Monday, January 14, 2008
Ramblings and learnings
So I've been thinking a lot about faith and sin and service and leadership . I'm just not sure if we are all going to agree on everything, big or small. I do know this though, I will never break off fellowship or friendship with anyone for ideology or theology or a philosophical differences of opinion. I argue with my friends about life and love and politics and Jesus and [fill in the blank] and we have all got to this point in our road for specific reasons. I've been a Christian for over 20 years. I don't take any opinion or belief I have lightly. I also don't take any of my OPINIONS to seriously either. Not one belief is more important than a person. I disagree with everyone about something. Some big things and some small things. If I were to flush out EVERY issue we would disagree about fundamental values, how to raise kids, how to fight fair with our spouse, how to be a "good" Christian. We can find differences, but are those differences going to define me? Sometimes we take out our sword and we start chopping ears off. I don't know when it's time to chop ears off but it seems like Jesus was never about chopping ears off. bss [big sad sigh!]
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Eddie, I've been a Christian for 34 years, and the older I get the more I love the Words "faithful are the wounds of a friend". It just puts it out there doesn't it? If you are a friend, have a friend, there are going to be wounds.
The older I get the more I realize I want to be like Jesus, I want to pick up the ears, of my enemies and friends, and put them back on. I want to be healed and be a part of Jesus healing to others. I know it won't look perfect, but I'm going to live everyday I have left asking the Father to help me put 'ears' back on!
Keep pressing on!
sorry for my long-winded response:
i've known christians who have taken themselves way too seriously. they thought they were right and forcibly disagreed with those who were wrong. and made them feel bad about it.
i am thankful to no longer be a part of that community. a community that was about feeling righteous for having the right opinion.
i am thankful that god made us all different. i am thankful that we can love one another as brothers and sisters even though we may disagree.
in romans 14, paul is talking about people who have different convictions. but ultimately, as long as we follow our convictions to honor the lord, that's all that matters.
5One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. 8If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
thanx,
to both of you.
God is good and He is my salvation and my hope.
Eddie,
I hate the politics of relationship as well. The one thing that I have learned by watching you (through the security camera I installed when I put in your cook top) is that as much as you are opinionated, you are even more a lover. I love your heart, which you refuse to disconnect from your head.
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