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Random Musings From a Frustrated Christian – 2
I’m baaack…. I know you have all been wondering where I’ve been. No need to fear, I was just taking a brain break for a while. The Glory Academy Production ended (more on that later…) and then I took a week off, then Memorial Day and then Reagan and I headed off to Nashville to visit my other parents. We just got back yesterday and so now I have no excuses. I MUST write again – or I fear a flogging may inevitably occur.
OK – so now for my random musings….I need to be honest….sometimes people frustrate me. Not all people – because I have some pretty incredible people in my life. My wonderful family - natural and adopted – my fabulous creative arts team at The Rock – not to mention my amazing circle of friends. (it may be a small circle, but I am fiercly loyal to you all, you know that, right?) No, no… I’m talking about the people that don’t seem to use any common sense at all – those people that seem to ignore all of the “rules” for how to get along with other people. I want to be full of grace and mercy – but COME ON NOW! I saw John Defoor on Sunday in Nashville and he reminded me of one of his famous sayings….”People are dumber than anybody!” Isn’t that more the truth than it should be? Here’s my problem – God is pretty wise, wouldn’t we all agree? He’s given us some pretty practical and easy to follow steps in His word – if we would just follow them, we’d save ourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble. Remember these?
- Love your neighbor as yourself.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- Don’t lie
- Don’t covet
- Don’t steal
There are more – but the thing to remember is that the list isn’t THAT long. We should be able to remember the important stuff, right? But instead of loving our neighbor, we accuse and condemn those who don’t think like us. Wait – that definately has to be up in the top two or three – DON’T JUDGE…. that’s His job, but we forget that more than we remember it. We are quick to condemn a homosexual but we overlook stealing from God, backbiting, lying and hatred – those are more acceptable, right? I’m not so sure. I think I’d rather be around some really freindly gay people than some of the religious haters we come across in churches today.
Jesus was pretty predictable – if you wanted to find Him, you could more than likely find Him hanging out with all of the outcasts – the drunks, the prostitutes, the lepers – I guess they were alot more fun to hang around that those religious freaks that you could find in the temple. ouch…
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