Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Journey Day 337

Today Jon Acuff brought something to my attention that I am extremely guilty of. He called it "the reverse Jesus Juke". For those of you who don't know what a Jesus Juke is, as defined by urban dictionary, it is "when some Christian brings Jesus into an argument or conversation out of nowhere. Usually creating a religious argument within the original argument or conversation."Most commonly it is used to refer to people who are judging other people. For example this weekend my grandfather was basically Jesus Juking  Christians with excessive tattoos and piercings. And I was pretty upset with him. We had a good ol' argument. In fact I didn't realize it at the time but I was judging him for judging others. I was reverse Jesus Juking him. This might sound like a silly phrase, but honestly it's a serious heart matter. Who am I to judge him? I thought I was being all progressive and high and mighty because I was being so "loving and accepting", but in reality I wasn't being very loving of my own grandfather. I want to be like Jesus, and I strive to love others as Jesus did and does. I find myself often reverse Jesus Juking people. Judging people for judging... I think that is just as bad as just plain judging.

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