What a happy coincidence...
I saw a disturbing cartoon/bumper sticker yesterday.
"What a happy coincidence. God hates the same people I do."
Ouch. Do I do that? That's something I'm working on right now. Trying to get out of my own head and develop the "mind of Christ" on things. Forget my perspective; what's His perspective? Forget what I've always heard about "Christian values." What does the Word say that Christian values are? Forget my picture post card idea of Jesus; what did he really say, and how did he really live?
Certainly the Carpenter of Nazareth did not come to earth to die in an effort to reinforce my preconceived notions. He came, in great part, to challenge the world's structure and thought pattern. Much of that world thought pattern is still embedded in me. He came to transform me. The kingdom of this world is "upside down" compared to His Kingdom (see the Beatitudes) and I can not just comfortably assume that my thoughts are in line with His. He's got to keep reminding me to re-evaluate, constantly.
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