The best time to reach people with the counterintuitive, undeserved grace and forgiveness of God is when they royally screw up—when they crash and burn. And yet, that is typically the moment when the Christian community abandons them. Jesus came for bad people, not “good” people.
Amazing ladies, Monica McPherson, Mahnaz Najafian, & Juanita Peters) working hard to keep themselves & clients safe at this unprecedented time, while continuing to support, encourage, & bring excellent care to families in Haldimand Norfolk #FacesFightingCOVID@ontariomidwives
Christianity is for sinners: sex addicts, drug dealers, control freaks, murderers, adulterers, alcoholics, gossipers, liars, narcissists, the unforgiving, the arrogant, the greedy, the angry. Jesus came to love bad people to life because bad people are all that there are.
Based on the groups of teenagers I see hanging around, we should be done with this pandemic by 2024. Parents, I know they promised to perfectly stay 6-ft away from friends, but some days you have to remind them to shower and put on deodorant. They might forget. #FriendsCanWait
The good thing about being a Jesus follower is that we never go anywhere he doesn’t go 1st. We may have no clue where all of this is heading but he knows. We’re the generation he chose to walk right behind him in it. We walk in the shadow of the Almighty. He is calm. He is King.
Everyone keeps saying it is very important to keep up with your routines during this quarantine, so I want to let you know that, at this time, I will continue to not work out just like before.
Church is NOT supposed to be a place where “good” people gather. It’s supposed to be a place where guilty people gather to be reminded that because of what Jesus has done for us, we are safe from the judgment we deserve AND unconditionally loved by an amazingly gracious Father.
We all make mistakes.
We all fail.
We all blow it.
We all say things we shouldn’t say.
We all do things we shouldn’t do.
We all have unrealized dreams.
We all have disappointments.
We all have been discouraged.
We all have sinned.
We all need Jesus.
Always.