Here's what I want you to do. At the end of the day, I want you to walk out of work, leave your car behind, call your wife and tell her you won't be home for a while, and go serve your fellow brothers and sisters with love and humility.
No, don't worry. Your bills will be taken care of. Your house will be fine. Your food and clothing and drink will be provided. As God takes care of the sparrows, so too will He take care of you. All you have to do is believe and follow.
That is all Christ is asking of us. That is all that He wants. None of this stuff about protesting Gay Marriage - Jesus doesn't care if you make a sign and picket. And let's not send our money to politicians that support ending abortion - that's not what Jesus asked for. He doesn't want you to feed the hungry with a check or an automatic 10% donation the next time you use your credit card to buy a big screen TV. What Jesus wants is you. He wants you to love and to embrace and to help and to live a life filled with the Holy Spirit.
It's simple, really... To find the best in ourselves, we must look to others. Salvation is an itch on the part of your back that you can't even reach with a back scratcher - it is an itch that must be scratched by someone else. And, in turn, you must scratch their itch. We can not find salvation any other way. To know God is to know one another. To do God's will is to do it to one another. To love God is to love one another.
The hardest part is believing that its so simple.
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That was outstanding. Definitely makes the "Brilliant Thoughts by Beachgoers" list...
It's really amazing how simple it is...but it ain't easy...
considering some of the incredibly bizarre things that God had his prophets do in the old testament, i wouldn't rule out picketing as a way God might use some one. joshua's sevenfold trip around jericho was, in a way, a form of picketing. i do agree with the spirit of your post, but to say, "Jesus doesn't care if you make a sign and picket," is pushing a conclusion a bit too far for my taste.
Andy - thanks.
Peter - My point is that Jesus never said, "Join my church and make picket signs." What Jesus said was, "Love one another." That picketing might be a way of showing your love for your fellow humans is a possibility - but it should be one that comes out of your relationship with God and your love for your fellow human beings. I think many people skip that middle part and go straight to the picketing.
After all... its ultimately not that simple... is it?
agreed.
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