thebergrens - Thoughts About Justice (Part 1)

I just recently saw a Facebook status that was about being homosexual, and that God accepts them, then they wrote, "You live your life, and I will live mine."

Now, I don't really know this person. And my thoughts in reading this aren't about the "gay issue" in the church or whatever it is called nowadays. My mind was drawn to the phrase that seems so common among my generation particularly, "you live your life, and I will live mine."

I wonder if that thinking is so common among places like Cambodia or South America, or pretty much any other country perhaps. Has this phrase or train of thought emerged from the American individualistic culture? Just a thought... Anyways...

Pondering about that way of thinking makes me ask anther question. Can we really live our lives in a way that it only affects us, and no one else? Weren't we created in community? And by God? It's not like we are born in this invisible box that shields and makes what we do invisible to our Creator and/or the people around us. That invisible box of separation does not exist. Every decision we make affects the heart of God, our relationship with Him, and our relationship with other people.

In some ways it seems this way of thinking has plagued my generation, but if we lean in close enough we might notice that it is merely an echo of an age old cry, "am I my brother's keeper!?" The old story in Genesis 4 does not record God directly answering Cain's question, but God does say, "your brother's blood crises out to Me from the ground." In other words, what Cain did will never cease to be heard in the ear drums of our heavenly Judge.

God is not in the business of just letting us live our lives. He will hold an account for every thing done, ever. He is not a passive God who is unconcerned with how we live. He cares deeply, within every fiber of His being about the way we choose to live our lives. He is our heavenly, righteous, Judge who is on our side.

When we decide we are accountable to no one, that we are in our own little invisible box, we are in for an awakening on the day when we see the Lord face-to-face. God deeply loves and is more active in our lives than we realize. Not one thought, sigh or deed is irrelevant to God. And to me, that is good news!

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