I heard an incredible definition of “good” and “evil”. A “good” person makes choices to do the
right thing or makes mistakes and feels remorse. A “bad” person chooses not to repent from wrongdoings and
commits them in the first place with only selfish intent.
Doesn’t that kinda make you feel good? Have you ever felt guilty for
something?? That automatically classifies you as good.
There is a misconception of Christianity that I totally
disagree with. I do NOT see God as
a big scary person who lives up in Heaven and laughs at how he can start
magnifying glass fires and play with his creations. I think God passionately
loves each and every person.
Whether they are overcome with evil or overcome with good. He created us with the intent to love
us and have relationships with us.
He wants to communicate, care for, love, appreciate, adore, and shower
you with happiness and joy. Here
comes the Eden approach again…
In the beginning Adam and
Eve walked with God and loved God and experienced him. There was no punishment and God asked
for Adam and Eve to follow his one rule so that there never had to be any
punishment. Adam and Eve were
given tons of food that they didn’t have to work for. They had power over the whole land. The animals did not attack them; rather
they lived in harmony with them.
They were so comfortable that they did not even feel the need to cloth
themselves. The weather was always
perfect; they slept on soft beds of grass, and were happy together with
God.
This is the way God intended humanity to live. God did not change their situation and
punish him just because he felt like
it. I mean he totally could I’m
sure… He is all-powerful. But He
gave Adam and Eve the choice. Once they chose to succumb to
temptation then he was forced to punish them. I would even go as far to say that God didn’t want to punish
them. Think of it like a parent
that has planned a day to take their kid to the zoo. The parent is just as excited about it as the child. The parent is looking forward to the
time with the child, the chance to love and care and give a gift to him. The child is excited for other reasons
maybe… they get to see animals, and eat good food, and maybe get a toy at the
end. But the child misbehaved and
the parent is forced to punish the child and not allow him to go to the
zoo. The parent doesn’t want to have to punish the child. The parent loves him and cares for him
and wants him happy. But the
parent also knows that if they don’t teach the lesson then the child will be
worse off in the long run.
Does that metaphor make sense? God allowed us freedom to choose to love him, and he is
teaching us a lesson by punishing us.
So God didn’t want to harm us
even. He LOVES us. And God will only allow himself to fill
up and exist in good things.
So that means that YOU are good. You, whoever is reading this, you are as good as superman,
as good as Gandhi, as good as whoever your hero is. What define our heroes are the good ACTIONS they take. Superman saved the world, Gandhi
changed lives, whoever your hero is did something to make them your hero. But does that mean they aren’t good
before they commit these actions? Absolutely not!! They were good people before
they did anything to make themselves heroes. Ok so on that reasoning… that means you could just as easily
be a superhero as superman.
So don’t live your life thinking that you can’t be
good. Because you are superman…
just before he fought his first battle.
Now you can choose not to tap into that. You could just as easily be the villain. Because the only thing wrong the
villain is that he chose not to be superman.
So what that means for you… You choose to act upon your goodness. Or you choose to corrupt it. Now let me be honest, the devil
encourages us to become the villains. But it is STILL your responsibility. So you CHOOSE to become the hero or the
villain. So choose the hero. It’s hard sometimes. But it’s a lot easier in the long
run. When you do evil, it may be
easier. But the guilt you feel is
worse than any persecution you may get for being good. When you do good, it may be harder, but
the joy you then feel is so amazing and powerful that it makes it worth
it. So free yourself
from the guilt. You will make bad
decisions. But hey so did
Superman. But Superman, we can all
agree, was ultimately good.
Why? Because he knew when
he messed up. He accepted
it. And moved on. And forgave himself and let the world
forgive him. So lets be superman. Lets make mistakes but know that we
have the abilities to be
S U P E R H E R O E S
Lets let God forgive us though. It makes it so much easier. Know that you are beautiful, capable, amazing, powerful,
incredible. Don’t waste that.
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