Going about our everyday lives, pretending that nothing really matters but ourselves has become quite a disease. I've learned over the past 7 years that what really matters is not myself but those around me. I've had layer after layer broken down as the real me is being revealed. I have found that we are born into this world as selfish beings, wanting our mother's undivided attention. It's natural for us to want to think only of ourselves. It's the totally unnatural that really matters in this life though....living for others. So often we say things out of hurt and pain, not thinking of the other's feelings...we are simply trying to appease our own flesh all the while not thinking that the other might be in far more pain.
Not only are we a selfish human race, we also have become divided in what man calls religion. I don't think Christ came to Earth for religion. He didn't walk among men for rules and regulations. He didn't heal the sick or raise the dead for man-made rules. No, he came to this Earth to walk as we walk....to experience what we experience. He was tempted just like you and I. Somehow, we have become like those Pharisees who put Him to death. We think our way is the only way and nothing else matters. I beg to differ...my God came to show that nothing else even matters but LOVE. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends..." We fight and cause division while the world looks on in confusion at our so-called Christianity. Whatever happened to uniting as one for the cause of Christ? To walk this earth as He did, teaching and living LOVE would be the ultimate proof of our Christianity.
Instead, we hold up signs, stand in line, put out petitions, say we are against certain things, cause a big ruckus, tear people down with lies and gossip.
I strive to live like Jesus did....those around me know me and my heart, and while it is far from perfect, I choose daily to forgive...I don't stand against those who are lost in themselves...I give of myself to help my family, friends and those who need me. I refuse to cast stones on the fallen or categorize those who are different. Unity has become a forgotten word in the English language....we need to stand together as ONE united in LOVE so His light will shine through.
1 comment:
So true. As I was learning this truth myself I found a verse in the Bible that said the world will know we are Christians by the way we love each other. Christ did not come to set up a list of rules. The Pharisees already had that. He came to show us how to love.
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