So last night my wonderful Better Half surprised me with tickets to Oprah! What a treat! Although I never would have spent the money on the tickets (and he won them!) I felt that seeing her would be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
And it was!
She looked fabulous! She spoke eloquently! She is exactly what you think she will be like, every bit the woman from television. She talked about life and purpose and love........
She said EVERYTHING.
And NOTHING.
She made references to God, said the name of Jesus once, quoted a verse from the Bible, and mangled and failed to give credit to another verse....but every time she made a reference to Christianty she would backtrack..make reference to "The Energy Source" and several other terms that slowly started to make me sick to my stomach, and then the bomb dropped.. "God is just a word." And at the end she said that our life after death will be based off of what type of life we lived here on earth.
WOAH! WHAT?!
This watered-down, twisted, politically correct version of "being spiritual and not religious" upset me to my core.
But lest there be a doubter among you, I am a Christian. Saved by the grace of God, when we confess are sins and are born again, there is nothing we can do to determin where we spend eternity. We are ALL sinners. Last time I check, my life was still a work in progress and I wasn't a good person, and I'm never going to be! I'm a sinner. Straight up. The beauty of Christianty is that I am aware of it.. and I don't have to move forward on my own. I am covered by the blood of Jesus and entirely dependant on Him to get me through life, day in and day out. I love Him and I chose to commit my life to His service.. His call and His purpose for me. Maybe my life reflects this.. HOPEFULLY it does. I hope the "fruit" of my faith in Him is evident. That my life is a little bit difference.. that the differences are evidence of my faith.
That being said, I hope my faith never gets confused for the garbage that was being spewed last night. It's DANGEROUS.
As Christians we need to make sure that we aren't getting mixed up in this. I often hear people say or see posts from Christians.. and maybe I've done this myself.. "Sending positive energy!" Or "Sending love and light!"
WHAT?!
You are a CHRISTIAN. You can't send ANYTHING.
What you can do though....
Get on your knees and pray.
I want to make sure, moving forward that my faith doesn't get confused for this. Why? Because I think that there are souls hanging in the balance. The whole foundation of Christianty is Jesus' sacrfice and this completely ignores it. This new version of Christianty where we mis-quote the Bible or pick and choose verses and turn a blind eye to others..it's dangerous and it's wrong. It's confusing and it's misleading.
I want my life to reflect my faith.
Do you?
