Christian Life 37 - Sand Dollars
One day last week, I posted the following comment on Facebook: "Assuming anyone ever reads my posts, I'll probably lose friends over this one, but here goes: I'm starting to think that anyone spending that much time fretting over a temporal nation might not be doing enough to build an eternal kingdom. Or am I alone in this? ☺" A dear friend and brother made the following comment (reprinted with permission): "I'm good with God. He certainly doesn't need me to flatter him with constant prayer/adoration/incantations/whatever. We're solid. Right now I'm worried about the Nazis...and I am pretty darn sure God doesn't want oppressive fascism for his many children in America...so I am serving God by helping and caring about people other than myself. I kinda thought that was the essence of Jesus' teachings. I'm not in this life just to save my own ass/soul." It may not be important, but I feel compelled to point out that this brother...