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November 11, 2005
The Things People Say
Today I am so disgusted at things that people(claiming to be Christians, preachers of the truth) in the public eye are saying in the name of my God. The God that forgives NO MATTER WHAT. That never runs out of mercy for us. Whose arms are big enough to hold all of us. People who have pet peeves that they turn into Gospel. People who have doctrines that they are holding higher than LOVE and FORGIVENESS. It makes me so sad. PLEASE DON'T SPEAK FOR GOD. YOU ARE MAKING HIM SOUND UNDESIRABLE. YOU ARE MAKING US AS FOLLOWERS OF HIM LOOK LIKE HEARTLESS, JUDGEMENTAL, VINDICTIVE JERKS. I know that God does have anger, but I think it will anger Him even more to have someone speaking for when and upon whom He will display His wrath. I think that's pretty dangerous water to be treading.
Ok, there's my rant. I am not perfect, I screw up all the time. I gossip and I say things that I shouldn't. I sin every day. It just makes it so much more confusing when I try to tell my friends who don't know Jesus about how amazing He is when people paint our faith out to be so miserable.
Posted by stacey at November 11, 2005 11:19 AM
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Yeah, but I guess if we do our best to be like Jesus, and people know we call ourselves Christians, then at least we can hopefully be their example of what a Christian is or something. I don't know. I feel like I fall short of that all the time.
Posted by: hairgirl at November 11, 2005 10:17 PM
Amen, sister!
Posted by: jess at November 16, 2005 03:17 PM
I understand this post so much. And I am guilty of disliking those people and also being one of them.
I think we have to try and love them anyway, even though it can be really hard. They're our brothers and sisters, and like a real brother or sister can be annoying, unlikable or embarrassing, they can be too.
But I'm not speaking from success here. It's my goal to accept and love all Christians, but I fall short often, categorizing myself in a "different" and "much cooler" section, because mainstream Christianity can feel embarassing and incredibly uncool.
Posted by: elisabethie at November 19, 2005 07:20 AM