Embarrassed- Part 4- In Conclusion

I don't know when it was that we decided to re-do Christianity. When it was that we changed what God has been saying to us all along. It's like at some point we got so scared of being "like the world" that we pendulum swung right off balance to the other side. We ignore that we are to be a light to this world; instead we just want to hide with the other lights and glare in disdain at the darkness. And we have extremely specific lists of what we think it takes to be able to be a light. And we ignore our own darkness, as if we don't have darkness still in us.

We forget that God used prostitutes and murderers, thieves and liars. God called King David a man after His own heart... ever seen the list of what David did? We sure wouldn't hail him as king in our Christian circles. We probably wouldn't even let him serve in our churches.

We must remember that the only good in ANY of us is because of Jesus. None of us have any good on our own! I don't care if you bow your head to pray before a meal or not; there is no good in you on your own. It is ALL ONLY Jesus.

Maybe we just need a good dose of 1 Corinthians 13. Maybe the next time you see someone you disagree with or don't like you can remember 1 Corinthians 13. Remember that it doesn't just apply to those who agree with you and look like you.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that the darkness will win this battle. I'm afraid that both the darkness outside of Christianity that we're so afraid of as well as the darkness within that we ignore, will win.