When we stand in the direct sunbeam of God’s light do we open our hands in peace to others or in a gesture of condemnation? Do we open our hearts and accept people where they are in this life, love the sinner not the sin or do we shake our hand at them? Are we using God’s name in vain when we condemn others? Or are we using God’s name when we choose to love each person unconditionally regardless of their choices?
If someone were to record our voices and we listened to our tone, our words and our emotions would we be pleased with what we would hear or would we want to erase the recording? Without a doubt there are causes we should stand up for, laws we want to pass, actions we have a passion to change but would God condone anyone of us judging the person, condemning their soul, with full knowledge hurting them in His name?
God is love. Jesus Christ came to this world as a rebel with a cause to set this world straight. He the son of God did not do it with hate, disdain, name calling or cruelty. He spoke with kindness and peace, he loved unconditionally, he touched the lepers, he forgave the sinners without stoning anyone and he is the Son of God. He came to teach us how to love and live. He is the example to follow. If you claim Christianity then follow the guidelines that Christ Himself taught nowhere did he ever say hate, condemn or tear down another human being.
Only you know in your heart if you open your hands with the peace of Christ to others of if you take God’s name in vain and condemn others. God gave us the freewill to do as we please in this lifetime but at some point we will pay the consequences for all the choices we have made. What choices are you making?
I liked the story, except since I spend my life standing up for the unborn I feel it is my vocation to speak for those who cannot speak for theirselves, be that an unborn child, a mentally ill person, a quadroplegic, an elderly person who’s disease has made them non-verbal, needs an absolute advocate to protect them from harm.
There are many evils that abound & threaten the freedom we have been given to make ethical choices in our society. I myself have lead a secular life, now I try my best to grow in holiness, and like all men, I fail.
I run a Charity that has served $1.5 million in food to the poor while evangelizing our Pro-Life beliefs. I have given bread to addicts, the depraved, theives, prostitutes, crackheads, the uncompassionate, the corporate, the disrespectful, the angry, the ungrateful, the murderer, the undocumented, the selfish, and many more. I believe in looking into the eyes of all as if you are looking into the eyes of Christ & DO meet them where they are, but do not let myself be permissive in their sin for the deception of being kind. To let others waver in their crimes, neglect, abuse, THAT is what would not be kind. We are our Brother’s keepers, we are here to support them when they fall, as we hope they will do for us when we falter. We are here to lift up their cross, so the burden they carry will not be so heavy, no matter how their predictament it was received.
And most of all, we need to practice forgiving. Giving others one more chance. I think it might be the most hardest thing to overcome & achieve. But I continue to try to do so every single day.
Hi Lori
Apologies for taking so long to reply! Love the article. Yes, sadly I fail here, many times. However, being aware of this: ‘… If you claim Christianity then follow the guidelines that Christ Himself taught nowhere did he ever say hate, condemn or tear down another human being….’ I do my best to pick myself up and begin by brushing off my self-hatred (for being so gossip mouthed) and continue to pour out the positives in the other person … so hard at times … with the grace of God everything is possible.