Intolerance
I was home with a sick baby and husband yesterday (much to all of our dismay, we really wanted to make it to church, especially since they were having a special time of fellowship at the park afterwards, oh well!) and so I spent the morning listening to Romans on CD while caring for the needs of the bed-ridden. There's something about listening to a big chunk of that book which just leaves you awe-inspired. You can't run from the depths of the grace of the Lord expressed in this rich book.
At the same time, I was struck by the need for intolerance in my life. Yes, I said intolerance. In a world where the praching and practicing of tolerance is extolled, there is such a need for Christians to be intolerant - intolerant of sin in our own lives.
I just started attending a Bible study on Monday nights led by an older Godly woman. Most of the women are young moms like me, many of them just beginning their spiritual journey. Just like when you have a young toddler around your home, you see the world through a new light, when you are around new Christians, it is amazing to see things through their eyes. Sadly, it is so easy for those of us who have been walking with the Lord for a number of years to lose some of that first love, to become lax, to no longer have the hunger and thirst for righteouness and holiness that we once had.
Last Monday night, one of the ladies read a verse which she had just found that morning and was convicted by. It was a simple verse on the need for us to put off the deeds of the flesh and walk in holiness. I've read and heard that verse many, many times in my life, but when she read it and talked about her desire for holiness and Godliness in her life, I was so challenged. Challenged that as an "older Christian" I have become so tolerant of sin and worldliness in my life. Challenged that I could be content in this intolerance. Challenged that I was sitting at the feet of this "baby Christian" drinking from the well of wisdom she was discovering in God's Word for the first time.
"If ye then be risen in Christ, seek those things which are above."
At the same time, I was struck by the need for intolerance in my life. Yes, I said intolerance. In a world where the praching and practicing of tolerance is extolled, there is such a need for Christians to be intolerant - intolerant of sin in our own lives.
I just started attending a Bible study on Monday nights led by an older Godly woman. Most of the women are young moms like me, many of them just beginning their spiritual journey. Just like when you have a young toddler around your home, you see the world through a new light, when you are around new Christians, it is amazing to see things through their eyes. Sadly, it is so easy for those of us who have been walking with the Lord for a number of years to lose some of that first love, to become lax, to no longer have the hunger and thirst for righteouness and holiness that we once had.
Last Monday night, one of the ladies read a verse which she had just found that morning and was convicted by. It was a simple verse on the need for us to put off the deeds of the flesh and walk in holiness. I've read and heard that verse many, many times in my life, but when she read it and talked about her desire for holiness and Godliness in her life, I was so challenged. Challenged that as an "older Christian" I have become so tolerant of sin and worldliness in my life. Challenged that I could be content in this intolerance. Challenged that I was sitting at the feet of this "baby Christian" drinking from the well of wisdom she was discovering in God's Word for the first time.
"If ye then be risen in Christ, seek those things which are above."
posted by Crystal Paine at 1:27 PM
3 Comments:
I can totally relate to what you're saying in this post! I love to be around 'baby' Christians! They're usually so excited and in love with Jesus. (o:
It's so true. Matthew and I have really enjoyed the company of the new Christians in our small group! Their enthusiasm for the things of God, and especially their thirst for the Bible, is so convicting.
Hey, we missed ya'll at the picninc. There was lots of fun and more so of wind LOL. Hope your family is feeling better.
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