Get Figgy with It

i havent stopped thinking about this tiktok and wanted it on my blog

[VD: A TikTok from @/soupygarbagejuice. It starts with a clip captioned "Biggest Croissant In Malaysia", of a waiter bringing out a large plate with a massive croissant on it out to a woman at a table. Voiceover says "Today I wanted to eat a Croissant–". A man stitches the video, greenscreened over the final frame. Transcript is as follows:

"A few months ago, this was the last TikTok I saw before falling asleep, and I didn't dream about croissants, I didn't dream about her. Every single dream that I had for a while took place in a reality where Billy Joel– one of Billy Joel's greatest hits was called 'The Biggest Croissant in Malaysia'. It just existed, it played on the radio, people would talk about it in the background, 'He played it at The Garden last night'! So at one point I woke up and did my best to recreate exactly what it sounded like in the dreams. [Singing over piano and drums] She ordered the biggest croissant in Malaysia! She ordered the biggest croissant in town, cause Daddy's not around anymore! He's in Singapore, he's in Singapore!"

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Transcript Under the Cut

You know, I’ve heard and done a lot of grumbling about people who pour so much into making a grand church building. I would personally prefer a church that meets in believers’ houses, if such a thing existed in my area, and I have seen churches that become so caught up in maintaining or expanding their building that they seem to neglect God and their community. I have thought, rather sneeringly, that God could be found in a muddy field if two or more were gathered in His name there, so what do we need the stained glass for?

So, reading this passage and seeing God Himself commanding this elaborate tent to be built was rather jarring. But, upon thinking about it…humans are physical beings as well as spiritual beings, and in this life at least, we cannot separate the two. We largely rely on what we can see, smell, taste, touch, and hear to form our beliefs, our thoughts, and our emotions. And we are very, very attracted to shiny things. Shiny things make dopamine go brrr. So, it makes sense that a physical place Set Apart from the rest would be conducive to putting us in a worshipful mood (to say nothing of making it easier for the community gather), and it makes sense that putting the Shiniest Things inside it would help us to remember that how precious and awesome the One we’re worshiping is. And in the case of the Israelites building the Set Apart Place for the first time, it makes sense that giving their own Shiny Things up to the special place would be a way for them to show their love. I’ve felt so down lately because nothing I make or do feels good enough for God, because He made it all Himself, but I think it’s like…like a kid bringing their parents a crayon drawing, you know? The parents bought the paper and crayons, but they’re still touched by their kid’s present, because their kid was the one who made it.

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