Looking back, I wonder about what has happened here. As I sit in this all to comfy chair, I wonder about the world out there, beyond these walls. It is Thursday, again, did I “really let my light shine” today? Mayhap I am the only one, the great louse. I sit when I should stand. I bite my tongue rather than speak, lest someone should take my words. It is so easy to invite people to an event. The event can hide my failure to evangelize. The event can hide my hypocrisy.
“Do you love me?”
“Yes Lord you know I do.”
“Then, feed my sheep.”
Without a second thought I would call Jesus my Lord. In that same instant I would rather silently skip feeding sheep. If I love Him, then I will do what He asks. So simple a task, go where God would ask. Alas, doing is so much more difficult than just saying the words. I look to my left and to my right. I seek after this year’s Christianity. The ideas of last year no longer inspire me. Those symbols and those sermons have lost their power – the edge which drove me.
How dare I find God no longer trendy. How dare I let go. It is not the symbols that have lost their power, nor is it that the sermons have drifted to nothingness. It is not the ideals of last time which have dwindled. It is I. Those never had any power save pointing to the One who does. That has not changed. God is still who He has always been.
This year is no different from the last. Christianity has nothing new to offer this year. There is nothing to flood the market with. No WWJD bracelets no copies of The Purpose Driven Life, no we have the same thing we always have had. Unconditional love. We have always had Jesus, you remember, the author and perfecter of our faith. He was crucified, died, and buried. On the third day He rose again, redeeming humanity from sin.
Yeah, that guy. I think He is more than this year’s Christianity. He is the Christ. He has forgiven my failings. I have but to feed His sheep, and I shall follow after Him ever more. Merely to step forward is merely a step. Walk forward. Follow Jesus.

~JCPunk