Story after story (from Daughters of Islam by Miriam Adeney) of God's broken people extending His love in the context of frailty and even sin, but extending none-the-less --> the heritage of the cross lived in the light of Easter. The cross is not just about sacrifice and death but also a lifespring of love that is meant to flow through the conduit of God's people to a lost and hurting world.
My attitude toward this group of Christians who have created this website (and chosen to share it freely) is nothing less than prejudice --> judging and condemning a group of people due to an outward characteristic or association.
ADVOCACY -- giving a voice to those without one
To live as God has made me as an advocate yields motivation, commitment, boldness, but the hazard is being susceptible in the absence of grace to judgementalism and prejudice.
Lord, help me to extend grace and assume we are as your children seeking the same goal of seeing the world redeemed. As I encounter those who missrepresent your gospel like I described yesterday, make me bold to speak, but cause me to extend grace and love even as I represent the one without a voice and stand against injustice.
So, which is worse, teaching that relationship with God requires keeping a set of rules
-- or --
using advocacy as a covering to conceal pride and arrogance?
Which can Jesus most easily overwhelm with his love, and despite it, guide those that are His into His waiting embrace?
Thankfully, both.
Being used by God is not a matter of our value or righteousness but a matter of His great love for the one He is pursuing. This is all the heritage of the cross in the light of Easter.
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