Sunday Christians

I used to have this girl I worked with at a clothing store named "Amber" (Names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent). She was recommended for the job by another lady I worked with because they went to church together. She knew her from their times together on Sunday and assumed she was a great girl and wanted to help her out.

From all accounts, Amber was a great girl on Sundays. It was all the time in between that was a problem. Here is a list of things that Amber graced us with during her "time between Sundays"
1. She grabbed a male co-worker's sensitive areas and threatened to rip them off
2. She re-stocked her closet with a generous five-finger discount.
3. She said her grandmother died to get out of coming to work....twice....much to the surprise of both living grandmothers.
4. She called in to work and said she had been in a really bad car accident. Turns out the "accident" was another girl who had beaten Amber up.
5. She threatened to "cut" several people...fortunately none of whom worked with her.
6. She had several pictures on her phone of naked men whom she had been with and proudly showed other people.
7. She proudly talked of church on Sunday and "what Pastor said."

It's that last part that really gets me. Why say one thing and then live another so blatantly. Sure, all people sin, even Christians. But it's the drive to at least attempt to be like Christ that sets a Christian apart. When there's no attempt to be Christ-Like, why even bother?

The kicker is that one day Amber got into a heated debate with "Jane," who worked with us about the very existence of God. Jane is a Wiccan. Amber ended the converation by telling Jane she was going straight to Hell where she would burn forever. This made Jane laugh almost hysterically. Even though she wasn't a Christian, she knew enough to decipher that Amber professed Christ, she was not even close to living the life she should be. It was a whole pot/kettle thing and Amber had not convinced Jane to do anything about her choice to follow Christ.

That's the thing we all need to remember Monday-Saturday. We are a representative of Christ, and we should act like it.