When Shellie Breaks In

There’s a line I use on my live radio show. I like to say that when nekkid news breaks out, I break in. I can’t help it. I remain fascinated by what makes people want to take their clothes off in public. When nekkid news breaks out anywhere on the globe, I aim to cover it. Pun intended.

The most recent nekkid story to catch my attention was that clothing optional church in Virginia. It’s called the White Tail Chapel– and if you can’t find a joke there, you aren’t trying.

In the picture that accompanied the story, the pastor of White Tail Chapel was shown with his arms outstretched towards the heavens. Thankfully, he was also behind the pulpit. It seems the congregants believe that baring their bodies to each other helps them bare their souls to God. Bless their hearts, and I mean that sincerely.

Call me a prude, flood my email box, slam me on social media for being narrow-minded, and I’ll still say nude church sounds SRC (straight running crazy) to me. I only bring it up to grab your attention, which I’m pretty sure I’ve done, so I could ask you a question.

Tell me, are you devising your own ways to reach God? Are you still abusing his love like our forefathers who rebelled against His provision in the garden of Eden? Are you still naked and ashamed when God is offering you a robe of righteousness?  You might remember that a loving God clothed them in the skins of a slain animal. This, friend, was a picture of Christ who would one day die for me and you. We haven’t earned God’s forgiveness and we can’t. It’s free because His only Son paid our debt in full. You haven’t fouled up your life to the point that He will snatch that robe away should you reach for it, either. But you will have to admit, like I have, that we can’t reach Him through our own crazy plans. It might not be popular, but it’s still true. Jesus is the one and only way back to God.

Hugs, Shellie