I love Jesus but…
In recent days, I saw a woman wearing a black t-shirt that said, “I love Jesus” and in smaller print below, “but I drink a little.” That threw me for a loop as I tried to figure out the message of the shirt.
- Was she declaring herself a follower of Jesus that felt it was ok to drink?
- Was she saying she was a Christian, but not a very good one because she drank?
- Was the shirt mocking some Christians and their hypocritical or inconsistent view toward alcohol?
I googled “Jesus t-shirt but I drink a little” and things began making sense. Apparently Ellen Degeneres has been calling an 88 yr old woman named Gladys Hardy from Austin, Texas during her show. This video segment is quite funny, and you hear Gladys admit to Ellen that “I love Jesus, but I drink a little.” In the context of the conversation you laugh because 88 yr old women that love Jesus would not usually be admitting to a little drink.
Nana Gladys now has a website where you can buy the t-shirts and track her antics.
Mystery solved. The message of the shirt is not so much about Jesus, Christians, and alcohol as much as it is an artifact of our television culture… or is it?