I am so tired.
So astronomically tired.
So GAStronomically tired of the bunkered Christian thought
that fuses being like Jesus with not swearing. I have received
full blown lectures from people about speaking a certain way
so as to be a good example to their children.
It is a legalistic lock. It is a moral hang-up...
and it has NOTHING to do with Jesus.
It is appearance-based garbage and I will no longer have
any of it.
Jesus came to correct a flaw - yes. But he also came to 'wake
up the sleepers' (as referenced in Ephesians 5:14 as written
by Paul about the citizens of Ephesus who found themselves
backsliding into legalism and false judgement of everyone in
their own community).
It's fascinating how someone can be so focused on language
(i.e. the use of expletives) and because of that horribly askew
focus, lose sight of the ultimate goal; to love another as we
are loved.
To really be like Jesus - and I mean to REALLY be like him -
we have to un-learn what we have learned. We need to fall
down prostrate on the floor of past knowledge and open
ourselves up to challenge. The only people that Jesus really
got along with well were his homies - the 12. Outside of that,
He was mocked, beaten, scolded by church officials and
ultimately killed for embodying truth. Jesus only promised
that following him is not an easy road.
The road I have chosen in life will always put me at the seat
of scrutiny from those who are clued out.
Wake up, assholes. It's Two
Thousand and Fucking Nine. If
you cringe up when someone
'swears' and can't get around the
use of expletives and understand
that words like 'fuck', 'shit' and
'piss' are merely societal slang,
you are lost and I have
no time for you.
