In my last post I talked about the difference between us that the rest of the world. I can see a difference between the world and the main church. It’s deeds. The do’s and don’ts of Christianity are well known in the secular world. They (christians) can point to their actions and say there’s a difference. I’m wondering if perhaps they and I are missing the point of the difference?
I keep coming back to the love thing.
John 13:35 – By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 3:11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Anyone else remember the old worship song “We are one in the Spirit?” That song was great.
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love
They will know we are Christians by our love
I feel ashamed to admit it, but I don’t think there’s a difference in me. People obviously don’t know that I’m a Christian by my love. They can see that I’m gay by the way I act, but they can’t tell that I’m a Christian!?! Shouldn’t my faith be such a part of my life that I wear it on my sleeve just like my sexuality? Is it about comfort? Is it easier to tell people I’m gay than to tell them I have faith in Christ? Or is it that showing love is just hard because I’m basically a selfish person?
I don’t think I’m missing the point. I think I know what the difference is (Love). I think I know what I need to do (Love more). But love is hard. I need to get over myself and start loving like I was meant to. Where does this selfishness come from? Is it just “the sinful flesh” or is there more to it? Definitely need to meditate on this a bit.
There’s gotta be a difference
It’s gotta be significant
If You’re really inside changing my life
You would shine, You would be evident
If there’s a difference
I’ve actually been thinking a lot about this lately. What’s the difference in my life? How is Christ making me different? As I struggle to embrace the view that sin is relative, as suggested by Paul in Romans 14, I still have to wonder how does that jive with Revelations 3:14-22 where John talks about God rejecting people because their deeds were luke warm. I’ve always interpreted the bible in such black and white terms. Could this also be interpreted through relativism? Perhaps, perhaps John is warning that your actions need to motivated by love of God and love of your neighbor as Jesus said when He summed up the law and the prophets. But that’s getting into a heady area I don’t want to get into right now.
What’s the difference in my life? How does Christ make me different from those around? Do I love more than others? Can they see that love in me? I’m not sure they can. I’m a horribly selfish person. I don’t help those in need. I don’t feed the hungry or clothe the naked. When I tell people I go to church they’re always surprised. At first I thought it may be the whole gay thing, but maybe there’s more to it than that. They don’t see the love of Christ in me and so don’t expect it.
hmmm…. I don’t like that I can’t even tell the difference between me and the rest of the world.
Not sure where that all leaves me other than this is a good song and I need to do some more thinking.
Fuck!! Why is this story such a big deal? And for weed of all things. Is he a couch potato that doesn’t do anything and is wasting his life? Um no, have you seen him swim and not to mention, but damn he’s hot!!
Whatever!! He’s a fucking olymic gold medalist. Why isn’t he allowed to relax a little bit in the off season. I mean as long as he still has a job and can function in society what’s wrong with a little recreation? I’ve met some potheads in my life. You know the stereotypical dumbasses who let weed control their lives. These kinds of people would be slaves to anything, they just happened to pick weed. Anyways, let the man have a few hits every now and then and let history judge how much of a super star he is. Plus his cute ass!!
Thinking about trans issues isn’t something I typically spend a whole lot of time on. Sure I have trans/intersex friends. One of them actually sent me this video. I’ve never heard someone making the distinction between sex and gender before. Where sex is more the genetics of it all, and gender is the sociological expectations that are placed on us because of our sex. It’s just kinda neat to think about it for a few moments and ponder it. I think this person is right, we do need to spend some time on it. I know I could certainly do more.
