Before I discuss UE7, take a minute to read the comment from yesterday's blog. Interesting timing on the comment and this morning's personal angst.
As I was getting ready for school, I had a choice of three different ties. One a polka dot tie, one a Jerry Garcia designed tie, the other a tie that was covered with crosses. The tie with crosses complimented my shirt the best, but the very issue raised by the comment from yesterday's entry plagued me. (I had not read the comment until after I had made my tie selection.)
Picture, if you will, the old angel and devil on the shoulder conversation going on. One voice was saying, "Don't be ashamed of the Gospel. Wear the cross tie." The other voice reminded, "Whoa, you are a public employee working with children. You have a duty to be religion neutral." The first voice, "You coward." Second voice, "We are admonished in the NT to follow the law of the land. Wearing the cross tie would get dangerously close to stepping over that line." Was the Holy Spirit convicting me to wear the cross tie? Or was Satan working to make me feel guilty over a nonissue? I am interested to know which tie the followers of this blog would have worn. I won't tell you what I decided until Friday. Weigh in fellow bloggers.
Now on to Unexpected Adventure- "Spur of the Moment Friendship" 1 John 3:18
I particularly enjoyed UE 7 because it touched on an age-old struggle between lifestyle Christianity and tellin' 'em about it Christianity.
James 2:15-17 and Romans 10:14 are two of the references utilized in UE 7. It reminds us that if all we do is live a Christian life, people may never know why we don't worry, or have joy, or go the extra mile. Yet, if all we do is pound people over the head with the Roman Road set of verses and don't meet people's physical needs, our words will be seen as hypocritical. Conduct and conversation are equally important parts of our witness to the world.
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