CIVILITY & REVERANCE

“He was heard because of his reverence.”

Hebrews 5:7

It disturbs me to see and hear the lack of reverence that is given to God by those who claim to know Him and follow Him.  In an advertisement for a Christian gathering they interviewed a woman with tattoos all over her body and that punk hair style that stood straight up on the top of her head.  It is not my choice of look but if it works for you, fine.  It wasn’t her looks that bothered me; it was her overall demeanor.  She was sharing her past experience at last year’s festival and referred to it as “this Jesus Christ thing”.  It made me curdle.  Comic strips, off colored jokes, and other informalities I see these days in speaking about Jesus and God give me the same reaction; I curdle.

I enjoy an intimate and personal relationship with God and Jesus, and I certainly am relaxed in their Presence.  But, foremost in my mind, heart, and in my actions is the Truth of who they are and how they should be treated.  Jesus, who was God’s Son, showed respect and reverence for God his Father at all times.  How can I do anything less?

This says something to me about the lack of respect and reverence I see in how we humans treat one another.  There was a time when that wasn’t the case, but that time is history.  It’s one thing to be informal; it’s another to be insolent.  Let’s bring some civility back into Christianity and reverence for God back into Religion.