now dont get me wrong i believe fully that even someone who claims to be a christian is NOT perfect, like everyone else they make mistakes.. we are humans and as humans we will react with emotions before other things during certain times.. so i dont expect a christian to be all *godly* all the time..
with that said...
a few nights ago i ran into P at the store and found out that once again him and J have split ways and that P came back to the coast for whatever reason. for the time being P is homeless, sleeping in his car and mindlessly roaming around during the day..
while i agree we dont have room for P to crash in the house of characters, we still invited him over for a place to sit and chat for a while, a warm meal and a few pots of coffee (P is a heavy coffee drinker).. we tossed his ice packs in the freezer, his medications in the fridge (hes a diabetic) etc.. P stayed at the house until after midnight last night and than went on his way.
while ron and i felt guilty that we werent able to offer him even a couch to sleep on for the night, P knows that he can stop by today and get a hot shower, a hot meal etc.. we will do whatever we can to help him out but not enough to disturb the house kwim?
P came back today and dropped off his medications and ice pack which are now in the fridge and freezer and i gladly put them there for him.. but the sad thing for me as a not religious person is knowing that the *Christians* in the house have the opinion that P dont even need to be around here.. dont stop by just keep on going your basically not welcome.
how is it that a christian can turn there backs on someone in need but an agnostic with an atheist twist wont? weve all known P for about the same amount of time..
when P and J split previously it was ron and i who opened up a place for him to sit and chat for hours on end.. it was us who argued with him and lived through accusations after the night that he tried to break the restraining order that J had against him by showing up at his house.. it was us who tried to talk to S (their son) and give him a place to reach out to aside from his family..
it was us who were told that P didnt like his kids around us (S is 22 and C is a teenager) because we arent Christians and we live a more open life with our children vs insisting they have to live in a bubble..
it was P who accused my husband of *trying to get in his wives pants* because he was quick to jump into our car that late night in order to help P and get him out of there before he did something stupid, it was my husband on that same late night who S came running to and broke down in his arms because he couldnt handle it anymore.. the emotional stuff he is going through..
but it is still us willing to put the past behind us and help P out as we can with the ability we have and to even give him a place to sit and rest for a few hours, but yet the Christians refuse?
im lost on the whole thing.. how is theit reaction a christian thing to do? i thought christians were supposed to be loving and kind? am i missing something? could they be upset over the reactions of our help before to P sure that could be it but still.. if we are willing to look past it, shouldnt they as Christians be forgiving and move on?
if this is what Christianity is than how is it a great loving religion? or are the characters in the house just claiming to be what they arent?
