Be different – The Arrow Preacher

Brethren:

As men of the Lord of all creation, we must learn to stand as figures to those who lay eyes upon us. We will fail and fall short of the Glory of God, but as one of the wisest Jedi to ever grace the screen says “The greatest teacher, failure is.” (Yoda, The Last Jedi)We can learn so much in our failures. When I was in the military we learned that after every mission, after every training operation we always preformed an AAR or After Action Review. We would always go over the good, the bad, and the ugly of the mission. We talk about what went right, but also what went wrong, and we always talked about what we can improve no matter how good of a job we did. In all things we do we must turn to our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to keep us accountable in our walk. We must never shoot the wounded. We must not kick someone when they are down. Be a Godly father figure after our Abba Father. We must take heart to the story of the Good Samaritan and we must also be like the Samaritan who helped the traveler. Luke 10:25-37 The Samaritan’s were despised by most people in the known world at the time. The Samaritan helped a man who would have under other circumstances, would not have returned the gesture. Love, always concurs all. In all our ways we must return hate with love. We must not take up arms against our aggressors but return love to those aggressors. We embody Christ and as an ambassador we are the earthly representatives of Christ. As well as we can being sinful men and women, we must strive for greatness, and truth in our walk daily. We cannot just say we are different we must be different.

We are fathers to our children, meant to train them up in the ways of the Lord. We are not our child’s friend, not yet. Ephesians 6:1-4“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise), that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” We must embody the fatherly love of the father that gives us life. We must look to our Abba and we must take what we see from our Abba and move that onto our children. They will look to us and they will see what it is to be a man, or for the ladies, what a man should be. We often only get one chance to get it right in front of our children because the smallest slip, the one cuss word, the one big negative action can have long repercussions. Children’s minds are clay and we mold that clay but in both the good and the bad actions. We will make mistakes, and we must learn to also apologize to our children under those times because we must remain humble and show that we are all sinners, we all make mistakes, and no one is so proud they are above sin. So fathers, and mothers, train up your child. Proverbs 22:6“6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” No your children are not animals, and scripture isn’t saying that, but think of training children as a new employee and as an employee we are trained how to do a job, and serving Christ is our job. Always discipline your kids in love and meekness. Walk with a tender heart. We are a body of Christ so when someone is trapped in sin we must help them restore balance to the body of Christ. Matthew 18:12“12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?” In all training and loving, and serving we must remember no one is ever so lost they are beyond grace or mercy.

My brothers and sisters we are all sinners on this earth, and we will never be good enough to disserve the grace and love of God, but we receive it anyway. We would never be able to stand up and work enough, or be good enough to pay for our entrance to Heaven, but our bounty was paid, and we were forgiven in grace by Jesus Christ’s blood. Matthew 18:1515 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.” As we look to those who sin against us, we must remember what occurred on the cross. Sin is far reaching and we must remember that as one of Christ’s dying words pled to God, Luke 23:34 “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”Always be fair and listen. James 1:19“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;” Approach with kindness and empathy to every situation. Be fair and just. Don’t just be a dad, be a father. Don’t just be a mom, be a mother. Be more then just the biological aspect of creation. It’s okay to make mistakes so long as you learn from them, and use those mistakes as teaching opportunities. We are responsible for the future generation of Christians so let us show them what it means to be Christian in our actions. God shares His great love with us, so share that love with the world.

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Be Different:

When we live this life we are expected to prescribe to the way things are done without question. We are told all our lives that this is the way something has to be done, and often times the right or wrong way to do something isn’t scripturally sound to begin with. Recently I was going to dinner with my ex-wife. We spend a fair amount of time together, we talk regularly, and albeit unorthodox we have a good relationship. There are times I miss my wife, and there are times I miss the way things were, but as far as things going when they change, I can’t really complain about the outcome in this particular circumstance. Do I like that we got divorced, no of course not, but I will say as far as divorces goes, ours was as cordial in the end as it could be. There were of course dark days, but the end result is what’s important. Recently I had dinner plans with Krystal and I was telling a friend I was meeting someone for dinner. They automatically assumed it was a date, and while I myself would perhaps call it a date, it is a date with a non-romantic overture. I pointed this out, and yet, as I’ve explained the relationship before, questions were asked of the romantic nature behind the dinner. Frustrated I was pointed with my words that we are friends, perhaps good friends, and while there was a romantic involvement as obvious as it is, that is no longer a primary factor in our relationship. People seem to think that when something ends like marriage you have to be at each other’s throats. People assume you must hate one another, and be willing to gnaw out someone’s jugular the first chance you get. It’s truly sad that people cannot accept the maturity behind remaining friends. It’s sad that people cannot see passed the worldview that you must hate your ex at all cost. None of this is scriptural; none of this is as Jesus would teach, and yet people just don’t seem to grasp the nature of love.

I didn’t want the divorce, but as I didn’t have much of an option in the matter, what I did have control over was how I behaved during the whole process. I chose to treat Krystal with love and respect all throughout the process. I chose to be by her side regardless of what the legal papers said. I decided I was going to be a friend to her, and do anything I could to be a positive impact. We have a good friendship and it bothers me to no ends that people just can’t seem to wrap their heads around that. It’s simple, forgive others for the sins and follow the meaning of love. We forgive and we never keep score. We are kind and tenderhearted to one another. Ephesians 4:32“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”

Walking a different path isn’t a bad thing. Choosing to live differently then the world would expect is also not a bad thing. Why people choose to speak ill of something that obviously works well for someone else is beyond me. While I do realize most find this strange, I would submit to you that if you truly take a moment to step back and look at the beauty of it, why would anyone question it. Two people who had such a major falling out, where things were done, some that involved legal avenues, and yet through the fire, the storms, the hurricane of destruction, managed to come out the other side friends. This is not just beautiful; it embodies the love Jesus preaches. It embodies scripture as to how to treat others, to include those in which you have issue with. To see two people work out their differences, and manage to keep a beautiful friendship is nothing short of a miracle, and people need to stop being naysayers, and praise God for a beautiful blessing. I for one will choose to see the world through a different set of lenses, and I will trust in God. I will not fall victim to the world and it’s set way of thinking when it doesn’t line up with scripture at all. Maturity and love will always trump hate and childishness. Just because something doesn’t work for someone else, doesn’t mean it’s a blank slate everyone must follow. Grow up people, open your bibles and learn a thing or two about love and forgiveness.

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