Hapy MeeLs

Been thinking a lot lately about the major riff I have with Christianity in general and many specific people who deem themselves as Christians, that being the property of unbalance. There are so so many people who claim Christ but only subscribe to a few of his attributes. Is this really Christianity? If the root of Christianity is total surrender and submission, then the answer is apparently a big, fat 'NO'. Why do I come to this conclusion? The reason is simple, if you're only surrendering a percentage of your life to this Being you call 'Lord', then 1) you are ignorant for calling it surrender due to the fact that it is contradictory to the very nature of the word you use to define your actions, and 2) you're trying to keep part of your life in your hands, thus keeping it carnal, and another part you are giving to God, allowing it become a spiritual thing. These two planes of existence cannot coincide in such a scenario. Yes, the natural and spiritual are intricately intertwined within one another, but this is due to the fact that both are very present. You are alive in the natural world, but are living also in the spiritual. However, when holding on to one more tightly than the other, and not allowing room for both to be present in a sort of 'fullness', you destroy the balance that should exist between the two.

Modern Christianity in America has decided to create a mix-and-match type of God. One that has a seemingly endless list of attributes to choose from and enjoy. This much is true, He does in fact have unlimited resources of personality, feelings, etc. However, this is not the case so that you may pick and choose which portion of Him you would like at the moment. A Happy Meal is only a Happy Meal if it is...you guessed it...a Happy Meal. You may order a Happy Meal, but then you take away the fries, substitute the drink for an ice cream, and ask for no ketchup and only one of the two buns, so is it really a Happy Meal, or has it become more of a Hapy MeeL, a type of variation of the original, the one and true Happy Meal? The same applies to God. Is He really truly God if we only see Him as merciful and not as just? Is he really truly God if we worship his kindness but not his wrath? Is he really truly God if we brag about his patience but not his anger and judgement? I say no. He is not God because He is not the Original. In the midst of so many christian telivision shows, books, worship cds, and churches...it is very hard to find the Original. There are many duplicates in the world, many people who try to replicate 'the originals' in the earth, but everyone knows that they are not the true thing, but merely an attempt in recreating this original item that captivated our hearts, minds, or......tastebuds (thanks to gourmet cheese).

So then, why is it that people wanting to be called Christians apparently make no observations of all the fakes, duplicates, and frauds out there? Are we so hypnotized and brainwashed to where we cannot find the one, true Original? Or is it because we love to be spoon fed by others and not discover this amazing Original for ourselves in the Book that we carry with us to these quick dine-ins that serve, many times, nothing but regurgitated cliches and phrases of religious nature?

All this was to say that lopsided faith is no faith at all. This comes across as harsh, I'm sure, but it is the truth. Yes, you may very well believe in this Original, thus possessing an obvious faith, but the fact that you must choose to form Him into the God you want Him to be takes the whole concept of your need upon Him out of the picture and places you on the throne of your life, which requires absolutely no faith whatsoever.

Make sure you do not say to one another via your actions "let us make God in our image", for that creates something that is far from the Original and is of no use to you or anyone else.