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Monday, March 11, 2013

Jesus didn’t come to immunize me against pain or grief or heartache.

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This is what I wish I’d learned in church growing up. This is what I now know the faith-journey to be. And yet this flies in the face of the breed of Christianity I was raised in.

Faith was a balm. Salvation was a rescue plan. Jesus was a Savior from all things hard and uncomfortable and icky.

And then life happened.

And I discovered none of that was true.

Jesus didn’t come to immunize me against pain or grief or heartache.

continue to read this gritty post here = http://www.gritandglory.com/push/

be happy

“Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
William Walsh

It’s Biblically Impossible to Be Biblical

 

Ed Cyzewski   on Facebook

I’m all for using the words of scripture to guide and inform us, but turning the words of an ancient book into a once and for all time authoritative guide is another matter. We’ll end up frustrated and divided over our interpretations.
http://inamirrordimly.com/2013/03/11/its-biblically-impossible-to-be-biblical/