So i have been out of the writing scene for a really long time. I think i stopped in college when i forgot what Email and Password i used to get into my old blog. Well with the well written words of a good friend at http://crazycatlady89.blogspot.com/2011/02/giving-to-those-in-need.html i have decided i need to get back at it. So here it is!!!
This is an attempt for me to combine my to most important aspects of my life; the fact i am now the Director of Youth and Family Ministries at an amazing little church in Colorado and need to be a respected and admirable leader for the youth of my church, and the fact i am a very over the top individual who has a somewhat twisted world view from time to time. It was these two aspects that bring me to the namesake of this new blog. The Wrong Side of the Cross. When i think of the average christian and what the main stream cast as an average christian it draws a picture that looks foreign and indistinguishable to me. A person that holds neither the values Christ would hold us to, nore the humility that God demands of us as his children. Instead it is a picture of a person who believes they understand what humility is and a person who understand what values are, but by holding the light to others values and asking why aren't others more humble like those who hold the light.
Those people are the kind of Christians who stand in front of the cross and try to use it as a pedestal or a weapon. That is why i must be on the wrong side of the cross. I can't use the cross as a pedestal because it isn't there to hold me up. The cross isn't a weapon to use against others accept my own greed, need, and desires. Now i do find the bit of hypocrisy in my writing, "well Erik by saying what you are saying now you are shinning the light of judgment on others!" I disagree, i am simply trying to understand my placement at the foot of the cross. Everyone knows someone who is the cornerstone of the "christian right". I am attempting to help the understanding of what Wrong side of the Cross means with out it being misinterpreted.
So here i sit on the wrong side of the cross thinking getting mugged is a time for ministry, taxes are the least important thing on my plate, and that two people in love should do what they want without me pushing my nose into it. But it feels good to know i now have a place to throw my remaining brain splatter.
God is bigger than you and your ideas,
Erik W.
May I join you on the wrong side of the Cross? It is the place where
ReplyDeletethose of us who are looking to see if we are in the right place, find a home.
We are not the preachers or evangelists. We are the folks who, in our daily lives, try to keep our eye on the Cross, so we don't lose our way.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure there is a 'wrong' side of the Cross.
Maybe, it is just looking from a different angle. I love these little conversations with you ! = )