I’ve met my fare share of agnostics and atheists but it wasn’t until I got to college that I found people who decided not to believe in God and go through the motions anyways. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the best Christian, far from it actually, but if you ask me I’ll tell you right then and there what the Lord has done in my life and what he continues to do. I may not make it to church every Sunday but that’s more out of laziness or exhaustion than lack of belief. I’ve always been a believer, I grew up in a Christian household, and as I grew older I seriously contemplated my religion and decided, yeah, this works for me. If it isn’t for you that’s fine, I’m not one to pitch bibles and cry damnation, but I will let you know that if you’re having a problem God can help and he’s always waiting. But I digress; the one thing I absolutely cannot stand is a hypocrite. They seem to run rampant around here. They stand in chapel praising, praying, and clapping their hands knowing that they don’t believe. They look down on others for their indiscretions even though their house isn’t clean. They preach abstinence and saving yourself for marriage when plenty of people’s neighbors know their name. Really? Why not just show your true colors and be who you are? What are you afraid of? Truthfully, I’m going to judge you, it’s wrong but it’s human nature, and in the end I’m going to accept you exactly as you are. You sleep around? I don’t care. You drink and smoke? Do what you like. Just don’t turn around after all of it and call me out as a Christian because I sleep in. I’ve done my fair share of dirt, had my slips, wandered off the path, but at the end of the day I say, “God, we both know I was wrong, I’m not gonna deny that, but please forgive me and help me not to make the same mistake in the future.” And then I keep it moving, leave it in the past. Lord knows I’ll try my best, but I’ll slip up again and again because I’m human, but that shows me that I can never lecture other people when they fail. I wish we could all do that. Keep our eyes on God and ourselves and off of each other.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Hypocrites for Jesus?
I’ve met my fare share of agnostics and atheists but it wasn’t until I got to college that I found people who decided not to believe in God and go through the motions anyways. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the best Christian, far from it actually, but if you ask me I’ll tell you right then and there what the Lord has done in my life and what he continues to do. I may not make it to church every Sunday but that’s more out of laziness or exhaustion than lack of belief. I’ve always been a believer, I grew up in a Christian household, and as I grew older I seriously contemplated my religion and decided, yeah, this works for me. If it isn’t for you that’s fine, I’m not one to pitch bibles and cry damnation, but I will let you know that if you’re having a problem God can help and he’s always waiting. But I digress; the one thing I absolutely cannot stand is a hypocrite. They seem to run rampant around here. They stand in chapel praising, praying, and clapping their hands knowing that they don’t believe. They look down on others for their indiscretions even though their house isn’t clean. They preach abstinence and saving yourself for marriage when plenty of people’s neighbors know their name. Really? Why not just show your true colors and be who you are? What are you afraid of? Truthfully, I’m going to judge you, it’s wrong but it’s human nature, and in the end I’m going to accept you exactly as you are. You sleep around? I don’t care. You drink and smoke? Do what you like. Just don’t turn around after all of it and call me out as a Christian because I sleep in. I’ve done my fair share of dirt, had my slips, wandered off the path, but at the end of the day I say, “God, we both know I was wrong, I’m not gonna deny that, but please forgive me and help me not to make the same mistake in the future.” And then I keep it moving, leave it in the past. Lord knows I’ll try my best, but I’ll slip up again and again because I’m human, but that shows me that I can never lecture other people when they fail. I wish we could all do that. Keep our eyes on God and ourselves and off of each other.
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