a friend told me that the people gathered for the sake of spreading the love of Christ refuses to go to smaller towns/cities in the us because it is not as exciting, it is not as sexy, it is not as . . . whatever . . . they did not give up living in la/nyc/chicago to go to durham, montgomery, kiln, etc. it makes me sick to know that we place preconceived conditions on love. this is not the covenant of love that Christ takes hold of for us. the burden of love is a heavy burden. it is a burden not for the faint hearted.
why is it so hard for us to love? it costs our lives too damn much. we cannot sacrifice shit to care for things that really matter. we are so caught up in the stupid, pointless, worthless stuff that we see people dying around us and we stand pat. it makes no sense. we are Christians, people formed in the love of God -- people who's supposed to embody this love to BE the hope of the world -- and we turn away. we are to be the greatest force of love the world has ever seen; however, we have betrayed, sold our inheritance for worthless idols!
how frustrated God must be as he looks out into the landscape of humanity and glimpse and take in the suffering in his single omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent breath. He breathes it all in and holds it in his heart. the pain tearing at him . . . he exhales only when we, his people, carry forth his will obedience love. we become his breath speaking life into dead hearts, broken lives, and withering spirits. this is our act of faith in action. we embody in our lives, our emotions, etc. if you want to hold the broken, the destitute, the weak, the poor, and the desperate in the name of Christ -- then give me your hand, let's work together for the expansion of this Kingdom of God here and now.
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