Oh the places you will go...
yeah thats one of my favorite Dr. Suess books. And we have all been to places haven't we? we have been to more places, seen more things and experienced more life than most generations before us...but some of the places we go have nothing to do with far off travel or exotic adventure... no, they are places that you and i have all been to and we may share some similar observations....
1) Your Local Christian Bookstore:
From the minute you walk in you feel like everyone is watching you...but i guess that should be expected from a "christian" store. Even the customers are looking at you...are they waiting for me to say something christian? Is this some exclusive club where i have to memorize a password in order to peruse the merchandise? "well glory to god" ...everyone who was starring is like, ok he is good...he's one of us. Now the good stores are full of christian trinkets...little doo dads and bells and frames and all sorts of things...(that rhymed) They have everything you could possibly imagine with some christian saying on it...Like i need a WWJD nail polish remover. But if i did they would prob have it. The very best CBS's (christian book stores) are even supplying the holy sacrament...that is the lords supper. They have the little shots of grape juice and the bread or Jesits as i like to call them. (d. c.) Everything you would need in order to be a christian...a christian supply store is what they are. From your clothing to your music, to your low budget movies to breathmints (spirit ments) they have it all. if you have never darkened the doors then suggest you make this on of the places you will go very soon.
2) Tattoo Parlor:
If you have never been to one of these places then i would suggest you go just for the experience of it...im not advocating nor knocking tattoos but its the establishment where these things are sold that's what is noteworthy. I believe that a tattoo parlor is the only place in the world where you can look through the pictures on the wall and see the most reverent pictures of Jesus and the cross or a trinity symbol or a crown of thorns...NEXT to a scantily clad woman riding a bumble bee. You look at one page of the most degrading pictures imaginable next to a pair of folded hands with nail scares on them...I think the most ridiculous picture i have ever seen was in Gaston Co. and it was a picture of Jesus wrapped up in a rebel flag. I am not kidding! But im glad to know that some body in G-town thinks that Jesus is a racist.
3) Your Grandparent's House
This is one of those places that you will go and it will always be the same everytime for everybody. You walk in and there is that smell. Not a bad smell, just an old house smell. You look around and all the furniture is the same....it was bought in the year 1973 and has not changed since then. There is a good chance that the tv will either be on the weather channel or TBN. You look at the frig and you see that they have updated everyone's picture; your cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews...everyone but you....they still have your picture from about 13 yrs ago. They are not mad at you but they just did not forget about the fact that you didn't call them on their birthday 6 yrs ago...and its their way of exercising power...they are the keeper of the frig pictures and you will get updated as soon as you call or do something to make up for you negligence 6 yrs ago. But i think we can all agree that this is one of those places that we love to go and want to for as long as possible.
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