Wednesday, October 29, 2014

No Weakness Allowed

Seek.  Search.  Look.  Ask.  Question.  Just don't do any of these things while you're at church.  Unfortunately that's how a lot of Christians view it.  They look down on the people who are still trying to figure things out.  It's as if they expect an imperfect person to suddenly and instantly become perfect the moment they make a decision to follow Jesus Christ.  And if they start showing signs of weakness and/or doubt, ATTACK!  JUDGE!  WRITE IN ALL CAPS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously, "Christians are the only army that kill their wounded..." I hate that quote... and not just because it's one of those silly sermon quotes that will be passed around on twitter under the hashtag #convicting or #truth or #boom (or some other hashtag Christian's seem to overuse).  No, I hate that quote because it seems to be very true.  Christians come across as a people who despise their weak.  Instead of picking up someone who is depressed and doubting, a lot of Christians hop on the gossip wagon.  They start to defame.  They start to slander.  They start to destroy.  And they justify all this by ending said gossip with the statement, "Well, be praying for them now..."  Come on...  You know you're not praying for them.  I know this because in the past I myself have done it.  And unfortunately I've had it done to me far too many times.

It should be safe to ask.  It should be safe to search.  It should be safe to be weak.  It should be but it's not.  At least not in my experience.  Instead of accepting "the one who is weak in faith" (Romans 14:1), too many Christians jump right to 1 Corinthians 5:5 instead of trying 1 Thessalonians 5:14.  We live in a world where we can get nearly everything in an instant and unfortunately many want the same results when dealing with people.  But the reality of this life in regards to following Christ is that almost no one gets "it" overnight.  Until we learn not only patience for the weak but learn also how to meet them where they're at, we'll more than likely continue to see a revolving door of strangers come in and out of the walls of some building dubbed "the church".  They come hurting with questions.  They leave hurting worse with even more questions.  There is hope but people need to wake up.  You have the reputation you have because you've earned it.  So lets try to earn something else...

P.S. If you are going to read this blog you're going to see some things that you may not like including weakness.  If you can't handle that... well there's a back button for a reason.


Peace

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