Underground Exiles

More likely than not, this post is going to get me in trouble with the elders in charge of H20, as well as an ex-girlfriend, and various other groups of people.

I was recently told that if I would just be a little more meek, my sermons would go down easier. A couple of weeks before that, I was given practically the same advice.

I was raised Southern Baptist, with this image of

“gentle Jesus, meek and mild,”

to quote the old hymn by Charles Wesley. Then I grew up and read the New Testament for myself, and it seemed like Jesus really enjoyed screwing with religious people.

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So I had to stop by my now ex-girlfriends apartment today to pick up some shirts that I still had over there.

So I walked to the door and knocked, so I could return her spare car key and pick up my shirts, and when she opened the door (piano student diligently practicing), she looked incredibly happy…way happier than I can remember her looking for 2 years.

So what is it about me and our relationship that seems to have drug her down for 2 years? As boyfriends go, was I that god-awful? What in the relationship could have been so bad?

Or do I just individually suck so much that leaving me has been the happiest moment in years for her.

I just honestly don’t know…