's what people think. It's all about image. 

I have had the wonderful opportunity of being blessed with not only great parents, but a dad who is such an amazing spiritual mentor, in my life. When a lady approached my dad, asking why different women in the church were pressuring her to dress a certain way, after only being a converted member for a very short while, she was very discouraged. My dad's answer was, "You work on you. When you have a good relationship with God, everything else will fall into place. You just focus on you and God.". 

What's going on inside, is going to start showing on the outside. When you know Jesus for yourself and have a healthy relationship with Him, it's going to show in every area of your life. When a couple have a healthy relationship, babies will eventually show up. If I logged on to Facebook one morning and a fellow "friend" was describing their marital sex life in detail, to everybody, I would be appalled, embarrassed and mortified for that person (and their poor spouse), along with the rest of the social media population that would have the misfortune of reading it. I would also think they were an idiot. So, why would you talk about your "intimate" relationship with your Heavenly Father? It's private. It's intimate. It should be a special thing between you and God. When it says "Let your good deeds shine...", it did not mean to prop up a strobe light on social media and let 'er rip. When you're constantly broadcasting your so called spiritual walk with God, I'm questioning if there really is one.

Look at all of this healthy food, I just spent a fortune on at Whole Foods. Eating healthy is so expensive. 

I'm guessing those pictures on FB are BEFORE you fry it, right?

I go to the gym, twice a day. So tiring, but so worth it!

Really? After a year of going to the gym twice a day, I could swear you're supposed to LOOK like it.

If you got it, flaunt it! Right?

Cheers!

Charity