We have really screwed up the message of Jesus.
A young lady comes to my door and asks me to help support Amnesty International and their work in Syria and I don’t think it’s strange.
This young lady was not embarrassed at all.
This was a cause worth standing in the rain for. This was a cause that would change people’s lives not just now but in a fundamental way for generations. The work to end a genocide resonates through history. She wasn’t embarrassed to say she believed in the universal rights of people. She didn’t shy away from asking me to get involved. She was cryptic about what she was asking.
People are not being treated like people and we have the means to help. We must help.
And sometimes I don’t want to even tell people I go to church let alone that I’m a committed Christ follower (note how I won’t even write Christian down. Serious cognitive disconnects going on).
We have be invited into a life of depth and meaning. I’ve written about it before. But somehow we’ve become embarrassed to share that life. We’ve made it so complicated with rules and politics. We corrupted it a point where the church becomes the oppressor.
But the message of Jesus is love.
A radical,
life changing,
live giving,
undeserved,
unprecedented,
over the top kind of love that changes not only people today but generations. Families and their children’s children.
There is nothing embarrassing about being a follower of Jesus. There is nothing embarrassing about living another centred life marked by reckless love and grace.
But if your faith is church on Sundays, do’s and don’ts, and judgment then I can see why you’re not as excited to share it. It’s just too bad we haven’t been able to find the same Jesus.
love.grow.serve 