"God's Little Rogue Agents ... "
Sometimes I think that I might be classified in this way.
For a time I was in a school in Charlotte , North Carolina and studying , thinking that I would become a missionary. Realizing how politics has corrupted the church and how people became more about worshipping other than people, I left. Because of some of the things I experienced I almost killed myself.
"God , Save me from your people."
I prayed that . I thought that. I lived that. I was one of their own finding his way away from the herd and I was looked down upon for doing so. I was "fallen" , but even in my "fallen" state I could quote the same scriptures that they did and could question their beliefs so much more efficiently. I understood the power in the faith ... but it eluded them . They lost site of it a long time ago. I don't know if many people know it or not, but Jesus was not a Republican. Jesus was a hippie and a communist. After all , didn't he take the five loaves and two fish from the one boy to feed the 5,000. He distributed the wealth.
"No Greater Love ..."
The power of a Christian is not the signs they carry outside abortion clinics. It isn't the "religious right" . I think the core of the message is quite different. The central part of the message is that a person endured horrible pain and death in faith that it would be able to save the world. The message is love and always has been. Soup kitchens ... food drives ... how about just being nice? What happened to clothing the poor ? What would happen if people saw that Christians loved other people. What if that was not preached , but shown. Maybe all of these things that they abhor wouldn't happen. Maybe abortions wouldn't happen. Maybe murder would decrease. Maybe rape would decline. Maybe people wouldn't take drugs because life was already good enough.
"No greater love does a man have than this, to lay down his life for his friends." I'm not saying that we should die. But maybe a little less focus on ourselves and give without looking back. Isn't that what Christ did?
"Having a form of Godliness , but denying its power."
So , the power is gone. The love isn't being shown and therefore all that the world sees is a religious group that sides with the Republicans. More Republican than Christian nowadays it seems. Politics have taken the place of prayer and the Love at the core of the message is diluted. In alot of ways they are toting a gun with no bullets.
I am God's little rogue agent. I do everything I can to help the people around me. I will pray for you if you ask me to and chances are I will pray for you even if you don't. Why ? Because I think of a sacrifice that I didn't deserve and I want to show that same love to the people around me.
"The Views and opinions ... "
Not a single part of this journal entry was meant to be preachy . I just wanted to state what I believe and how I felt. I'm not perfect in anyway, but I felt that maybe God deserved better representation than what he has been given lately.
Sometimes I think that I might be classified in this way.
For a time I was in a school in Charlotte , North Carolina and studying , thinking that I would become a missionary. Realizing how politics has corrupted the church and how people became more about worshipping other than people, I left. Because of some of the things I experienced I almost killed myself.
"God , Save me from your people."
I prayed that . I thought that. I lived that. I was one of their own finding his way away from the herd and I was looked down upon for doing so. I was "fallen" , but even in my "fallen" state I could quote the same scriptures that they did and could question their beliefs so much more efficiently. I understood the power in the faith ... but it eluded them . They lost site of it a long time ago. I don't know if many people know it or not, but Jesus was not a Republican. Jesus was a hippie and a communist. After all , didn't he take the five loaves and two fish from the one boy to feed the 5,000. He distributed the wealth.
"No Greater Love ..."
The power of a Christian is not the signs they carry outside abortion clinics. It isn't the "religious right" . I think the core of the message is quite different. The central part of the message is that a person endured horrible pain and death in faith that it would be able to save the world. The message is love and always has been. Soup kitchens ... food drives ... how about just being nice? What happened to clothing the poor ? What would happen if people saw that Christians loved other people. What if that was not preached , but shown. Maybe all of these things that they abhor wouldn't happen. Maybe abortions wouldn't happen. Maybe murder would decrease. Maybe rape would decline. Maybe people wouldn't take drugs because life was already good enough.
"No greater love does a man have than this, to lay down his life for his friends." I'm not saying that we should die. But maybe a little less focus on ourselves and give without looking back. Isn't that what Christ did?
"Having a form of Godliness , but denying its power."
So , the power is gone. The love isn't being shown and therefore all that the world sees is a religious group that sides with the Republicans. More Republican than Christian nowadays it seems. Politics have taken the place of prayer and the Love at the core of the message is diluted. In alot of ways they are toting a gun with no bullets.
I am God's little rogue agent. I do everything I can to help the people around me. I will pray for you if you ask me to and chances are I will pray for you even if you don't. Why ? Because I think of a sacrifice that I didn't deserve and I want to show that same love to the people around me.
"The Views and opinions ... "
Not a single part of this journal entry was meant to be preachy . I just wanted to state what I believe and how I felt. I'm not perfect in anyway, but I felt that maybe God deserved better representation than what he has been given lately.