Cheering Section

I have started on a voyage, the journey will entail me reading through “Surprise Me: A 30-Day Experiment” by Terry Esau. His question is, “What if you were to start your day with these three words?” (“Surprise Me, God!”)

My first day was yesterday and the the title was “Fleeced.”

The major “surprise” I has was that we as Christians have “fleeced” ourselves out of some really, really, amazing stuff. He observes a soccer game and how the team works for “the greater good.” When on team member is in trouble with the defence, his team members yell supportive messages, backing him up and cheering him on to victory.

We have indeed fleeced ourselves. I have heard the phrase, “The church is the only institution that shoots the(ir) wounded.” Can you imagine, well, I don’t, been there, done that.  At a “crisis” point in my life, I found myself alone, misjudged and ostracized, perhaps for being weak because of the many tears that I shed during this time. Perhaps is those around me, my team members would have come alongside me, we would have accomplished something for the greater good, rather than me suffering from disillusionment and a broken heart.

Forget me for a moment … think of the world outside the church, you know, that Great Commission thing, remember that one?

Would we not have people breaking down our doors to to hear messages of support, to have personal cheering section … and with the promise of a victory. What would this mean to the depressed, hurting divorced, addicted, wanderer, sinner, the lost?

Surprised?

 

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