Whoa!!!! I just read something that gave me cause to pause.
The writer posed the question: What were you like before you came to Christ?
His point was to illustrate how God uses the people on the fringe, the broken
and the rejected to His glory.
I started thinking about that question and how it applied to
my own life. There have been several religious milestones in my life; I was one
of those people who was raised in church. I usually tell people that I
worshiped the God of my grandparents and my mother until one day I heard Him
speak my name. When I heard His voice my journey began and it has taken several
paths since then, but I digress a bit, allow me to share my "Spiritual
Curriculum vitae" if you will.
I initially started my worship experience at the tender age
of 5 or 6 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church -my grandparents church. I
remember several years there, then to an A.M.E, a Lutheran, a couple more
Baptist experiences...all of which led me to the U.C.C. (Baptomethocathocostal)
experience. I learned about Liberation Theology and what it means to be
radically inclusive. I heard God's voice come through loud and clear. I
attended seminary and was appointed to a ministerial position.
Now, for the hard part, after all the teaching and
instruction. I was still very much struggling with anger from my childhood. I
carried that package around until recently.
What's your struggle? Can you leave it at the altar?
What's your struggle? Can you leave it at the altar?
This leads me back to the initial question what were you like
before you came to Christ? I had to be this very angry bitter
person....somebody that I try to minister to these days.
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