Something to Consider

So I was reading a blog the other day and in the comments someone was ranting about this driver who cut him off. Apparently they were swerving and being an idiot and, of course, they had Jesus fish all over their car. His point was that it's embarrassing. I totally get that.

Only... Later, I thought, "Isn't that what Christianity is about? Don't we need a Savior because we are f-ed up?"

I think that church is one of the most screwed up things in the world. And yet, I meet God there. I know that you can meet God while watching TV, while at a bar etc. I go to church because I experience joy, or peace despite having finals looming, or a sense of being loved -- I experience God. I experience Him more at church than most other places. I wonder how a perfect God can be in a place full of wickedness, confusion, and hypocrisy. And then I think about God's other people, the Israelites. They were awful: whining, unfaithful, unkind, stupid. And yet God lived in a tent among them.

Because He's God. That's what He does. He loves the unlovable. He loves those who are pretending to be better than they are. He even loves Christians like me.

Sometimes it easier to judge someone for having a fish sticker, to believe that God is embarrassed by imperfect Christians. If God wanted someone perfect, He wouldn't have chosen me, Christians, or the Israelites.