In the story Revelation, we meet a nice woman named Mrs. Turpin. She seems like a nice Christian woman who seems no different than a woman you may meet in your very own church. As we enter her mind, though, we see the real side of Mrs. Turpin. The saddest part of the story is this that we as Christians are just like her. I believe that Revelation is a window to the Christian world; Mrs. Turpin provides a mirror image of us, that some Christians may not want to see. Mrs. Turpin is much like you and me; she doesn’t know that she is wrong until she is given a revelation from God. Lets look at how she represents us as Christians. First of all she worry’s about nothing but herself. From the moment she walks in the door of the doctor’s office she is looking for a seat for herself and criticizing those who don’t give up their seats for her. She also is self-conscious person, which is a form of selfishness and it means that she only cares for herself and how people look at her. You can see this in paragraphs 14 and 15. She almost wants the lady to tell her she isn’t fat. This is a perfect example of how we as Christians can sometime be so concerned with the color of the carpet that we don’t see the hurting soul standing on it. Too often we are over concerned with ourselves and we leave the people who truly need help behind, because they don’t fit in. As the story progresses you see Mrs. Turpin make her way around the room making assumptions about every single person. It is sad but we do this as well. How many times have you walked in room and sized every single person up. This is exactly what she does from paragraph 19-24. She spends time looking at herself and then looking at them and seeing how much better she is than those other dirty people. When she catches the glimpse of the girl sitting across form her she turns mean. She begins to tear the girl apart and we begin to s...
