tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110756686376881781.post3975354316722883374..comments2010-08-25T12:17:17.677-07:00Comments on Bats in the Belfry: People-People, Part DeuxC.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15403451409729312302noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110756686376881781.post-37882672980461852272007-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:002007-08-16T18:20:00.000-07:00Hmmm...Collette,Just got caught up on this thread,...Hmmm...Collette,<BR/><BR/>Just got caught up on this thread, not sure why I didn't read it before.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to take some time and ponder, chew the fat, absorb your thoughts about separating the behavior from the person. Gosh, we all wish we were able to do that, right? We're followers of Christ, it should be easy to hate the sin, not the sinner. Wow, it's quite a tall order when you really let it sink in. It's how prejudices and stereotypes begin and flow like rivers of ugliness in our lives.<BR/><BR/>I think what I may hate more than my own prejudices and stereotypes...is the attempts I/we all take to "minister" to those people on "the other side of the tracks", as if we are so glorious that we can be a part of saving them from themselves and their lifestyles. I am all about social justice and the issues out there, and my heart breaks hearing the story about the young divorced duded. I want to help, and am desperate to do so. But, why do we serve them, what is our motivation? <BR/><BR/>Just thoughts and questions I'm pondering right now, that were spurred on by your thoughts. How do we love others without having any agenda to change anyone or these such behaviors? What has Christ really called us "snobs" to do while we journey to cross the other side of the tracks...?<BR/><BR/>My never ending thought process lives on...keep writing, I love reading your thoughts, and how I'm provoked to think deeper after reading them. Rock On.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474682160288521208noreply@blogger.com