The Church of the Dropouts
“The Church of the dropouts.
The losers, the sinners, the failures and the fools. Oh what a beautiful letdown”
- (Switchfoot) -
I don’t know if you guys ever heard of someone saying “Get a life” as a insult. If you have, think about it, it’s used as a insult to people whom the “insulter” thinks have a rubbish life. I’ve heard this used lightly a few times, and everyone seems to be okay with it
However, recently, I had someone throw the insult of “your life sucks” at me. For some reason that got me mad and it kind a hurt a bit.
And I was thinking of why I got angry and why it hurts. And after analysing it my conclusion was could it be because my life actually sucks…
During my thinking process about this, it reawakened a painful childhood memory. Most of us when we were kids we had would of have had a good childhood friend that we are friends till this very day. My one ended badly. I remember when I was a kid I was playing a card game with this other kid and I thought that him bending the rules was really unfair but he didn’t wanna admit failure so instead he threw insults of “LOSER LOSER LOSER” at me. And yeah, I can’t remember how old I was, I’m guessing 7 or 8 – and yeah, at that time, it hurt.
“Get a life”, “Your life sucks”, “Loser”.
The truth is Christians…
This is why Jesus came.
Yes, you suck and your life sucks, but Jesus did not come to call the people whose life are okay or cool. He came to lift the life of the people who suck. The Church of Christ, are full of losers, failures, sinners and people whose life suck. Jesus came so that your life that sucks could go so that you do have a life…In fact, NEW LIFE. A life that doesn’t suck.
Galatians 2:22
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Remember, Jesus said, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners”. He calls the broken, the hurting and brings new life out of them.
Life is a unique thing. If you attack or insult someone else’s life because it’s broken or because it sucks, then just be careful, because Jesus just might come and bring new life out of them. Someone with new life, would then see the of this beauty of this new life.
Get a life: WE DO HAVE A LIFE – NEW LIFE – THE LIFE OF CHRIST IN US.
Your life sucks: YES IT DOES, THAT’S WHY I’M A CHRISTIAN, BECAUSE I NEED A NEW LIFE…
