I just wanted to
encourage you not to forget about love. It seems that love is all to easy to
forget. We tend to focus on other issues all to fast. If you look at the
popular discussions in Christian circles, it seems that they are full of
controversy. Gay/interracial marriage, religious violence, racism, war,
abortion, immigration, etc., seem to be the popular topics these past few
months. These issues may be or may not be (depending on who you are) that
important, this is not about that; however, what we need to remember is love.
We need to come to talk about our concerns (what ever they may be) in a way
that is loving, not hateful. This is especially true for Christians because
unlike the rest of the world, we are called to represent something so much
bigger then us: the message of Jesus. When we don't speak and act out in love,
we are actually damaging that representation, and the result is the spread of
what I like to call, the anti-Gospel. Are
you spreading the anti-gospel?
I know that for
myself, I spread the anti-gospel by not necessarily spreading hateful speech
but by inactivity. I don't speak when I should, nor do I act when it is
important. I am part of that sleeping giant who needs to wake up. I tend to get
easily distracted with things in my own life that I end up ignoring what is
going on around me. My contribution to the anti-Gospel
is not showing the opposite; the true Gospel about the Love that God has
and that we should have as individuals. Many of you fall into this camp as
well. I hope that you can make a commitment with me and stand up in love!
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or
boast; it is not arrogant 5or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is
not irritable or resentful; 6it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices
with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. " - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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