Specifically, what has me most concerned are those who use the name of Christianity for their own selfish interests, harming others and creating a wrong image of God in the process.

But when it comes to making human mistakes, oh, yes, chalk me up for a bunch of them! Like you said, I’m continually working to improve on them.

Unfortunately we are all sinners. And we have all fallen short of the glory of God. Which means, no matter how hard we try, we’re still going to screw up quite a bit.

Often times I think people expect those who are Christian to be 100% perfect. So it then betweens a two-fold issue. 1) Expectations are set extremely high (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing). And 2) Anyone who professes Christianity and makes a mistake is instantly maligned for their actions, which projects negatively on God and His people as a whole.

The great thing is that God offers forgiveness. And love. We are not in this alone. He knows that we’re going to mess up. But he also knows that these trials and tribulations will strengthen our faith.

God doesn’t expect you to be perfect. But He does want you to strive for it. The problem is that our imperfections are so apparent, and people are so quick to judge.

Indeed we are all human, and we are all sinners. And quite frankly, we can’t use God as an excuse. Man is flawed, and we must be quick to acknowledge our shortcomings, and continually work toward improving upon them. The Lord can help us in doing so, but we first recognize our own sin and actually want to change for the better.

Thanks for the great post. I know this can be tricky ground to tread sometimes

@Jesse I thought you expressed your thoughts very clearly on your blog! Thank you for sharing them here–it further illustrates how important it is for any person of faith to ensure that their actions represent their faith in a true light.

And yes, we do have to have that cup of tea!

We do this by moving in closer to ourselves. By not blaming things on outside forces and rather by taking responsibility for everything we see, and experience. Our experiences are defined by the path that we choose to take. I am not a Bible Pusher, or even a preacher of any religion, but I do however promote love. If you create, act, and show love to everyone and everything you come into contact with, the world WILL be a better place.

Christine, it’s posts like this that will raise the collective consciousness, it is the ability to spread love without pressure that will raise peoples awareness. David Hawkins, in his book Power vs. Force says that every “thing” every “thought” resonates at a certain frequency between 1 and 1000. 1 being the lowest and 1000 being the highest. He tests these frequencies though kinesthetic muscle studies. Some objects or thoughts will make you go weak, and others will make you go strong. We need to promote those things that make people strong. I believe this simple blog post resonates at a very high frequency, and Christine…….you are a beacon of light, and that light shines so bright that it casts out many beings and thoughts of darkness. You are a wonderful person and I thank you very much for this post.

Love — Keith