Christians Are People Too

I'm always amazed at the double standard that people employ when criticizing Christians.

Somehow, because we're held to a higher standard by Jesus, we aren't allowed to make mistakes.

My friends, we Christians are human. We make mistakes, just like everyone else.

The difference is, when that mistake is discovered, when the Spirit speaks, when the Word leaps off the page and Speaks to our hearts, we're supposed to do our best to make it right.

And if you refuse to accept the correction, repair, reparation or apology or whatever else the right thing to do is, then we can leave it to the Lord from there.

So...

If I owe you an apology and because you're angry, you refuse to accept it, then I can pray over it, turn it over to the Lord, and resolve to do better in the future. I don't have to accept your hate, I don't have to keep your anger. That is your problem.

If I owe you money and because you're angry, you refuse to accept it, then I can pray over it and then apply it where the Spirit directs. Now, I don't get to keep it, I MUST pass it on. And if you get mad over that, well that's your problem. (And trust me, being a smart Christian, I'll send you a check first and if you send it back or shred it or otherwise refuse it, I'll document it all. Then I'll apply it to the Lord's work.)

And if I do something so horrible that I end up in jail over it, as a Christian, I must accept my punishment and try to make restitution to you. Accepting responsibility for my actions is the Christian thing to do. And if you don't like that, honestly, that's your problem.

We Christians do sin. And sin is wrong.

But we can be Christ-like in trying to repair the damage we have done. We can be Christ-like in accepting responsibility for our sins.

But for you to try to act like my sin is tarnish over all Christians, well, you know, that's pretty darn judgemental of you.

Not all people who profess Christianity are actually walking with the Lord on the Path.

Just because one "Christian" did you wrong doesn't mean that all of Christianity is tainted.

As a Christian, I walk in this world just like you do. And I make mistakes, just like you do. And I sin, just like you do.

And in the end I will answer, not to you, but to a Higher Authority that will judge all that I have done.

So the next time you start ranting and raving about Christians this and Christians that, think of this -- I forgive you.

Because in your ignorance, you have not a single clue of what being a Christian really is.

Christians are people too.

And most of us walked in the world's ways long before Jesus took charge of our lives.

Walking with Jesus is a process. I might be a new woman on the inside, but it takes time to redo the outside. Jesus is still working on me and trust me, He's still raking, watering and fertilizing this rocky soil. He's still planting seeds and pruning branches. He still has much work to do.

I'm a Christian, but I'm far from perfect. He'll be working on me until the day I go Home.