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One of the big problems of christianity today is that we that consider ourselves constitute it lack the ability to think outside the box. We see christianity as something that means certain ways of acting, talking, living and doing. And by those measures we judge if a person is christian or not. Therefore a lot of persons are not christians in our perspective.
But I think that other people are more close to God than we realize. There might be huge differences in ways of acting, behaving and living - but that doesn't automatically mean that the distance to God has the same proportions as the differences. People are more christian than we see. And maybe others also, are more christian than they see - because of the same measurements of judging. They see the box of christianity from the outside - we see it from the inside.
And if the distance is short, then there is a big possibility that that distance can be crossed in a brief moment of time - still having the differences intact. The problem I see is that most of us christian are then beginning to attack the differences, where the most important thing is to maintain the distance crossed. If a person has cross the river it's not nice (and very christianlike either) to push them back into the river and demand them to learn how to swim. But this is mostly the way we do in churches, at least I think so.
No, to change differences. To change behaving, acting, talking, living and doing we need to have other people close to us. Because if we really do believe ourselves being close to God, then it's quite logical to see that if people are close to us, they automatically are close to God. Or doesn't this make sense?
So, as a christian I need to bring people close to myself. Open up my life, let them be a part of it. Then the distance will maintain crossed, and the differences will slowly fade away.
But one thing more that I want to stretch is that changing differences isn't a one-way move. It's not them that are going to move towards mine direction. No, it's a two-way movement where both parts are moving closer to each other - and thereby begins to be more united, more alike, and less different. Why is this important? I honestly think that as a christian I'm always in need of being changed. In every person there is something for me to learn. And if a relationship doesn't change me, that's a good sign for me that it's religion I'm doing, and not relation. And for god's sake, that's what it's all about
(En liten kommentar till språket: jag skrev detta på engelska därför att jag precis haft studiebesök av estninska vänner och av den anledningen gick mina tankar igång på engelska, och jag fann tankar lite svåröversatta för tillfället. Men jag kanske översätter, och vidarutvecklar tankarna vid ett annat tillfälle.)
But I think that other people are more close to God than we realize. There might be huge differences in ways of acting, behaving and living - but that doesn't automatically mean that the distance to God has the same proportions as the differences. People are more christian than we see. And maybe others also, are more christian than they see - because of the same measurements of judging. They see the box of christianity from the outside - we see it from the inside.
And if the distance is short, then there is a big possibility that that distance can be crossed in a brief moment of time - still having the differences intact. The problem I see is that most of us christian are then beginning to attack the differences, where the most important thing is to maintain the distance crossed. If a person has cross the river it's not nice (and very christianlike either) to push them back into the river and demand them to learn how to swim. But this is mostly the way we do in churches, at least I think so.
No, to change differences. To change behaving, acting, talking, living and doing we need to have other people close to us. Because if we really do believe ourselves being close to God, then it's quite logical to see that if people are close to us, they automatically are close to God. Or doesn't this make sense?
So, as a christian I need to bring people close to myself. Open up my life, let them be a part of it. Then the distance will maintain crossed, and the differences will slowly fade away.
But one thing more that I want to stretch is that changing differences isn't a one-way move. It's not them that are going to move towards mine direction. No, it's a two-way movement where both parts are moving closer to each other - and thereby begins to be more united, more alike, and less different. Why is this important? I honestly think that as a christian I'm always in need of being changed. In every person there is something for me to learn. And if a relationship doesn't change me, that's a good sign for me that it's religion I'm doing, and not relation. And for god's sake, that's what it's all about
(En liten kommentar till språket: jag skrev detta på engelska därför att jag precis haft studiebesök av estninska vänner och av den anledningen gick mina tankar igång på engelska, och jag fann tankar lite svåröversatta för tillfället. Men jag kanske översätter, och vidarutvecklar tankarna vid ett annat tillfälle.)
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Postat av: Anonym
De är lungt Adam, vi förstår dig ändå!
Postat av: Natta
Helt otroligt bra skrivet, så himla härlig!
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