And we all know what opinions are worth...
Like everyone, I have opinions about stuff. How I think the world "ought to be."
As a Christian, I'm constantly looking out into the world and the ways in which we "do" church, ministry, etc., and a lot of times, I get fired up about how things are not, in fact, as they "ought to be," but what I really mean is that things are not as I think they ought to be.
On one such occasion earlier this year, I asked myself whether I thought a particular entity/person/church/whatever was selling snake oil or legitimately trying to draw people closer to Jesus. And despite the fact that the ways in which they were "doing" everything was the exact opposite of how I would prefer these things to be done, I truly didn't feel that they were trying to do anything but share the gospel. I've tried to keep coming back to that, to give my family some grace for crying out loud.
Having any measure of faith is hard all on its own. But trusting that someone's heart is in the right place when everything they're doing looks "wrong" to you is harder, I think. There are many times that I wish judgement belonged to me... but the world would be a much more messed-up place if it were.
Not saying I can't have any opinions, or that I shouldn't be on the lookout for snake oil salesmen; just trying to move beyond my own prejudices and limitations to see the truth more as it is and not as I think it should be.
For the world was not made in the image of Jason, but that of Jesus.
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