Meetings, Meetings, Meetings

This has been a week of meetings for me.  I am going to count them so that you will know I am not exaggerating:   I had eleven meetings in three days.  And these are not just quick standing 20 minute check in meetings.  In three days I spent eighteen hours in meetings.  I am not complaining though, because they were important very engaging meetings.  It's just a lot.

And it's no wonder that the words to these verses in Isaiah chapter One stuck out to me as they are paraphrased in the Message.  God says:

“Quit your worship charades. I can’t stand your trivial religious games:  Monthly conferences, weekly Sabbaths, special meetings—  meetings, meetings, meetings—I can’t stand one more!  Meetings for this, meetings for that. I hate them.   You’ve worn me out  I’m sick of your religion, religion, religion, while you go right on sinning."

Obviously these verses are not about the meetings we have at work, but are about all of the ways we spend time in religious activities while we are not living out what we believe.  If you continue to read in Isaiah you'll see that it does not make God happy.

One of the comments on this parody video is "Should I laugh my butt off or cry my eyes out."  If you have been part of Christian subculture and immersed in contemporary worship this video may make you you do both.