Hey Nostra-dumbass. Did the rapture come?

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Sitting at the table with my head down last Friday while waiting for my father to give the signal that we were leaving, I was listening on one of the brothers go on about something he had learned that week that had touched him. He was talking about how in Deuteronomy 28:1 it states "If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.".

To me, due to that topic being preached for a good solid 6 months, that was a conclusion that seemed obvious. Like do you want your cape in blue or red, Captain Obvious?

It's not that I'm trying to put myself on a pedestal or thinking myself morally better, smarter or wiser than my peers. But one of the things that's been bugging the crap out of me for the past couple of years is that the realization of some of the most obvious (well, to me) and cornerstone arguments and conclusions comes so late to some people.

And that makes me sad.

Like for example, once the pastor's wife said something along the lines of Jesus loves us.
I, being my snarky bored self, responded "What, you barely found out?"

I started to reflect on this a couple of months later with a concrete example.
My mother had compared me to one of my then friends by saying to me "Why aren't you more like so-and-so? She's so devoted and sensible to God's spirit!" Me being the one to remember the old saying that stated "Llama que arde, pronto se apaga" which she then made me explain how that saying applied to that situation. I told her that I'd rather be constantly, if small, burning flame rather than one who could light the world but burn out the next day. She apologized for comparing me to someone else.
I was later validated when said friend, one who was a borderline Jesus Freak™, left the church using the first reprimand she could use as an excuse.

Validated but definitely saddened by the situation.

Much like the present day...