Enough
The church has certainly set the bar too low.
We tolerate others. Period. That isn't alright. That was never alright. We think that the gold standard is to put up with people, is to simply not condemn a sinner. We don't treat another sinner like we would have liked to be treated.
We have decided that being a cheerleader on the sidelines of evangelism is enough. We root for the team, and wait for more players to show up. And that's if we ever get the courage to leave the locker room, which many have mistaken for the game itself. We need to leave the locker room, we need to get off the sideline, and we need to come to believe that we are loved and are capable of loving with a higher kind of love.
There should be fruit.
This should be simpler than we've made it.
We tolerate others. Period. That isn't alright. That was never alright. We think that the gold standard is to put up with people, is to simply not condemn a sinner. We don't treat another sinner like we would have liked to be treated.
We have decided that being a cheerleader on the sidelines of evangelism is enough. We root for the team, and wait for more players to show up. And that's if we ever get the courage to leave the locker room, which many have mistaken for the game itself. We need to leave the locker room, we need to get off the sideline, and we need to come to believe that we are loved and are capable of loving with a higher kind of love.
There should be fruit.
This should be simpler than we've made it.
Ya, I think that we complicate so very much of things that should be simple.
ReplyDeleteWatching children is a good way to remember simple things.
The school year starts tomorrow; I hope you'll be posting more often.