Destruction
“Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.” –
Luke 11:35 (ESV)
Where is
your line? At what point do you destroy relationships rather than accept what
you cannot understand? What, and who, are you willing to give up in your quest
to be right?
We are great
at pointing out what we see as the sins of others. We throw Bible quotes out to
prove our point. Being a homosexual is a sin. It’s unacceptable and
unforgiveable. It’s a “choice,” we spew. Change and be healed, we demand. But
what if God allowed this to change our own hearts?
It’s amazing
how we pick and choose which Bible verses to quote. We all do it. I did it up
above. But when those quotes are meant to harm, to condemn, to push forth our
views rather than the views of Jesus, perhaps we need to look inward rather
than focus so keenly on our target.
We gloss
over the passages that condemn divorce. We slide past the words that tell us to
welcome immigrants, give to the poor and bring strangers into our homes. We don’t
want to share. We don’t want to extend grace. We don’t want to be
inconvenienced.
Yes, we have
to be careful. Our world is filled with people who would harm us. There are
multitudes who would take advantage of our generosity. But do we use those
excuses to refuse God’s will? Do we demand that we not be made uncomfortable
when Jesus again and again did things that would make us uncomfortable?
I have
watched a sweet family be torn apart by a homosexual child. The hardness, the
ugliness, has broken so many hearts even as it has splintered what once seemed
to be a happy, loving family. Is love only available to those who do as we
demand? Does love end when people make us uncomfortable?
Where does your
light end and darkness begin? Be careful. Sometimes darkness masquerades as
light.
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