No commandment greater!

Oct 29

LyfPersonal, faith, religion No Comments

Sometimes there’s an article out there just makes me nod my head and then let out an enormous sigh, and not a good sigh either. You see, I used to be a waiter and the Sunday “church” crowd was indeed one of the worst crowds, both tip-wise and in terms of attitude. Now, not everyone was like that, but there were enough that I can “generally” say that the Sunday church crowd is the worst crowd to serve. So, when I read this article on my usual interweb wanderings and was led to this article, I was embarrassed and at the same time delightedly challenged/encouraged.

Both articles are very good and I highly encourage you to read them. At the end of the “bait and switch” article, I really appreciated this gentle reminder:

Christians don’t wake up every morning thinking about how to become a more decent human being. Instead, they wake up trying to “work on their relationship with God” which very often has nothing to do with treating people better. How could such a confusion have occurred? How did we end up going so wrong? I’m sure there are lots of answers, but at the end of the day we need to face up to our collective failure. I’m not saying we need to do anything dramatic. A baby step would do to start. Waking up trying to be a little more kind, more generous, more interruptible, more forgiving, more humble, more civil, more tolerant. Do these things and prayer and worship will come alongside to support us.

I totally agree with him, how could this confusion have occurred? Didn’t Christ himself encourage us to “Love our neighbours as we would love ourselves?” (Mark 12:29-31). So then why do we constantly forget this part? I know, pot, kettle and black come to mind, and, trust me, I know I am one of the worst offenders. But hey, if I can admit this, then shouldn’t we all admit it, repent and begin really loving our neighbour as our self?

…feel rant beginning…(breathe Lyf, breathe)….

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