Grace

You know what Christians suck at? Giving grace and love. Isn't that exactly what our faith is centered around? And yet, we are notoriously some of the most judgmental people. Others don't want to confide in us, for fear we will judge their every decision and look down from our clouds with our harps and halos and condemn them to eternal damnation. Because admit it, you've met those Christians that make you feel like that. And it's tough...heaven knows I'm not one of the most grace-filled, gentle souls out there. It's def something I should work on. 


What I don't understand is how we assign different "values" to sins? Why does the church's realm of grace extend to the people who cuss or get sloppy drunk, but it doesn't cover teen pregnancies, and it especially doesn't cover homosexuals? I'm pretty sure the 2nd verse I ever learned was Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." That verse says freaking all. If the worst thing you've ever done is dropped an F-Bomb....you're still a freaking sinner. You're still not getting to heaven on your own. 


Nobody's perfect. In John 8, the pharisees bring Jesus an adulterous woman, to try and catch him tripping up. He tells them to stone her according to the law, but  "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." As you can imagine, that shut them up real quick. I think that story could be replaced with any sinner: A glutton, a homosexual, a drunk, a pot head...whatever you want. So who are we to cast judgement on them? If Jesus didn't how in the world can we?? What Jesus does tell the woman, is to leave her life of sin. So, I'm pretty sure that's all I should do. 


Jesus loved THAT woman. And we should love THOSE people too. Especially since, at one time or another, we are all THOSE people.


Thoughts??