BlogapaLOSEa update and Unloading my Woes
OK. The biggest update is that since BlogapaLOSEa is now free to enter and Heather is going to be refunding the antes… the online newspaper she works at, Lexington Herald-Leader, is going to be offering a $75 gift card to the WINNER!!! WOOOOOT! Now, for all of you who wanted to join up but didn’t because of the ante… now’s your chance. You still have until September 6 to join in the fun! So… get to it! Email me at lisa (at) unfilteredinsanity (dot) com for your button code.
I unloaded all my woes on this and then deleted them. Let me just say that I’m frustrated and upset that people spend so much time hating people who are just trying to live their life and don’t spend enough time getting to know people. Quick-set decisions on a person’s life and their faith based on a few encounters does not an accurate assessment make. Here’s what I challenge you to do. Get to know people, not their lifestyle.
Since reading Jesus Loves You, this I know by Craig Gross and Jason Harper, I keep coming back to this one quote:
Regardless of what you see, love him. Regardless of what you expect, love. Regardless of what you will tolerate, remember, tolerance is not compromise. Tolerance gives us the platform and relational equity to be there.
Tolerance gives us the platform and relational equity to be there. What does that mean? To me, it means that by being in a person’s life and letting them live their life the way they choose to live their life, and showing them that Jesus loves them regardless of what is going on in their life, gives us the ability to be there to impact their life. Isn’t that what it’s all about? Impacting their lives?
I don’t tell my non believing friends that they need to change their life. I don’t tell them that Jesus “loves the sinner, but hates the sin.” Sin is a part of us. To hate any part of us, would say that Jesus hates us, on some level. Don’t get me wrong, Jesus doesn’t tolerate sin, but he doesn’t eradicate it with condemnation and judgement, but with love.
http://tinyurl.com/jesuslovesyouthisiknow
That is such an AWESOME quote Lisa! Now I totally have to get this book! Tell me again when the release date is? I think the quote does a good job summarizing it all up. Thanks!!
I read your posts about the book & told my husband I thought we should get it. We both have had a big problem with people “cramming religion down our throats” and with people who claim to be good Christians but who are some of the most intolerant, close-minded, unforgiving people we’ve ever met. I don’t know if you’ve read any of Adam Hamilton’s books, but you might enjoy them as well-he has a very open approach to things too.
http://www.cor.org/about-resurrection/adam/