Reckless Abandon
Often, it seems, I meet individuals who are turning away from their faith because of a denominational law, shutting them away from God. The teachers met on our journey often wish to preach their own ideals and not the one simple truth, that Jesus loves us as we are. Never enclose our Lord into a tiny, defined box. He is so much more than our limited imagination can grasp. No longer do we serve the old way of a written law, but in a new way of the spirit (Romans 7:6) Discouragement among believers when those seeking authority offer laws and not His words. Ideals bound together with human insight, worthy of a Pharisaical charge. Do we become white washed tombs, believing conspiracies contrived by those who need to control our journey with Jesus? He said "Come to me". Come as you are, not as they wish you to be. But come. Don't stand in the wake of your discouragement believing the ordained authority to be the clear voice of salvation...