I was yelled at tonight.
I felt like it kind of came out of the blue, so it hit pretty hard. Not only the fact that i was being yelled at but what was yelled hurt.
"I just tired of you being so self-righteous."
Well, shoot. Ouch. That hurts.
Being self-righteous is by definition not exactly something someone is going to admit to being. So, all night I've been denying that fact. I am not self-righteous. I am not.
But maybe I am. Maybe I'm not always right. Well, I know I'm not always right. This bothered me so much because that one self-righteous Christian can so easily turn one wandering heart away from the way-too-humble Christ.
As I heard it this weekend, "The biggest reason for Atheism is Christians."
So many Christians parade around like they are better, some how more worthy of God's love. They have been forgiven and the people who haven't found Christ yet are nothing but sin.
Nothing but sin. . . if we think that way, how, in the world, are we supposed to present Christ in a loving manner, anything in the direction of how God would. Why do so many Christians feel that just because people don't love God, God doesn't love them. Haven't we been taught of God's complete and unconditional love? In what verse does it state that His love only applies to the Christians? It doesn't. We have no more right to His love than does one who doesn't know it.
So the first step to a solution is admitting you have a problem, so here goes.
Hi, my name is Christin and sometimes I can be self-righteous.
Monday, September 15, 2008
self-rightous
Posted by christ*in at 4:35 PM
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1 comments:
aw i liked this, i think everyone is for sure. i like how you related it and that quote from the show stuck with me too.
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