Missing the Mark

Lucy Lou was just a normal girl, doing normal things like going to work,  hanging out with friends, etc.  One day Lucy decided to go to see the movie Magic Mike which is about male strippers.  She had heard it was a good show because her girlfriends raved about all the hot guys in it.  So she went and enjoyed herself and then decided she would go out to dinner afterward.  Her plate was more than enough for 2 people but she ate it all anyway because it tasted sooooooooo goood.  She enjoyed her life and was happy and healthy.

Later on, she ran into her friends George and his partner Ron - a same sex married couple. They greeted her and asked what she had been doing that evening.  After she told them, George told her just how horrible it was that she ate that entire meal and the havoc it was going to wreak on her body and then Ron chimed in about the movie and how morally offensive it is.  They basically called her a glutton and a pervert.  Then they told her that they were just saying this out of love and that they would love for her to come to church and meet their "loving" Father and and join in their congregation so that she can be saved and live an eternal life full of roses and sunshine.

Lucy thought to herself:  Do I have moron written across my forehead? Who wants a love like THAT?

Is it really any surprise that we have so many non-believers in our country?  What is wrong with our "Christians" these days?  I'm really beginning to be ashamed.  We are giving ourselves an incredibly bad name......  Not only that, we are totally missing the mark!

What is the point of bringing people to Christ?  The MAIN goal - not all the benefits that come after?  What is it really that we want non-believers to understand?

Seems we are pushing things that really have no bearing on what our ultimate goal should be.  Who cares about the gay marriage issue?  Who cares whether being gay is a choice or a genetics issue?  Who cares that Susan and James are having sex outside of marriage?  Who cares that Cindy Kay is pregnant and wants to have an abortion?    Whose "right" is it to care about those things.......?   Certainly we all have a "right" to care and even to voice our opinion - but we have to consider what the fallout may be if we stand up for our rights just to prove a point.  We have to examine our hearts and proceed with extreme caution.  Because sometimes when we stand up and voice our opinions  - its not virtue that comes across, but hatred or even stupidity.

Our MAIN goal in bringing people to Christ is to show them His love!  HE is the one who cares MOST about their issues in life and it is HIS responsibility and only HIS to show them where they are messing up.  Honestly - its none of our business.  Yes - there are times - after bonding with someone or if they come and ask you for guidance - that it would be our duty to give them our opinion on how they can have a healthier spiritual life but that can only come after divine intervention and/or prayers.  And even then, after that has taken place, its up to God to work on their hearts and our job is just to love 'em.

It reminds me of a conversation I had one time with a friend who just wanted to "get right" with God.  She was going to "get right" and then try to come back to God.   That's not how it works.  We can't "get right" unless we have God in our lives.  The correct order is to come back to God FIRST, then He will make you "right" again.  How in the world can we get people to come to God, if we are constantly telling them they are wrong?  Where has the church gone wrong that even members think they have to "get right" before they are worthy of serving in church?

I think its time to swallow some pride and remember why we are here.  Let God love you so that you can love like He does.

Don't be the pot that calls the kettle black.