On my way out of work yesterday afternoon I noticed a guy walking in – actually it wasn’t the guy I noticed – it was his T-shirt. A black T-shirt with a picture of a red, two-horned devil (with accompanying classic pitch fork), and the caption read, “God’s busy, I’m not. What can I do for you?” He saw me notice. I didn’t know him and kind of smiled and walked by. I have no doubt that he probably found that caption to be cute. I’m sure many people did. I wasn’t offended by it, er, well, maybe a tiny tad. I’m not the kind of Christian that has no sense of humour, but I’m not so sure I found that humorous.
I wonder what someone would think, someone feeling hopeless and abandoned by God, if they read that shirt. Would it serve to root their feelings even deeper? Maybe the shirt guy is a believer and he just has a strange sense of humour. Is it a mixed message? I wonder what God thinks, you know, false advertising, defamation of character and all. Okay, I guess I’m a little offended on His behalf. I know God doesn’t need me to save His reputation.
Here’s an idea. Maybe I could print up a few T-shirts. Maybe I could sit beside him at the picnic table at his break or lunch hour. My shirt will say, “Just joking”. Or maybe a shirt with a picture of one of the NJ devils and it would read, “The devil’s messed me up pretty bad, I’m switching teams”. Of course the backside of the T-shirt would have a picture of Jesus in jersey that would read, “God’s Team”. Did I say it would be funny?!
Better still, I think I’ll start wearing my Christian T-shirts to work. I know that we’re not supposed to use the “F” word (faith) at work but he started it!!!!
Alright, I’m over it. But just for the record, I’m heading out to Blessings tonight after work; they have a ton of T-shirts just waiting to cause a ruckus. Game on.
