Can you balance on a beam? I can't. My daughter however can. She had an accident and broke her left arm and it's in a huge cast right now. With that cast on, she can still balance easily. I absolutely can not balance like her!
So do you have balance in your life? I try. It's hard to do sometimes. But I think being a balanced person is a great witness for God and Christianity. Would you agree? Do you drive through your town looking at the pretty scenery and wonder why all of those churches can't just have one big building and party together? I do that a lot. It makes me sad that people who all believe in one God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit can't agree long enough to worship and fellowship together.
So today my mind went through all sorts of conversation with God about it all. And I think I understand it more clearly now. He used the example of my daughter being able to walk with balance even though she's injured while I still can not walk with good balance.
We're different, have different levels of skill. And, we're still both able to balance to some degree.
Some Christians can't walk a good walk for Christ without having all of those legalistic rules in place. While others can't even breathe for Christ under those restrictions. And the really awesome part is...they're both saved, both going to Heaven someday and both equal in God's eyes!! It's a matter of walking YOUR walk with Christ, not someone else's walk.
I fall into the category of "the more rules, the more rebellion". And I still have old church hurts because of legalism. But I'm thinking that God is showing me a way to heal from all that hurt without resenting the people involved. He wants me to become more balanced. And I accept that project from Him. He's worth all of the effort I put into it.
So do you have balance in your life? I try. It's hard to do sometimes. But I think being a balanced person is a great witness for God and Christianity. Would you agree? Do you drive through your town looking at the pretty scenery and wonder why all of those churches can't just have one big building and party together? I do that a lot. It makes me sad that people who all believe in one God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit can't agree long enough to worship and fellowship together.
So today my mind went through all sorts of conversation with God about it all. And I think I understand it more clearly now. He used the example of my daughter being able to walk with balance even though she's injured while I still can not walk with good balance.
We're different, have different levels of skill. And, we're still both able to balance to some degree.
Some Christians can't walk a good walk for Christ without having all of those legalistic rules in place. While others can't even breathe for Christ under those restrictions. And the really awesome part is...they're both saved, both going to Heaven someday and both equal in God's eyes!! It's a matter of walking YOUR walk with Christ, not someone else's walk.
I fall into the category of "the more rules, the more rebellion". And I still have old church hurts because of legalism. But I'm thinking that God is showing me a way to heal from all that hurt without resenting the people involved. He wants me to become more balanced. And I accept that project from Him. He's worth all of the effort I put into it.
