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judgement
Mary Davis
I’LL TELL YOU what makes me
angry – “touchline critics” who
judge things before they’ve tried
them!
You know – those people with
huge, unshakable opinions about
something they know nothing
about. And it seems to come
out especially when it comes to
God and faith, to Christianity.
How often people trot out
the accusation: “Well – that’s
not very Christian of you is
it?” or “Ooh – call yourself a
Christian?!”...
They’re experts on “right
Christian behaviour”.
And I think: “Oh yeah.
Because you've tried, have you?
You’ve sought to die to yourself,
to daily take up your cross and
follow Christ no matter the cost
Jesus Life Two/2007 Page 30
or consequence? You’ve set
yourself apart from this world
to do something more real and
more radical than anyone you’ve
ever met? I think not!”
So I’m going to just say it like
I feel it: Don't make assumptions
from afar; don't think you already
know how things tick, without
ever exploring them; and don't
judge others without ever judging
yourself.
Too many sit back in their
comfortable life, unwilling to
change who they are for anyone
or anything – yet they’re so quick
to stab a pointing finger at any
Christian that has the guts to
stand for truth, to stand for God’s
pure society, God’s unfading
beauty!
I’m not saying no-one can
challenge me or that no-one
should ask difficult questions of
Christians. If someone’s putting
their money where their mouth
is then fine, let’s talk. It’s taking
abuse from “Mr Self-Satisfied”
that sticks in my throat.
I even hear God’s name get
marred in abusive language
– because people are too quick
to judge, too eager to slam
down: and why? Because they’re
too narrow-minded to explore the
truth, to actually give it a go, to
see and taste what it's all about.
Their god (themself) has been
challenged and the defences kick
in. Because it’s so much easier
to mouth off about Christians
being “hypocrites” than it is to
find out what it really means to
be a Christian, isn’t it?
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