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Salvationists are crazy!
by Lieutenant Rowan Castle
We’re crazy
about Jesus!
You must experience the overwhelming, irresistible Love of
Jesus! If you don’t experience it on a daily basis then find a
place right now and wait for the joy of Jesus’ presence, words
and love.
He always shows up! The question is will you? We put ourselves
on a collision course with the love of Jesus everyday because,
firstly, once you’re hooked you can’t help it, secondly, you
gotta get it so you can give it…
We’re crazy about Jesus exclusively!
I am monogamous! There are many pleasures in this world
that would compete for, or interfere with, my Love for Jesus
but I am no flirt. There is no compromise in my life. I do not
fraternise with that which would want to steal or corrupt my
love for Jesus.
We’re crazy about people!
People must know this love! Whether through introducing
people to Jesus or through our own actions, people must know
the Love of Jesus! We will tell people, all people about the
Love of Jesus at every opportunity! We will find the places
where people are neglected and forgotten and play show and
tell with the love of Jesus.
Salvationists are crazy!
We will suffer all kinds of inconvenience to make sure
that all can know the love of Jesus, all places, all people,
everyone, everywhere! We are so crazy about this that we have
made it an all-consuming obsession. Our whole lives are built
around this act of show and tell! 24-7 there is no other plan!
It may look crazy here but heaven looks down and can’t believe
there are few so sensible.
We will love people, forgive people, accept people, adopt
people, make people a part of our family, feed and clothe
people, waste time with people, pray with people and have them
pray for us, go out of our way for people, search for people,
get to know people and make people feel like we’ve been best
friends forever with nothing but the genuine love of Jesus. We
will love people especially when we find them unlovely!
So I renounce;
My nuclear, middle class family fantasy,
My life is not an episode of “Family ties”; my home will
be more like a hotel where people can share life together.
My abhorrent waste of time, money and resources,
I will use all I got to make this happen. My time must be
spent with Jesus and amongst those he loves. I will not waste
valuable seconds corrupting my heart and mind with TV. I will
deny myself things, which only hurt me, so that I can spend my
money showing people the love of Jesus. I will empty my
wardrobe so that people can have clothes. I cease to be a
consumer and I become a producer.
My inhuman busyness,
I will cease to live my life as part of an economic
machine and start to live my as a citizen of the Kingdom -
having time for God and man.
My need to be successful, beautiful and powerful – as
determined by media.
I reject what it is to be celebrated on earth and I become
a celebrity in heaven. Every day I will live knowing that my
worth is found in, bearing the image of God, having the
highest price of Jesus paid for me, and being designed by God
for great things.
The worldly slumber in which I have slept while people
suffer without the Love given me,
I will not switch off, I will not adjust, I not
disassociate myself from hurt and horror, I will not make
people invisible, and I will not change the channel when
confronted by suffering. I will live my life aware that I must
stay sensitive to suffering because that is where my love is
needed.
Comfort, convenience, security and wealth for the sake of
the love of Jesus!
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