A friend of mine asked me to come to his church’s revival this week. Since he plays guitar for the church choir, I decided to attend the service. The choir was on point and the sermon was very uplifting, but somehow I have a knack for finding something funny, no matter where I go. And this time was no different.

There was a little girl, around the age of 8, who sang a song with the other kids of the church. She was wearing a beautiful white dress. *gasp* Wearing white after Labor Day? I live in the South and it doesn’t start getting cold here until late October. Heck, sometimes it’s even hot up until November, so a lot of times not wearing white after Labor Day doesn’t apply here. The girl wearing white was not the problem.

But what I did find funny is that thanks to my keen CSI detective skills, I came to the conclusion that this young girl probably dressed herself for the revival service. How did I come to this realization? Well, she was wearing a white dress, which was see through, and apparently her mother and/or father didn’t take a close look at her before they left the house, because one could clearly see a bright yellow sponge showing through the dress.

The little girl was wearing Spongebob Squarepants panties. And every time she’d move and/or walk, Spongebob would sashay. So I’m trying to contain myself as I listen to the kids sing a rousing rendition of Fred Hammond’s Let The Praise Begin, and Spongebob is just shimmying to the left and shimmying to the right.

I am rocking back and forth, trying to hold my laughter in and the elderly lady sitting next to me on the pew turns to me and says, “I feel it too baby, the Lawd is in the building!” I guess she thought I was about to get my Holy Ghost shout on because I was rocking from laughing internally. It was at that point that I couldn’t hold it any longer.

I was laughing so hard, tears were streaming down my face and my friend who was playing for the choir was trying to “shhh” me, but it wasn’t working. Spongebob was getting his Crank Dat on and I was too through. I had to excuse myself from the sanctuary or else I would spontaneously combust. So parents, please check your child’s clothing before they leave home.