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...my friend Chris Kratzer said it better in a recent FB post of his, than I ever could. His testimony closely mimics mine:
Chris Kratzer
October 27 at 2:07 PM ?
I was the good Evangelical who prayed to God for true freedom in Christ to manifest in all my life. She led me out of American Christianity and awakened me to my complete wholeness, beauty, and divine splendor, as is. Along with the bravery to be it--to be me.
I was the good Evangelical who read my Bible, precept upon precept, asking God for divine truth. She led me out of the Bible and into the mind of Christ within me.
I was the good Evangelical who, in passionate pursuit of the will of God, dedicated my heart to learning the ways of loving my neighbor as myself. She led me to see all people as equal and affirmed unconditionally.
I was the good Evangelical who pleaded with God to show me the true Gospel Jesus brings to the world. She showed me pure Grace, its universal, all-reconciling power, and my full union and irrevocable communion with the Trinity.
I was the good Evangelical who begged God to reveal any evil within me. She pulled opened my soul to expose the countless scrolls of false, pus-ladened, condemning, shame-filled, hateful, bigoted, homophobic, sexist, racist, greedy, and religious lies I believed about God, myself, and others.
I was the good Evangelical who asked God to reveal the evil around me. She thrusted back the curtain of conservative Christianity that me eyes would finally see the true evil seeking to devour me.
How do you know when you have been a good Evangelical?
When, in answer to all your prayers, seeking, and following, Jesus leads you out of it.
Grace is brave. Be brave.