Just Humans

Sometimes we tend to forget that we are living in a world infested with human kind, and that at the very fundamental of it all, we are all just human beings.

No matter our gender, our skin colour, our hair length, our language, our country, our culture, our rules, our preferences, our hobbies, our likings, our thoughts, our speech etc etc..at the bottom of it all, we are all just human beings..

Carnial beings with selfish desires.

You can't deny that even the most saint-est of human beings have had at least one selfish thought in their entire lifetime.. And most of the time what we believe to be true, and what we communicate seemingly as facts to other ppl, are actually just opinions that we have formed by our thinkings..and even at the point of confession, you be honest to yourself and you will admit that everyone will, consciously or subconsciously, try to spill out details that are somewhat bias and in their favour..so that we wun look that bad..

A human being myself, I have my own preferences and opinions, and I am going to blog about some of these here..so, its against no one, just things that have been going through my mind recently..

It irks me extensively when I hear ppl say stuff like, "HOW can such a thing happen in church?" or "HOW COME the people in church can hurt me like this? Aren't we all christians? HOW CAN they do this to me?" or "HOW can God allow such a thing to happen to His church?!"..

I dun understand this at all..why cant bad things happen in the church? the church consist of normal, everyday people..maybe we talk better, we look better or we may even appear better than others..but, we are all just people..its like you expect the church elders, the church pastor, the church leaders and even the church members to be saints or something, rather than just normal people who are striving just as hard as you, or maybe even harder, to live their lives according to God's Word..Dude, we all fail. Period..The you in this instance refers to no one, its just a noun used in place to make the sentence more coherent..

Actually, shouldn't we be happy that such bad things happen to us in the church? because the church is where God is..yes we all fail, but now the difference is that we failed in church..in a place where grace can be nurtured, the people have consciousness to actually repent and ask for forgiveness..rather than just like.."ok i hurt you, sorry. deal with it"..that's what's going on in the outside world..in the church is where ppl fail us, but yet we have a mediator (God) and an environement of grace and mercy which allows us to pick ourselves up and try again..

And, it really saddens me when I see really strong opposition to the leaders and systems that are in place in church..its not like I dun understand both sides of the story..but once again, come on, we are all just human beings..why, why! why do we let petty differences, stubborn natures, pride, unwillingess to listen or to change hinder the progression of the kingdom?..why are we fighting among ourselves instead of the uniting to fight against the devil?..satan just sows a bit of discord in the church and retires to his armchair..we are the ones who will escalate the situation into a war and end up destroying ourselves..why are we doing this?..can't both sides just compromise a bit and move on? it doesnt matter when we fail, we just try a different method..why fight over methods when our motives are the same?

Its stupid.

People come and tell me..but what if the leaders are too stubborn to listen? what if they just cling onto their ideas and dun wana change?..im not speaking up for the leaders here..but i understand that they are just humans! yes, they need to grow too..yes, they might to change too..yes, they might need to learn to listen more..but why look at the speck in your brother's eye when you have a log in urs?..are we communicating our point across properly and with respect?..does our tone of voice bring about a tinge of disrespect?..have we tried putting ourselves in our leaders' shoes?..are we demanding a change or sincerely giving our feedback on how we tink things can turn out better?..

It's not the object/subject of discussion that saddens me..it's the way both sides (leaders and members) choose their attitude and tone of discussion that i think is not right..when both sides dun wana really listen, dun wana compromise, and just want to stick to their own views..that's when it saddens me..

We all live for one kingdom! Why must we insist on being divided in our very own house?

One more thing..it surprises me how we expect grace and forgiveness from the higher level when we screw up, but cannot give grace and forgiveness when the leaders screw up..it doesnt make sense..its a contradiction that puzzles me no end..

We expect things that we have trouble giving..what makes you think that the leaders don't struggle with such issues as well?

In the end, we are all just humans. Can't we just move forward together?

God, we need your help.