Something Alan said.....
on his blog on Jan 19th made me think. I don't normally do that. The thinking thing. Don't take that wrong, I just prefer to react to situations, to follow the systems, do the routine, and in general not think. Mostly, I attribute that to having too much going on not that I am not smart. Because, in general, I am smart. My IQ is actually a little higher than normal and I "get" things. But, sometimes, people say things that really get me to thinking. Alan did that.His post was about "doing nothing". But what really got me was when he said, "Oh, I forgot, going to Heaven is not the point of Christianity." and "I'm talking about the work of spiritual formation, our cooperative work in the process of transformation. It does require us doing something. In requires both inner and outer "yeses" in order to work properly." Those statements really made me stop and take a look at some things I had been taught my entire life and what I have come to believe now. Not just because he is my husband but because what he said is true, I agree with him. Seriously, I have been told most of my life that the purpose of "being a Christian" was just to get to heaven. That no matter what you did as long as you said "yes" to Jesus, then you got to get your "final reward". Sure, I heard about evangelism and going out into all the world, all that, but the main emphasis was just "going to Heaven".
Another statement about love being all we need was a good one. I don't think many of the Christians I come across really understand, or even want to understand, that statement. Because, if they did, they wouldn't act the way they act. They wouldn't be selfish, condescending, mean, rude, and in general ass holes. "God is love" is a pretty deep thing to say and hear and especially understand. If we are in the process of transformation into the likeness of God then that is something we are pursuing, that true love is what transforms us and our responses to others.
Not being a great communicator in writing, much of what I have said probably won't make sense. I guess I just wanted to throw all that out there. To say, lets all take a good look at our relationship with God, what the true purpose of that is, and how it should effect our actions, words and transformation.
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