Bitter Grounds

One step forward.

Two steps back.

Communication is what we lack.

Not conformity, not a new tolerance.

Not some hipster or business executive stance.

The cultural song may sing “be different; embrace who you are”

But when the band starts to play, the music is replaced with argument.

We follow the cultural choreography.

We bend and sway under accusations of intolerance and then for the appearance of being “tolerant” or “loving towards differences”, we slow dance with the mainstream belief.

But what does it mean to love someone, really?

Do we continue to pat them on the back while they head down the road to eternal separation with the Eternal Light?

AKA- Hell.

Or do we love people enough that we TEACH Christ-followers how to engage culture in such a way where we are saving people instead of just commenting on their Facebook page?

You can Instagram your Bible verse and a coffee mug in that perfect position,

Or you could position that Bible and that coffee in the middle of a conversation with a lost soul.

And let the coffee be the only thing that’s bitter between you.

Love people.

But Love them enough to correct them when they stray.