My friend David and my brother Nathaniel have this joke they do to me at youth group from time to time, and usually when I'm least expecting it: One or the other (heh, or sometimes both) will suddenly run at me with his Bible raised over his head as if he is going to hit me with it and then shouts "THE TRUTH HURTS!" and fakes like they hit me. While being a somewhat amusing joke, there is also a tremendous amount of truth behind those words as well. The truth can hurt, and often times does.
In these times where feel-good sermons are all of what people come looking for, the truth can be highly overlooked. People don't like to go to church and hear a convicting sermon that causes them pain inside as they realize all of the things they have done wrong or need to fix in their lives. lol, that is probably why the church I go to is so little (it has grown over the past 4 years though; we've got usually around 30 people who come regularly, last I counted).
I've gotta say that between sermons, the Bible, and this other book that I'm reading entitled "Before You Meet Your Prince Charming", I've had that "convicted" feeling a lot lately. Ya know what's funny? Unlike so many people in this world, I actually *like* that feeling. I suppose maybe that's something unique about Christians...either that or once again I'm the strange one in the bunch :-) I just for some reason enjoy hearing or reading Biblically sound stuff that continually points out my errors in life to me.
I'm one of those people who just enjoys fixing things. When I succeed, weather the project is for myself or somebody else, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and joy. Especially if I was fixing something for another person, weather it be repairing an object, fixing a misunderstanding, or answering a techie question, or whatever. I guess this whole scripturally convicted thing works similarly for me; when I can see my errors in the light of God's Word, I can understand better where I went wrong and then ask forgiveness and try to fix my mistakes. If nothing else, at least know what to do in a future situation so I'm less likely to screw up in the first place, or just know to fix my attitude and thinking patterns on issues.
You don't have to be Bob The Builder to be able to say "Can we fix it? Yes we can!" With God on your side, anything can be fixed if it's within His plan.
And with that said, there is only one thing left for me to do....
*Fakes hitting you* THE TRUTH HURTS! *grin*
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Hey! I read that book at camp a couple years ago. It's pretty good, I think, though it was a while ago and I don't really remember. It really reached me where I was at.
Cool post! I think it's easier to realize you've gone wrong than to actually change things, especially when you're in the heat of the moment and you just don't feel like doing the right thing. I'm dealing with that right now with my own stubborn laziness... as excited as I am to change, when I get home from a 8-hour school and work day, the last thing I'm thinking about is reading my Bible or doing homework. But that's awesome that you are open to seeing where you've gone wrong, that's something a lot of people can't say.
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