I went to the Bible searching for a vicious weapon to destroy those dastardly atheists that are like poison to a Christian. The weapon I found was love. Love a weapon? Think about it before you scoff. Let's make atheists our best friends and love them. Let's be a living-loving example of Christ around them. What good are we doing in this world hanging around and befriending only Christians? After all, they already have the Good News. Let's hang around some bad-to-the-bone people, let's hang with some outcasts, and let's find the good beneath that facade they put around themselves while piercing our learned assumptions. Those people were created with great love by the same God that created you and me. Those dirty and awful-looking people on street corners are scary - love them.
Do you see how far this crazy love thing is taking us? We started with atheists and ended with homeless people. You see, some people want to play God, while missing and not practicing the greatest attribute of God - unconditional love, his nuclear bomb.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be the children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:43-48 NIV)
See how far God wants you to take this crazy love thing of his. That revolutionist-carpenter son of his just tears at the fabric of societal values. Want to be a revolutionary? Want to be out there and really different? Want to do the opposite this upside-down so-called civilization surrounding you so often does? Then - love - love everybody you meet. Love everybody in the whole-wide world. Love and see it begin to change the world around you. Love and see the ripple effect over life and feel it as the waves of love pour back over you - the same love that you spread is coming back over you a thousand times more powerful than when you first sent it. Love! You can live on it.
And you newbies thought God and that wild son of his were boring and oh so main stream or establishment. You had better put on your seat belt and prepare yourself for the most thrilling ride of your life if you choose to become a follower of our loving and wild God that loves all unconditionally. But never think you are or will be asked to do it alone. Our God leads and died as a mortal by example. Don't worry, he came back to life three days later just like he promised. Told you he is exciting. But through it all, he just loves us. Thank you for you Father.
Do you see how far this crazy love thing is taking us? We started with atheists and ended with homeless people. You see, some people want to play God, while missing and not practicing the greatest attribute of God - unconditional love, his nuclear bomb.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be the children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Matthew 5:43-48 NIV)
See how far God wants you to take this crazy love thing of his. That revolutionist-carpenter son of his just tears at the fabric of societal values. Want to be a revolutionary? Want to be out there and really different? Want to do the opposite this upside-down so-called civilization surrounding you so often does? Then - love - love everybody you meet. Love everybody in the whole-wide world. Love and see it begin to change the world around you. Love and see the ripple effect over life and feel it as the waves of love pour back over you - the same love that you spread is coming back over you a thousand times more powerful than when you first sent it. Love! You can live on it.
And you newbies thought God and that wild son of his were boring and oh so main stream or establishment. You had better put on your seat belt and prepare yourself for the most thrilling ride of your life if you choose to become a follower of our loving and wild God that loves all unconditionally. But never think you are or will be asked to do it alone. Our God leads and died as a mortal by example. Don't worry, he came back to life three days later just like he promised. Told you he is exciting. But through it all, he just loves us. Thank you for you Father.
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