My thought for today...

There was a bit of a flurry of comment activity on one of the quilting blogs I like to visit. There was an issue with ebay, but I digress because that is not what got me going. (OK it did, but that's not what I'm wanting to post about today) There was an anonymous comment left that, although not nasty, was kind of rude in its own way. Now the profile of this blogger states that they don't always use the cleanest language, and its the blogger's language that set off this commenter. To which I want to say "Hello? You were warned in the profile, you looked at the comments and I'm sorry you were offended, but as they would say about T.V., just 'change the channel'." You don't have to visit a blog, and you don't have to read and/or leave a comment. If you are upset by someone's language do you really have to leave a comment? Just move on. I guess the other reason this go me going is because I am a Christian and I have the funny feeling that the person that left the comment would probably consider themselves one too. Now, I don't agree with using foul language, I really try not to ever use it myself, but I know I have let a word slip every once in a while. I think lots of us have. Does that make me a bad person? Does that make me less of a believer? No. Do I think I should not visit that blog. No. Jesus himself did not come to save the saved. He came to those who were lost. You do not reach the lost by scolding them and then walking away. There are plenty of things that are done that I do not agree with, and I will let people know when I don't agree with the way they live or act, but I think you can disagree with someone and still respect them as a person. God does not want to see anyone lost. Everyone deserves respect as one of His creations, weather you agree with their lifestyle is something else. There are plenty of 'Christian' men and women who have problems. Case in point, look up the statistics of porn use among men who in the church. Should we just turn our backs on all of them (or the 54% of pastors that say they have viewed porn, check out the Blazing Grace web site's porn statistics page). No. I guess I just get upset at people who want to stand and condemn someone for their actions. Let those without sin cast the first stone. And if you are able to cast that stone (I know I surely can't) I really feel for you. The burden of perfection must weigh very heavily on your shoulders. Sorry for the rant, but sometimes things just get to me.