2006-08-17
Three stolen apologies
Just some thoughts, stolen from random linkage...
I am sorry because I have called myself a Christian and I have hated. A lot. I have hated you for so many reasons, all of which I justified completely to myself. I might not have harbored thoughts of running over you with my car (but I might have), but I certainly worked myself into a frenzied dither of malice toward you, and I nursed it, and I said things about you when you weren't around, and I avoided you when you were. I have harbored the thought that my life could be problem-free if only people like you weren't in it.I am sorry because I have called myself a Christian and I have walked away from relationships and commitments just because I felt like it in front of everyone, and I did not care at all whom it affected or hurt, so long as I got what I wanted.
I am sorry because I have called myself a Christian and I have been far too busy defending my own beliefs under the misguided heading of defending God or Jesus or the Scriptures, as though they needed my help. And in my energy-draining efforts to defend that which needs no defense, I,ve neglected defending those who truly need a voice. I've left these most vulnerable populations to you to take care of, and you’ve shouldered the burden, rightly wondering why those “love your neighbor” people aren't doing anything.
~Stolen (well, borrowed, with permission) from the user Godwho. Though I may not agree with a lot of G.W's tactics, God speaks to His people when and how he can. And these quotes spoke to me.
Pretty nifty, hmm?
suzza at 10:35 p.m.