Messages
Have
definitely
Been
mixed
Those
new to faith
Are
encouraged to question
And
those old in faith
Are
encouraged to answer
Encouraged
to find resolution
To
the questions
So
they can be
Solid
Christians
So
they can fit
Into
a faith community
But
there is an invisible line
A
clock counting down
An
unmistakable point
When
questions
The
best questions anyway
Are
no longer welcomed
Are
seen as divisive
After
a time
The
questions
Or
the honesty
About
the questions
Must
stop
Because
solid Christians
Can’t
question that deeply
Because
as you grow
In
faith
The
conclusions
Must
fall into line
So
one message
That
has been mixed
For
me
Is
the message that
Questions
are great
But
good Christians
Don’t
have deep questions
Are
not good questions
Always
good
No
matter
How
long
You
have been
Practicing
your faith
And
another mixed message
There
is no hierarchy
Of
sin
Those
are empty words
There
is most certainly
An
unspoken
Or
outright stated
Manmade
hierarchy
Of
sin
Or
maybe
Of
brokenness
We
cleaned up Christians
Are
not that bad
Not
as needy as
The
addicted
The
sexually confused
Those
in complicated relationships
The
outright criminals
We
are not as bad as them
And
we in fact
Are
here
To
save them
But
shouldn’t it be
That
we are here
To
serve them
And
just maybe
To
learn from them
The
“them”
That
could never
Be
us
We
are too good for that
We
know too much
We
have all our questions answered
And
God kind of
Loves
us more
Because
we are so solid
And
sure
So
another message
That
has been mixed
For
me
Is
the message that
God
loves us all
Without
restriction
As
is
But
Christians
Who
show love
Without
restriction
Who
have no need
To
list out the ways
Someone
else needs to change
Are
not representing God
Well
enough
Are
not we all
Humble
recipients
Of
God’s grace
No
strings attached
Thank
you very much
Are
we not all
Equally
broken and
Equally
loved
Messages
Have
definitely
Been
mixed
And
they have mixed me up
And
I’m un-mixing them now
Best
I can
A
little more
Each
day