Labeling VS Loving

So I came across this article the other night entitled: "7o+ Celebrities Who Are Christians".

This peaked my interested because 1. It's always nice to know of believers in an industry that can be anything but Heavenly, fighting the good fight. But 2. is the title and the character that is assumed from the title "Christian". See there is an instant categorization that this title brings. The potential for those to adore and the potential for those to hate.

Let's be honest. We can all sometimes stroll in the mindset that as a "Christian" we are doing pretty well. We have a pretty "blessed" life and we have been doing good things.

So as I scrolled through the list to read the various quotes and info about each celeb, I felt my brow furrow in confussion or disapproval in those who were on this click bait list. My thoughts went to judgement and Bias as I saw various celebrities who "claimed" to be christians and all the sudden I sat there in shock of myself in that judgement call that I had no right to make nor am called to be making. As a servant of Jesus Christ I am called first and foremost to LOVE. 

"How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take that speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You Hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."- Luke 6:42


Here's my point. With all the agreeing and disagreeing currently happening all around us, I see highlighted more and more a particular understanding on what it means to love one another. with a conditional sense.

It IS possible to love unconditionally while not agreeing with someones views. Plain and simple. We as humans are flawed and it is so hard to actually do this in light of all the flaws and disagreements or views of so many around us, but it is possible. None of us are neither high or lower in ranking than anyone else. We are all broken, we are all sin filled.

We all have the ability to love and be loved.

The only difference between me and these celebrities is truly the lime lighting they are in alongside the cameras where as we simply can fly under the radar and make assumptions of people we don't even know.

So I challenge you to walk in those who's shoes are seemingly more or less comfy than our own, seemingly less clean or seemingly spotless.

We all need to be saved from ourselves. Why not let Jesus do what he came to do?

















-Keep Adventuring.