Saturday, March 26, 2011
New Blog Design.
OK, I need y'all to let me know if the moon pic behind my blog title disappears whenever the blog gets fully loaded. I can't determine if it's my computer or the picture. Thanks!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Judge not...
...that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matt. 7:1-2)
Not long ago, we made some changes to our dress code. Dad and mom, with much prayer, thought, and Bible-searching, allowed us to wear modest jeans. (Believe it or not, they are out there!!) Of course, our friends noticed the change. Most were either indifferent or encouraging. A few were most judgmental. Statements like "Jeans are men's clothing" and "You cannot be a light for Jesus if you wear jeans" hit us like a ton of bricks. So few words, so much judgment!
Why do Christians do that to each other? Why do we split up into our little groups and then proceed to point fingers at all the other little groups, who are also pointing fingers at us? I wish that I knew the answer. If I did, perhaps I could do something to stop all the destruction and pain that results.
Even though I don't know the answer to my questions above, I do know what I can do to keep myself from adding to the hurt. Even though it seems hard to distinguish between good and bad judgment, we have a measuring stick: God's Word. If what someone says/does goes directly against what is in the Bible, it is wrong. As far as anything that falls outside of that "circle", I just have to trust the work of Christ in that person's life.
I realize this is pretty short, and perhaps some of my readers will think I should make it longer so as to prove my points better, etc. However, I have written what I felt lead to, and therefore will now sign off with this:
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." (1 John 4:7-8)
In Christ,
~E
Not long ago, we made some changes to our dress code. Dad and mom, with much prayer, thought, and Bible-searching, allowed us to wear modest jeans. (Believe it or not, they are out there!!) Of course, our friends noticed the change. Most were either indifferent or encouraging. A few were most judgmental. Statements like "Jeans are men's clothing" and "You cannot be a light for Jesus if you wear jeans" hit us like a ton of bricks. So few words, so much judgment!
Why do Christians do that to each other? Why do we split up into our little groups and then proceed to point fingers at all the other little groups, who are also pointing fingers at us? I wish that I knew the answer. If I did, perhaps I could do something to stop all the destruction and pain that results.
Even though I don't know the answer to my questions above, I do know what I can do to keep myself from adding to the hurt. Even though it seems hard to distinguish between good and bad judgment, we have a measuring stick: God's Word. If what someone says/does goes directly against what is in the Bible, it is wrong. As far as anything that falls outside of that "circle", I just have to trust the work of Christ in that person's life.
I realize this is pretty short, and perhaps some of my readers will think I should make it longer so as to prove my points better, etc. However, I have written what I felt lead to, and therefore will now sign off with this:
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." (1 John 4:7-8)
In Christ,
~E
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