There is something altogether wrong with Christians today, and I think it begins with the term "God-fearing."
I'm not wrong about this. Jesus, the one they call The Christ, said "unless you can come to me as a child, you will never be able to see my Father's kingdom." Even today our priests and evangelists share this story, saying this is The Way, this is the straight and proper road...yet in the same breath, they are able to call themselves and others, those whom they praise as those following The Way, "God-fearing".
Perhaps I'm the only one who sees the irony in this. Perhaps I'm the only one pointing at all God-fearing evangelists of the world (the prophets with the fire of God lit 'neath their devine hindquarters) and laughing myself sick. These men, for men thy are, preach of a God powerful and mighty, fearsome in his love, and I realize that they have no idea what the hell they're talking about.
Have I lost you? Let me paint a picture, as Jesus would have done: A child does not fear God. If a child fears something, it runs. If a child knows its creator, it knows a presence not unlike that of the ultimate parent: a protector when one is scared, a friend when one is lonely, an ear when one has a secret. In the heart of a child, God is in all the beauty and the joy of life...To a child, fearing God is as ridiculous as fearing the sunshine.
"Come to me with the heart of a child." Come with hearts full of love and joy.
Friday, May 19, 2006
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Well observed. The saddest thing about all this is that there's an awful lot of money to be made by becoming a prophet with the fire of God lit 'neath one's divine hindquarters.
Trust me, you are not alone in your observations about this.
Glad to hear it. And yes, I've noticed that the evangelists do seem to make a good deal of money by doling their interpretation of God's word.
Totally unrelated, you can also make good money by selling drugs. Hmm.
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