Christ_empowered
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I thought about this today...
...Jesus saves weaklings. Always has, always will. In the NT, you see that He saves the stigmatized, the ostracized, the rejected, the hated. In ancient times, Christianity was popular with the "losers" of society--the slaves, the women, the poor, the outcasts.
7-8 years ago, my ex-psychiatrist branded me a "narcissistic weakling" and set out to destroy me. My parents provided enough $$$ to keep me clothed and fed, but they weren't really involved in my life. My so-called "friends" exploited me and spread rumors about me. Only Jesus cared.
Now, my parents care. I've grown up a lot, thanks to Teen Challenge (no, its not just for teenagers, lol). God made my premature aging and drug- and electroshock-induced stupidity go away. My facial features have changed, so I'm more attractive. My eyes are bright.
So, now, other people kinda sorta care, at least a little bit. My white collar family is behind me, so the community has to leave me alone and shrinks can't commit me.
In the end, though, only Jesus and His people--the Born Again Christians--really ever cared, and they're now the only people I truly trust.
Reading over The Gospels, I see that Jesus seems to have chosen "weaklings" on purpose. Jesus, and Christianity, are *always* counter-cultural. Without Jesus and His people, the big fish eat the little fish, men dominate women, so on and so forth. Only Christians can put into action what God has written on all our hearts: Its just not right!
I'm on my way to not being a "weakling." Soon enough (I pray...) I'll be off disability and employed. That's great. But my experience of "the real world," the world in which some people "just don't matter," has drawn me closer to Him.
...Jesus saves weaklings. Always has, always will. In the NT, you see that He saves the stigmatized, the ostracized, the rejected, the hated. In ancient times, Christianity was popular with the "losers" of society--the slaves, the women, the poor, the outcasts.
7-8 years ago, my ex-psychiatrist branded me a "narcissistic weakling" and set out to destroy me. My parents provided enough $$$ to keep me clothed and fed, but they weren't really involved in my life. My so-called "friends" exploited me and spread rumors about me. Only Jesus cared.
Now, my parents care. I've grown up a lot, thanks to Teen Challenge (no, its not just for teenagers, lol). God made my premature aging and drug- and electroshock-induced stupidity go away. My facial features have changed, so I'm more attractive. My eyes are bright.
So, now, other people kinda sorta care, at least a little bit. My white collar family is behind me, so the community has to leave me alone and shrinks can't commit me.
In the end, though, only Jesus and His people--the Born Again Christians--really ever cared, and they're now the only people I truly trust.
Reading over The Gospels, I see that Jesus seems to have chosen "weaklings" on purpose. Jesus, and Christianity, are *always* counter-cultural. Without Jesus and His people, the big fish eat the little fish, men dominate women, so on and so forth. Only Christians can put into action what God has written on all our hearts: Its just not right!
I'm on my way to not being a "weakling." Soon enough (I pray...) I'll be off disability and employed. That's great. But my experience of "the real world," the world in which some people "just don't matter," has drawn me closer to Him.
..... Nice to read what the Lord has done....
