No shame

Today I present you with a liberating article by Mick Mooney. Enjoy it and be set free. Bob Lipsys

 

by Mick Mooney

Religion thrives and succeeds by keeping people's sins the central problem within the human experience. Enter Jesus, who succeeded by making the hypocrisy of the religious leaders the central problem within the human experience.

Yes, they killed him because of it, but he did rise again, and his message is still the same. God loves you, right here, right now, and his focus in not on your sins, but on your heart, and your heart he loves perfectly—and if any religious clergyman tries to shame you with the weapon of your supposed sins, Jesus is still standing up for you, defending you against religious condemners with their stones, declaring: “Woe to you, teachers of the Bible and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.”

Every time someone tries to shame and judge you, there is Jesus, ready to defend you. That's who he is. That's why he is our Savior. That's why he is the perfect representation of Love. Religion's interest is in keeping you submissive to its demands. God's interest is in liberating you from all fear so you can truly live a life defined by freedom and love.

It is for freedom Christ set you free, be free then. Live daringly. Love outrageously.