A Study on Sin
For most of my Christian life, I have been around Good Christians. Good Christians hide their sin from the outside world. They might have an accountability person of some sort, but generally, their struggles are secret and buried deep under layers of passionate worship, bible studies, and promise rings. I think most of the American church is made up of Good Christians. We don't sleep around, get drunk, or disrespect their parents. They follow the commandments and can rattle them off in order. Good Christians have it all together on the surface.
Now, I'm rubbing up against a lot of Bad Christians. They get shunned from Good Christian churches. They have scars on the outsides of their souls. They challenge and question traditional Christianity because they see its hypocrisy and they hate it. Their sin is blatant and their worth, goodness and righteousness is repressed.
True, both sides are twisted. Neither is what Jesus wants for his children. I'm not accustomed to being blatantly broken because few people in my life are. Brokenness has always been something searched for and shyly admitted after years of friendship, if then.
My challenge has been issued: I am not in this place to fix people. It's not may job and I can't do it anyway. Instead, what can I learn? How can I help and serve? How can I be the hands and feet of Christ? Where can I see Christ already at work?
Now, I'm rubbing up against a lot of Bad Christians. They get shunned from Good Christian churches. They have scars on the outsides of their souls. They challenge and question traditional Christianity because they see its hypocrisy and they hate it. Their sin is blatant and their worth, goodness and righteousness is repressed.
True, both sides are twisted. Neither is what Jesus wants for his children. I'm not accustomed to being blatantly broken because few people in my life are. Brokenness has always been something searched for and shyly admitted after years of friendship, if then.
My challenge has been issued: I am not in this place to fix people. It's not may job and I can't do it anyway. Instead, what can I learn? How can I help and serve? How can I be the hands and feet of Christ? Where can I see Christ already at work?