I'd Rather Be and Old Time Christian

When are you supposed to be a Christian? When is Christ supposed to show forth in your life? When can you just be human and let your hair down, so-to-speak? Is it ever okay to joke about sin? I believe it grieves the heart of God when Christians don't remember where they have come from and where they are going, and who they are supposed to be. I guess I better say what Shannon said and put a disclaimer on this blog...Sometimes I may be talking about you, and I'll try not to mention names, but if something hits you and hurts, talk to me about it.
Okay...that's over. Back to my soap box. I get so tired of Christians whooping it up in church and crying for revival (they say) with heart tugging songs and emotional buildups and then talking, acting, dressing, being like the world and the sin that they supposedly hate when they get out of church. I recently commented to one such person who made a joke about homosexuality that foolish jesting is a sin. I was met with a reply that I should check my Bible...foolish jesting is not convenient. After much pain in my heart because this person used to be one of my heroes, I emailed him privately and reminded him that Romans 1:26 uses the word convenient when dealing with the sin of sodomy. And that is a sin. I have been praying for a man who has lived in sodomy for a while now...as a matter of fact, I have been praying for two such people. It's hard to joke about a sin you are praying about. Not that it's any worse than being a drunk or a murderer- although drunks and murderers are not called abominations to the Lord, that I know of...someone correct me... WHY do people let down their standards?
In the words of my dear husband...we've retreated from the high ground and left our standards behind...the things we used to not stand for, we don't seem to mind. I'm not ready to surrender...I'd rather be an old time Christian than anything I know...and it hurts so very badly to know that others are quitting without a fight...wounded they may be...but they are not getting up.........