A Little Bothered....

Am I the only person who has a problem with the reaction of the over turning of this proposition. Granted there is a political problem in over ruling something a majority voted on but that's a whole different topic/issue. 

I'm really bothered by the victim card that Christians are playing. Acting like this is an assault on Christianity and life in general. Putting your faith into political issues is something that stands on a fine line.  It's easy to put it in terms for feeding the poor and caring for others less fortunate. But it really gets hairy when you use faith as ammunition to go up against people who could care less about what you believe. I think this is where we really screw up. We were called to show God's love to people. How can we do this when we use God and the bible as ammunition against people who don't understand love. Is our view of love that one sided?  How is mounting a campaign of negative ads and appearing arrogant showing love?  People complain that the media portrays Christians in a bad light, but have we done anything to prove them wrong?  The realm of politics is one that is full of mud slinging and hatefulness. Is that an arena we should've entered?  

Now yes, I believe marriage is a beautiful picture of God's grace and love for us, that is meant for man and woman. But what have men and women done for marriage?  Divorce rates are the highest they've been amongst Christians and non Christians. What campaign as the church assembled for this problem?  Because it seems a little quiet on the matter. It just seems a lot like checkin the plank in your eye out before you bring up the saw dust in your neighbor's eye. 

What bothers me even more is how it seems more and more Christians are putting more faith in their patriotism than in God. Seeming to rely more on the power of the republican power than in what God is doing.  Politics are a farse. It's no different than when the Israelites wanted to rely on a king rather than God. Is that where we are?  Have we adopted the colors of our flag instead the symbol of the cross? Have we put more priority on the constitution than God's words given to us?  

What is the solution then? I do not know really. This goes into wisdom beyond my 24 years. What I do know is that as Christians, we should be relying on what God is doing and get involved where God is moving. We need to show people what we stand for instead of what we are against. We need to show God's love and to be the church. 

Love God, love people. 

I write this as a reaction to what I've seen, but directed to how I am. I am the worst offender of this.