These last five years have been quite a journey. I have had some good ups and some serious downs. What's funny is, I feel like I've come full circle; I'm kind of back to what I learned in the beginning:
Whatever the problem, some will choose to be part of the solution, many will not (Proverbs 12:1).
When the rubber meets the road, very few will truly choose humility and love (Matthew 7:13-14).
The only way I can ever be part of a group where I agree with everything is if I'm part of a group where everyone thinks like me. This will almost never happen; when it does it will be brief; and, it is really not best. Participating in groups where people think very differently from me is how I get to practice being like Him, and this is what truly matters (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).
These things will not change until the end, and I am not here to fix the world but to be a little light in the darkness, pointing to the only real solution (2 Timothy 3:1-5; Matthew 5:14-16).
What people do with this is God's purview, not mine (1 Corinthians 15:37-38).
I have failed hard and often to be like Jesus, but I can never give up (Romans 12:21; Philippians 3:12).
Jesus came full of grace and truth (John 1:14), but we humans will never be full of either. And while I fully understand the need for and value of truth, I find myself agreeing more and more with this movie clip when it comes to us being certain we always know what the truth is. I'm beginning to see now why we, all of us, so desperately need all the grace and mercy we can get, and I want to be an instrument of this.
