All I really want to say is I’m sorry.
I’m sorry for not representing Christ through my life when I claimed him as my savior.
I’m also sorry on behalf of every Christian that has hurt you.
I’m sorry that most of the time we judge instead of love.
I’m sorry that I have condemned instead of forgiven.
I’m sorry I have lived opposite of my talk.
I do want you to understand something though, Jesus is not us.
Jesus doesn’t judge instead of love.
He doesn’t condemn instead of forgive.
He walks his talk.
You cannot judge Jesus on his followers. You will never win.
We, as followers will always fall short.
We, are human.
We still sin, we still hurt, we still are broken.
Jesus is none of those things.
He WAS sin, hurt and broken, FOR YOU, though.
He did become all of those things for you.
I promise right now, in front of you that I will strive to live my life more like Jesus.
I will choose the spirit instead of the flesh.
I will give grace, because I was given grace.
I will show love, even when I don’t want to.
I know that this promise may be broken multiple times, but I will never STOP striving for the perfect life.
I will never stop trying to represent Christ in the best way.
I know a lot of you may need apologies from people that you will probably never get them from. Let me take that burden from you, seek the easy yoke of Christ as you read what you deserve right now.
I’m sorry for hurting our family with pornography.
I’m sorry for hitting you.
I’m sorry for running away.
I’m sorry you don’t know me.
I’m sorry for taking your youth for my own pleasure.
I’m sorry for never being home.
I’m sorry for breaking you down.
I’m sorry for making you feel worthless.
I’m sorry for telling you that I hated you.
I’m sorry for making you feel like a mistake.
I’m sorry for always being high and never being there for you.
I’m sorry for living alcohol more than you.
I’m sorry for the chains I out on you.
I’m sorry for breaking your nose.
I’m sorry for looking at you like meat.
I’m sorry for protesting your rights.
I’m sorry for the condemnation I put on your family.
I’m sorry for making your sister kill herself.
I’m sorry burning your house.
I’m sorry, that I hurt you.
I’m taking it upon myself to take responsibility for all the crap the “Christian” community has done to you and your family.
Jesus is nothing like our human-ness.
Believe that.
Seek that.
Let him speak into you.
I love you, and I’m sorry for the hurt I’ve caused you in Jesus’s name.
“I urge you to walk in the manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.”
-Ephesians 4:1-3
