I found this article that more than anything I have ever seen shows how we, as Christians, should be. In a world that wants to laugh and point at us and tell us that we're all backwards and crazy, these people are the first ones I've seen in a long time that are doing it right.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15174741/
The article states "Dozens of Amish neighbors came out Saturday to mourn the quiet milkman who killed five of their young girls and wounded five more in a brief, unfathomable rampage."
It goes on to say "About half of perhaps 75 mourners on hand were Amish."
Could you do it? Could you go to the funeral of the man who killed your children? I don't know if I could.
But that's what's missing in the Christian community today, deep, honest, true FORGIVENESS.
All the world sees is "we're right they're wrong", to make matters worse, equal air time is given to the freaks of our culture - like the group from Kansas who goes around to funerals of soldiers carrying signs saying "God hates F***" - and we all get painted with the same brush.
Worse yet, we fight amongst ourselves - "my chuch is better than your church", "my church is the only REAL church", "don't read THAT translation, it's perverted". All the while we're missing the point. It's not 'what WOULD Jesus do', it's supposed to be 'what DID Jesus do'. He died, and as he was dying he said "forgive them...."
So, here we have this quiet group of people, - people who will never see this blog, by the way because they really don't care, - who very simply, very quietly did the right thing. Not for the media attention, not for political gain, just because it was the right thing to do.
If they can forgive that man, and do it with open arms and hearts, then what is our problem? What is my problem?
