Most people don’t like to be proved wrong. Even if they are wrong, they deny the evidence and support their false opinion anyway. I try not to be one of those people, though I do make a few slip-ups here and there. One of the false opinions I had was that the people of the Catholic religion were stuck-up, hypocritical, and overall bullies! Turns out I was wrong. I was stereotyping them! I always make this HUGE deal about how Christians are unjustly stereotyped based on the limited view on the media, but that was exactly what I was doing to the Catholics!
I went to this wedding in Wisconsin with my dad earlier this year. It was for one of my dad’s friends and his fiancée. What I didn’t realize was that the wedding was Catholic. When I found out, my heart dropped down into my stomach. I was afraid that the other girls there would “persecute” me for being Protestant! I now see that thinking in that way was utterly stupid, but I didn’t see it then. Anyway, during the service, I thought people were going to stare at and judge my dad and me when we didn’t exactly follow their traditions. But they didn’t. Not so much as a passing glance. Later, during the reception, I thought the reception would be boring and flat. Basically, I thought it was going to be a second sermon with food. But, I was wrong. The speakers at the table had a great sense of humor and made lots of jokes! Of course, they mentioned GOD, Jesus, and the Bible a lot, but it felt natural and sincere, not forced. Soon after, they cleared the dance floor! I thought they were going to play classical dancing songs that would lull me to sleep. Again, I was wrong. They played fun, upbeat songs like “Shake It Off” and “Uptown Funk”! I had a great time! I was proved wrong by the Catholics. They disproved the horrible stereotypes I believed about them. I was wrong. But now, I am in the right, and I can’t wait to see where that takes me.
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