Lets Dine.

So, I read this book blue like jazz, by don miller. He talks about how Christianity has become more of just a religion full of rights or wrongs. He invites the readers to challenge themselves to try to view Christianity as a spirituality, as a way of life, and not focus so much on the A+B=C. He shares that in most churches they preach about unconditional love--Christ is unconditional therefore we need to be unconditional. However, he says the issue that almost all Christians adopt is that Christ love is conditional, that there is a formula in the specific community: If you give yourself to the Lord,awesome. If you give yourself to the Lord and don't become involved, not awesome. If you struggle with sin, not awesome. Its unconditional if its only a win win situation, but really people its unconditional if its a win lose or a win win.

One of the reasons I love writing is because I write in my most vulnerable moments. I have fallen in love with my flawed humanity, and seek to live through my struggles and triumphant moments. I think that's why I am going to let people know about this blog because to me Christianity is not about the Highs or the Lows, The Black or White. Its my daily life that is Christian holiness--that some days I want to throw in the towel, screw him and all he has, but the next day return to Him.

I heard this saying once that God will be as honest and real with you, as you are equally honest and real with him. So if your pissed off, be pissed off. If your joyful, tell Him your joyful, if your lonely, tell Him your lonely, if your struggling with deep issues, live in those deep issues with Him.

Christianity, I believe we forget what the core of Christ teaching is: Its about love. How can one turn away from sin, or forgive, or repent if one hasn't experience the depth of love that is Christ? I love the scriptures that talk about Christ sitting and dining with the Tax Collectors, the prostitutes, the sinners, the blind. He sat there, He is a reality in their lives, weeps when they weep, He rejoices and they rejoiced.

For a moment, screw all the rules, all the judgment felt, the hurt, the self-righteousness. Lets be authentic. My writings are written in rawness.
He is my daily reality. This life I'm living, these emotions I feel, the absence of his reality some days...that is Christian spirituality.

So friends, lets love unconditionally and dine in ones struggles.