Monday, 26 August 2013

Radical love...

 
Christianity... Sitting in beautiful churches once a week... Reading your Bible at least every day... and being sure to look like a decent person when other people are watching.
Really???
 

So we know this is not what it's about... Why do we keep living this way?
Presenting a watered-down, sugar-coated, comfortable, "nice" side of life, when it's not at all what true Christianity is. A profound thought, and one demanding answers. 

 
Might there be some practical truth we're missing? 
Something needs to change about the way we live.
What does "turning the other cheek" look like in action?
Could loving the ugly be more than just a cliché ?
 
Look to Christ- in His life we see the simple, naked gospel truth. Loving them as they spit in your face! Not our fickle kind of love, which loves those who love us back. This is a love we don't understand. It goes beyond anything we're used to, yet this is what we are called to!
 
Though it has happened to people, it's highly unlikely that we will experience someone literally spitting in our face. The reality of this in our day-to-day lives may seem a little more disguised, but it's still the same, really. And we don't have far to look... No, our suffering is never the same, not near what Jesus endured for us, but our response- that's what must be the same. Like Jesus.
Stirring, relentless, compelling...
Are we willing to count the cost. Of being spat on in the face, time and time again, for the love of a soul?
 
Lord Jesus, give me that kind of love.
 

2 comments:

  1. Nice one guys:)
    Keep the thoughts rolling and don't settle for anything less than meaningful living with Christ!
    Be joyfully blessed,
    Darrel

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  2. Jesus can and will answer your prayer. It will be a baptism of fire. While He will not be to blame for what others will do to you, He has promised to be with you through it all! He will direct you, shield you, inspire you, shape you. Painful? Yes! Worth it? It will be said, "Heaven is cheap enough" even when it cost us all.

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