Get over yourself.

I don't think much about matters of theology anymore.  I used to love to work out the details and get into fiery debates.  The thrill of "proving my point" behind the guise of "proving God's point" was so exciting and the power of persuasion has always fascinated me.

I guess I'm just not interested.  I read three articles this week that made me cringe, all by people I at one time held in high esteem.  One was on the validity (or not) of the clergy/laity divide, another on child training and yet another (and boy was this titillating) on the authority of the KJV Bible.  Eeek.  I don't know.  I just can't go there anymore.  Maybe we need people who concentrate on the finer details of things?  I'm not so sure though.

I wonder what The Church would look like if we all just kept our eyes on Jesus and lived a life of serving each other and the world around us.  I think maybe all those little points of contention which just seem to escalate into huge matters of importance are just dividing, distracting and discouraging us as a whole.  It's shameful really.  Sometimes I wonder how it all got so messed up.  So far away from the only important thing.  JESUS.  If we could all just get over ourselves.


Colossians 3:14-16 (Amplified Bible)

¹⁴And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].
    ¹⁵And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].
    ¹⁶Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.