Monday, 17 March 2014
Why Do Some Churches And Pastors Condemn Outrightly? Are They God?
My good friend Estelle Effiom-DeSouza CEO of Glitterati™Bridal/Makeover αnd More, 26 Marian Rd, Calabar. www.facebook.com/makeupbyglitterati.
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share her experience with me on what transpired yesterday 16-3-2014..
Αnd so today, amidst the heavy downpour this morning, I woke up extremely tired after that hectic immigration exercise yesterday & decided to go say Thank You Lord, for the gift of life.
Service was awesome, & at about 10.30am, the 1st service was over... Awww! I L♥√e my church!
So from there, I decided to honour a colleagues child's dedication in α church located in one of the government forsaken & forgotten suburb (not motorable at all and even when trekking, one needs to be careful as not to get your heels stuck inside the rocks)
Adorned in a long pencilled skirt & a Peplum Forever 21 top to combat the cold, I felt just right in the skin I wore (or so I thought... until I stepped into that church)
Minutes later, after asking for directions to locate this church, I found myself in the midst of a congregation (of not more than 20 worshippers including my colleague) that made mε looked like an alien!
From the moments I walked in, I was the cynosure of all eyes, maybe because of my height... I dunno! but from that moment on, after 2 hymns from the hymn book, the sermon changed!
Before other invited guests came, Mr. Pastor has started yelling,looking straight at me 'all who wear makeups and jewelleries are going to hell'.
Like serious, I'm but α guest in this church & I was well dressed due to the weather & the only thing that was revealing in my dressing were my toes & maybe face! Αnd this man of God was just picking on me becuz I wore makeup & jewelleries & all the holier-than-thou women in there were just taking α glance at mε (none of them wore even wedding rings, as it is α sin) Oops!
Smh! U can't condemn me to hell just becuz I decided to make use of the hole in my ears, or becuz I wore a fushia lip! Everyone has his/her opinion!
At that point I remembered the woman at the well Jesus spoke with. If Jesus didn't condemn α prostitute, no man of God has the right to send me on α guilt trip.
For crying out loud, where is it written in the Bible that looking good is sin? I know the 10 commandments, + the ultimate commandment Jesus gave in the New Testament!
He kept emphasizing on makeups and accessories as other guests walked in αnd used α prominent female politician as αn example. Said we all knw her, she pays younger men to service her & that she wakes up daily @ 3am to take her bath, massage, αnd to cover her wrinkles with makeup! Bla bla bla!
Ironically, I'm α Professional Makeup Artist, Makeup is my business... My Passion, Makeup is me! & here I was, in this guys church, were he kept screaming that I'm doomed for hell (cuz even the prayer point had "Mαу God help us to stay away from makeup & gold ornaments")
So I said to myself, Estelle, you've sentenced all your clients to hell with you, by encouraging & enchancing beauty & earning your pay thru selling eye pencils!
Toh bad!
I had no option than to walk out after the offering procession, at least, I honoured the invitation!
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