If Only. (rant)

"Think of the impact if the first thing radical feminists thought of when the conversation turned to evangelical men was that they had the best reputation for keeping their marriage vows and serving their wives in the costly fashion of Jesus at the cross. Think of the impact if the first thing the homosexual community thought of when someone mentioned evangelicals was that they were the people who lovingly ran the AIDS shelters and tenderly cared for them down to their last gasp. A little consistent wholesome modeling and costly servanthood are worth millions of true words spoken harshly." –Philip Yancey

Why can't we, as Christians, start to truly show the love of Christ? Instead of instantly condeming people, and saying that their sin is worse than ours, and hating them because they don't believe the same we do. Why can't we be Christ-like, and love people just to love them, and love them unconditionally, like Jesus does. Why can't we show people who Christ really is instead of the idiot that we depict Him as? Why can't we love people, not to get them to become a Christian, but because we are supposed to love?

I admit, I'm not great at showing love. But I'm working on it... and I want every Christian too. I want us to be real, not the selfish fakes that we are.

"I liked the idea of loving people just to love them, not to get them to come to church." -Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz