'How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded.'
M. Scott Peck, A Different Drum
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3 comments:
wish i knew, i mean, we all fuck up, but i suppose you hope (one would hope) that there are moments of grace from those who proport to embody it...sadly i agree most of the church fail here...
for the record am glad there are still those in our lives who love no matter what, who don't throw stones...and for them i am truly grateful, they give me strength
Having run into a number of people from many different walks of life this weekend, I would I am afraid have to disagree with Crazy Grace's Statement. Muslims, Witnesses, those that follow Islam and many other religious groups are also rejected and condemned by those that uphold their faith for any sin or temptation they may struggle with. Perhaps more alarming is it is not just their community that does this, but their God.
There are moments where we need healing, and moments where we need our army general to expressly highlight the fact that by choosing to enter the warzone we were inevitably going to be wounded. Many christians take offence, pride separates them from acknowledging that they were not blameless.
Compassion should be at the centre of our churches, I do not disagree, but our wounded cannot be healed if they persist in self harming.
Firstly I shall apologise if that sounded overly rigid. I did not mean that we as comrades should judge or be anything less than compassionate. We all have our vices and I for one am seeking forgiveness this morning. Just because it is a repeated mistake does not mean we should be any less compassionate, but we must learn to learn from our mistakes.
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