We always had the chance to be Christian. To be like Christ. To be loving and sacrificial, to care for widows and orphans, to feed the hungry, heal the sick, love the lost, to put others first, to speak, teach, and live peace.
That opportunity was always there.
Instead we chose to ratchet up our hatred and dislike and anger in order to show the world that *we didn’t like gay marriage*, no sir, and that was the most important thing to focus on. We chose to make sure that everyone knew how much we hated those sinners and that sin.
Think about that.
We always had the chance to live like Christ, like we knew him and loved him.
And we chose
to behave instead as if we never knew him.
So now what? What have we left ourselves? What do we say to our neighbors and family and friends, our communities, our nation, our brothers and sisters in Christ?
“Well, we’re still right. We still hate. We still demand. We still are angry. You people are all going to hell.”
Yeah, that will work, I imagine.
Some of us deeply regret our collective behavior as Christians. We’ll keep on trying to do the things Jesus is calling us to do.
And we’ll just have to let you figure out for yourself why your message fails and why your efforts don’t accomplish anything.