Wise words and great scripture. Thank you.
I spent a lot of time on CARM
awful place. The heresy hunters are allowed to go free while the atheists or Charismatics, people of faith but at odds theologically are dissected and suspended for even daring to speak their personal truth.
I am a Charismatic, annihilist, and an egalitarian. So I was a good target. I thought if I could just let them see that if their arguments are correct, then you have to make them palatable
. then maybe I could hear them but NO
it is so much ego but of course I learned a lot. Unfortunately, it was that even professing Christians are mean, selfish, egotistical etc etc
you know the list. But I remember being in church and fully in worship and having this image of His great love for us
these people are His body and the decrepit group of hypocrites and liars that so many of us are
. it is wonderful when you know He already knows the real you
. and still loves you.
You can only imagine, I don't always fit well in a church group. But I have a large group of friends from various denominations (all Spirit-filled) that I fellowship with regularly. I get to see the real them, the real struggles, divorces, addictions, adulteries, the very real lives of very committed Christians. Many have truly overcome and are walking in faith, demonstrating the transformational life
many are on the path
struggling.
The most difficult challenge I face are the legalists who chomp on unbelievers or people of very weak faith, some facing addictions or sexual promiscuity etc. They test my faith and my walk
. to love them. I find it easier to love a hooker then a heresy hunter. LOL. But I am always reminded, I have been on a path, changing, being conformed into His image and it wasn't always a pretty sight. The Lord gave me a vision, of someone who was walking on a path, falling, stumbling, getting muddy and bruised, sometimes bc I was looking up at Him, but knowing that as long as I kept my eyes on Him, He would be faithful to keep me from falling off the path. 31 years
. and so they are on a path
. I encourage them to keep looking at Jesus too. They are no different, no more or less loved, just a different path to the same destination.
I pray you find His path and the great love He has for you
. God bless and Merry Christmas, andrea
PS: scientific site that addresses evolution. I think its a very reasonable site you may like
Reasons To Believe : Crossed off the List: Is the Cross Shape of Laminin Evidence for the Creator?