Greetings Dear Reader,
I realize that all of you do not acknowledge that we “sin”. I will not debate that here although we can
have a discussion about it if you wish. I
am proceeding from the assumption we do sin.
Notice the use of “we” there. It is
key to the discussion Dear Reader.
I must never become insensitive
to sin. I must see all sin and abhorrent
and detestable; especially my own. That is
the thing to which I must always remain sensitive. I cannot condemn others. I have too much of my own for which I must
account. My failures demand their own
condemnation were it not for the love and compassion of Christ.
If I am to obey the central commands to love God and love
humans then I cannot also condemn those people.
If I condemn others then I am not being loving. If I spend my time tending to the solutions
to my own sin then I will not have time for condemnation anyway. It is my obligation to see to my own sin so
that I can better follow Christ.
I must walk the balance between recognizing when I see sin
in others and not condemning them for it.
The recognition must trigger love and compassion in me. It must move me to be a better example of love
and redemption. I must live as a fellow traveler
and not as someone who has it all figured out.
I assure you that I do not.
The condemnation of others is not my place. I am to be about working at getting us back
to good. I am commanded to love everyone
where they are. I must be sensitive to
this in every thought. I cannot condemn
anyone without violating this. It
really is that simple. In following
Christ I must navigate the narrow line between contempt for all sin including
my own and love for all people no matter where they are in the journey.
I cannot be sensitive to the needs of others whilst condemning
them. I cannot love unconditionally and
damn people at the same time. All I need
do to embrace this is to stay sensitive to my own sin. I am a crooked stick just like you Dear
Reader.
Don’t Tell Them Jesus Loves Them –
Steve Camp
Oh, the suffering souls
Crying out for love
In a world that seldom cares
See the hungry hearts
Longing to be filled
With much more than our prayers
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
And you hear her crying out for help
My God! What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
All the desperate men
Are we reaching for the souls,
That are sinking down sin?
Oh, cry for the church
We've lost our passion for the lost
And there are billions left to win
And another 40,000 children starved to death today
Would we risk all we have
To see one of them saved!?!
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Why have we waited so long
To show them Jesus lives
To share salvation's song!
Why have our hearts become so proud
That we fail to see
To love them is to love God!
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
Hear her crying out for help
What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow
And the pain they're going through
With a life full of compassion
May we do what we must do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
Till you're ready to love them too!
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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