release
have you ever talked to someone, or heard someone's story of "miraculous redemption?"
that's what i'm calling it... b/c that's what it seems like to me.
miraculous.
it usually goes, "i was a sinner. a bad person. then i found Jesus. now i'm free from my chains of sin and living the good life! everything is better now b/c i don't struggle with my past!"
wow... what a relief it must be to be not to have anything go wrong.
i'm not buying it.
why do these people [who get to stand on the pulpit and read verbatim what sounds like a letter to themselves about how they used to be a sinner, and now they're free.
so why do i still feel like i have the same old problems?
when i decided to live "the good life," wasn't i supposed to be free from all sin?
that's the notion mainstream christianity would like to give you.
but it's wrong.
you don't overcome a struggle overnight.
you don't have an epiphany and start the good life.
in fact, most of the time, your struggle will become harder and it's lifelong.
nothing goes away overnight.
if someone tells you it does, they're trying to sell something.
that's what i'm calling it... b/c that's what it seems like to me.
miraculous.
it usually goes, "i was a sinner. a bad person. then i found Jesus. now i'm free from my chains of sin and living the good life! everything is better now b/c i don't struggle with my past!"
wow... what a relief it must be to be not to have anything go wrong.
i'm not buying it.
why do these people [who get to stand on the pulpit and read verbatim what sounds like a letter to themselves about how they used to be a sinner, and now they're free.
so why do i still feel like i have the same old problems?
when i decided to live "the good life," wasn't i supposed to be free from all sin?
that's the notion mainstream christianity would like to give you.
but it's wrong.
you don't overcome a struggle overnight.
you don't have an epiphany and start the good life.
in fact, most of the time, your struggle will become harder and it's lifelong.
nothing goes away overnight.
if someone tells you it does, they're trying to sell something.
