SPRING EGGS AND ALL

Just over one year ago, I stood at the Western Wall at the temple in Jerusalem. Better known as the Wailing Wall. On Good Friday 2007 I thought we needed a wailing wall or two in the U. S.

But let me back up. Our San Diegoan daughter called this morning to tell us about her Opening Day tickets to see the Padres. Prior to the game, she said she had an event to take part in today--A Spring Egg Hunt. It was bad enough when she had to work at an event which boasted a Holiday Tree back in December. But a Spring Egg hunt made me want to wail and thrash and throw up. But I remembered a lecture from Bible Study Fellowship. Appropriately enough it was delivered last Monday evening and went something like this.

Christainity robs humanity of the option of being able to save themselves. They resist biblical Christainity as being too narrow. Thus, they create God in their own image. So it's up to us to point out that it's not a cultural Christainity but a biblical one. The more we stand for Christ the more we offend people who will react with persecution towards us. We are not to react, but respond. We are to be empathetic and bless them, not curse them. We are to try to promote harmony. Don't buy into the sin, but buy into the sinner. We cannot argue them into the kingdom. But we can love them sincerely. People are made for fellowship with God and in His image; therefore they are worthy of our love.

Thanks to Dennis Roberson, our discussion leader, I no longer feel disdain about some group calling an Easter Egg Hunt a Spring Egg Hunt. I still love them. But I love the Lord more and am so happy for what He did for me on Good Friday so long ago.