What Drives You Crazy?
I was thinking about this some today as a few things were getting on my nerves.
I will also clue you in on something. If something or someone is getting on my nerves, I am generally pretty vocal about it (remember, that type of thing cost me a book contract).
Today my pet peeve continues to be the inconsistency between stating one's faith and then living one's faith. There are many who tout the Christian life, or righteously refer to themselves as Christians, but have some inconsistencies in how they live. Of course now that I have even mentioned this I feel like it opens me up to criticisms of being judgemental.
That isn't my intent. I know I make mistakes, and plenty of them. But I think the issue of how we state our beliefs and how well we live them out is important.
The island attracts a lot of volunteer help, many of whom refer to themselves as Christians, so it is a good laboratory in which to make some observations.
I have already mentioned that Miss Peggy goes about her day in quiet, humble service. To me, that is living one's faith.
There are several volunteers down here in Roatan and it turns out one of them has a dad who is a prominent Christian author who writes all kinds of relationship rescue books and runs marriage retreats. But he is divorced, so that struck me as a bit odd.
There is a new organization coming to the island of Roatan that is seeking to set up a home for abandoned girls, except the majority of them live in slums on the mainland, and aren't here on the island.They are trying to raise a tremendous amount of money. But I guess a 2 million dollar building wouldn't be as nice in the foothills of the Honduran countryside as it will be looking out over the ocean. Just an observation.
Yes, I know my observations can come out sounding harsh, so I apologize for that, it is just perplexing to me.
There is a pastor on the island who is all about supporting family, but is charging his mother in law big bucks for rent.
I will also clue you in on something. If something or someone is getting on my nerves, I am generally pretty vocal about it (remember, that type of thing cost me a book contract).
Today my pet peeve continues to be the inconsistency between stating one's faith and then living one's faith. There are many who tout the Christian life, or righteously refer to themselves as Christians, but have some inconsistencies in how they live. Of course now that I have even mentioned this I feel like it opens me up to criticisms of being judgemental.
That isn't my intent. I know I make mistakes, and plenty of them. But I think the issue of how we state our beliefs and how well we live them out is important.
The island attracts a lot of volunteer help, many of whom refer to themselves as Christians, so it is a good laboratory in which to make some observations.
I have already mentioned that Miss Peggy goes about her day in quiet, humble service. To me, that is living one's faith.
There are several volunteers down here in Roatan and it turns out one of them has a dad who is a prominent Christian author who writes all kinds of relationship rescue books and runs marriage retreats. But he is divorced, so that struck me as a bit odd.
There is a new organization coming to the island of Roatan that is seeking to set up a home for abandoned girls, except the majority of them live in slums on the mainland, and aren't here on the island.They are trying to raise a tremendous amount of money. But I guess a 2 million dollar building wouldn't be as nice in the foothills of the Honduran countryside as it will be looking out over the ocean. Just an observation.
Yes, I know my observations can come out sounding harsh, so I apologize for that, it is just perplexing to me.
There is a pastor on the island who is all about supporting family, but is charging his mother in law big bucks for rent.
Labels: living one's faith, Roatan, service
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