"Once in a while, our culture needs to be surprised by how much we love people–all people. Once in a while, our culture needs to be overwhelmed with joy that we are involved in the greater story. Once in a while, our culture needs to see us being a part of the solution and not the problem."--Matthew Paul Turner
This week I have been struggling to even want to belong to "the church" anymore. I'm tired, oh so tired, of the debates about who is in and who is out. Who is wrong and who is right. I'm tired of feeling ashamed of the label of "Christian". I'm tired of the finger pointing. I'm tired of turning on my computer/TV/radio and being slammed in the face with hatred. I'm tired of all of this.
But I'm not tired of God. I'm not ashamed of Jesus and those two facts alone have kept me from calling it quits this week. I may be tired of all the hoops and words and condemnation and anger and justification but I still love God and still love Jesus. I'm clinging to the hope that one day the church will remember that we are called to love all people and can be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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