A CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE
For many the concept of Christianity is a retreat into safe solitude,
alone with the divinity of their personal imagination or experience,
yet ignoring the reality of the all-embracing, unconditional love of God
for all mankind - not just the closed Christian community.
For many the concept of Christianity involves pouring out praise,
unwanted glutinous flattery of divinity, in terms unjustified,
yet satisfying a need to affirm their value in God's eyes.
The focus is on sacrament, song or sacrifice,
and, through prayer,
demand reward
For many, Christianity involves confidence in divine salvation
from eternal, unimaginable, torture of body and the soul.
It was earned by Jesus
for all who believe in him,
as a part of a tripartite God.
For many Christianity lies in doing good for others, in service,
focussed on the needs of others, not of ourselves;
rather than worshipping him as if divinity.
following the path of Jesus,
For some, Christianity embraces all of these, in some measure,
for we are constrained by our religion to follow, for love,
the path of lowest impact on others
within our fellowship.
Do we not have a higher calling to to make this world a better place when we leave
than it was at our arrival; so to fulfill God's purposes.
How then should we live,
our concepts having been changed?
