Barneyisfat

A Quick message from the churches of America to Jesus the Christ:
So sorry to tell you this under these circumstances, but, well, we don't want you anymore. We realize that your practices and preaching fall on neither the left nor the right of our current political divide. That makes us uncomfortable. We really don't like homeless people, black people in large groups tend to make us nervous, and on the gay issue half feel that full inclusion is best and the other half just hate them. We realize that none of these are really pleasing to you; so, we felt it best that we ended the relationship before things became to serious. I know this might be hard for you to take - considering you died on a cross for us and all we ever did was mess up and play religion. It's us - not you, really.

"The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve." - Jesus the Christ. I believe that Jesus is a liberal. I don't mean that in the political sense entirely. I don't believe Jesus would support abortion, I question how Jesus would feel on gay marriage, I'm never certain what other political ideals Jesus would support or not support. I do know that Jesus would be radically liberal on issues of the poor, the sick, minorities, women, and gays. I know he would serve all of them with all of his heart. I don't doubt this for a second. If this means that Jesus would vote for gay marriage, immigration rights, or socialized medicine I don't know.
I don't think I need to be politically liberal to be a liberal. I don't have to stand for a liberal theology to be liberal. I feel that when I represent a liberal Jesus with my life it is when I am living lavishly. When I pay for my friends' dinner at a restaurant, when I look past someone's sin to the person of worth that God created, when I serve my campers when I have zero energy - at these times I feel I represent a liberal Jesus. A servant heart and the beattitudes represent to me a liberal Jesus.

I know that Jesus would be opposed to big business and corporate interests taking priority over the homeless, I don't think Jesus would like people to have easier access to guns, I'm not quite certain that the right wing represents our Lord as much as they claim to. I feel that when one political party or another claims a cornerstone on the Gospel that something is lost. Jesus is lost, in my opion when that happens.

We have politicized Jesus so much that sometimes I forget what he stood for. Sometimes. I know that my King died for truth, freedom, and love.

TRUTH - the thruth is that Jesus Christ died for our sins. We must each individually ask for His forgiveness and grace, but it is always available.

FREEDOM - Jesus Christ is freedom. We try and make our country more free, but we fail so horribly. Jesus can free us from addiction and chains - he can take away our sin.

LOVE - There's a reason He hung on that cross. It wasn't mandated, it wasn't political, it was love. Love held him up and Love lifted him up on that third day. In the same way that a capital H in the words He and Him represent God - for me Truth, Freedom, and Love all represent God.

I'm labeled a lot at Toccoa Falls, praise God that I am labeled as a loving liberal.