[revival-fire] The Real Jesus...

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I can't tell you what a comfort it is to know that I can just be with people and that it's not all about the hyped up pomp of religon.  That all the whooping and holaring doesn't come anywhere close to a few quietly whispered words of love.  I rest assured that this little inkling in the depths of my soul is a real call to be "converted back to the world" (as Martin Scott put it) is not some rebellious act against the Church like I thought it was but that this is the whole point of the Church.  I breathe relief when I can put off the "call to CHANGE THE WORLD" and just love the Jesus out of the face that is right in front of me and let Him do His own job while I do mine...love God and love others...

 

I can't tell you how many people come through the spiritual readings room at Club Retro just completely disillusioned and confused and utterly fed up and pissed off at the cold distant touch of Christianity.  More times than not we end up having to reassure these eager believers that Christ is indeed a Man, a real person, who talks and cares and is not concerned with how bad they've been.  We end up having to patch up so much damage done to these young people by bullheaded pastors and robotic churches on one hand and having to defend the real Jesus on the other and testify that "He's not like that"...

 

It breaks my heart that the clear living waters of my precious Lover have become to muddied up by our attempts to swim, BUT that if and when someone seeks He is there.  The Way is not a "way" at all but a Man, and when you walk hand in hand with Him you learn what Francis of Assisi learned when he erased the lines in between religion and real with a blissful kiss, earnest and true from a pure love.  And thank God for God, that He has given me exactly what I needed and weaned me from the superspiritual Pentecost and laid me peacefully in the dirt where I can simply be salt.  Thank God that our Father loves Simons and Sauls before they are Peters and Pauls.  Thank you Lord for loving me first that I may love You in return...

 

 

The Beauty was truly always there my Lord,

 

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