hey- I know I haven't posted in awhile. I just moved and I now have no internet. Bah!
Hope Church would be proud
I'm now a coffee drinker..
This is a thought I was having today...and it's totally not developed so feel free to comment or whatever. My placement supervisor (thanks Rick) has got me thinking about this whole good works issue. I know it's important to maintain a standard and to have integrity in everything that we do.. so I'm definitly not saying that we should have sex before marriage, lie, steal, etc. What I have been thinking about is the amount of young people my age who have decided not to follow Christ because there are too many "rules" and they couldn't measure up.
Is this an excuse for a deeper issue?
Is the church enforcing a good works (you must keep these rules to be a good Christian) Christianity instead of love and grace? If so.. should there be a balance?
How does Holy Living (Holiness Movement) play into all of this? As Christians we want to live Holy lives...stay pure etc. how can this be done without falling into the good works trap?
How can person A have a conviction about a certain issue (ie: secular music, casual drinking etc.) and still function in the same body with person B who doesn't have the same convictions and not bring condemnation on them to the point where they don't believe they measure up?
Hopefully this makes sense.
I've realized I need people more then ever before. We're not designed to make it on our own.
We Maritimers rock!!
You know you're a Maritimer when....
1.Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
2."Vacation" means going to Moncton for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit a deer.
5. Your Grandparents drive 100 km through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
6. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
7. You install security lights on both your house and garage and go and leave both unlocked.
8. You think of the major food groups as: Meat, Fish and Tim Hortons.
9. You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them.
10. There are seven empty cars running in the parking lot of the Canadian Tire store at any given time.
11. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
12. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
13. Your lingerie consists of tube socks and flannel pajamas.
14. You know all 4 seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter and Construction.
15. It takes three hours to go to the store for one item, even when you're in a hurry because you have to stop and talk to everybody in town.
And Finally: You know you live in the Maritimes when...
16. You actually understand these jokes
