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There\u2019s an old Monty Python skit where a couple who appear to be lovers or perhaps newlyweds are seated at an outdoor restaurant and an odd-looking reverend with a suitcase walks up to them and asks, \u201cExcuse me, do you mind if I join you?\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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You can tell by their expressions that they would really rather be alone, but because they don\u2019t want to be rude, they invite him to sit down.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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\u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t mind?\u201d He asks. \u201cAre you sure I won\u2019t be disturbing you?\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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The couple, again being very polite, invites him to sit down.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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He asks them three times<\/i> if he will be disturbing them. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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You can tell they are disturbed just by the frequency of his use of the word \u201cdisturbing.\u201d Still, they insist that he join them.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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The reverend sits down and immediately begins waving his hands around and says, \u201cA lot of people are far less understanding than you are. A lot of people take offense when I even talk to them, let alone when I specifically tell them about my being disturbing.\u201d <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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T<\/span>he couple squirms in their seats.<\/span><\/div>\n

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He then begins doing some very <\/i>disturbing things like pinching them on the cheeks, pulling dishes out of a suitcase and breaking them on the table, and waving odd things around\u2014all while singing, \u201cDOO DOO DO DOO\u201d in a very loud voice.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Lately, I kind of feel like that reverend. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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I think I have a condition called \u201cJesus\u201d and some people find it a bit disturbing.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Honestly, I\u2019m not trying to make people squirm. I\u2019m really trying very hard not to pinch people on the cheek and say, \u201cGod loves you!\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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I want to talk to people about Jesus. I want to discuss the Bible and all the little nuances and details of how amazing the LORD is and the incredible richness, height, depth, breadth, and lengths of His love.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
I want to break some plates and wake people up and sing praise songs really loud and just be obnoxiously zealous for the LORD!<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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See?<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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I\u2019m doing it now.  Did you feel yourself squirm just a bit? <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Most people are polite and just put up with me, hoping I\u2019ll move on to something else. And, I usually do– when I can eventually tell I\u2019m disturbing them.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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It even happens in church when I say, \u201cHallelujah!\u201d <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
And nobody else does. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Maybe, eventually, I will settle back down into my polite, Midwestern self that avoids any public display of emotion (especially about religion!) and stop making people feel so uncomfortable. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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But I hope not.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Today\u2019s Praise<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Come! Let us sing joyfully to the LORD!<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
let us shout with songs of praise to him.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
For the LORD is an awesome God;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
a great king above all divine beings.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
He holds in his hand the lowest parts of the earth<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
and the mountain peaks belong to him.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
The sea that he made belongs to him,<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
along with the dry land that his hands formed.<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
Come! Let us worship and bow down;<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
 (Psalm 95: 1-6 ISV)<\/b><\/span><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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