Fireworks and Tears

I was just looking at the links I have on this blog. I clicked the Sacred Sandwich link just to see what they were up to now. They always deliver the truth with some witty, funny and sarcastic viewpoint. This time I was not driven to laughter, but to tears. It's a sad, yet truthful commentary on the Fourth of July, but I will put this snippet here, with the link to the full article. I must to share it with you, and in case you might catch a glipse of yourself in that ugly mirror, now is the time to pray for true change in your life and thinking. Even if you don't find yourself in the that mirror, it's a commentary that needs to be read. At least I think so, and hey, it is my blog after all.

Just as July fireworks have been stripped of their original purpose and significance, the Bible is no longer revered and honored as the very revelation of God Himself, but has become nothing more than an empty icon of the Christian faith to use for selfish purposes. Churches today have fashioned God’s word into a “how-to” book to help their congregation satisfy their felt needs, bring them worldly success, or make them feel good about themselves. The weightier, humbling doctrines of God’s wrath, sin and repentance that provides the pivotal framework for the true Gospel has been replaced in favor of a more feel-good, self-centered approach to utilizing Scripture.

May God have mercy on us all.