My journey...

I just read about a Christian singer in Australia who wrote a song called "Healer" saying that he wrote the song when God has healed him of cancer. He came out later to admit that he did not have cancer and that he was trying to hide from his sin of pornography. That is why he wrote that song. As a form of deviation. Of course it shook a lot of people. Like his wife, his parents, his associates, his church members...

It however encouraged me. I saw that concert on youtube when he sang the song. I can see the faces of people who are blessed by the song. God can turn anything for His glory. No matter what birthed the inspiration of that song. God is still a healer and the words of the songs are true. More than that, I was encouraged that my God is alive and working in the life of this song writer. If there is no God, it does not matter if he continues in his lies. I believe that God is working in his life. And his life is more important than any reputation. A life that goes back to the heart of God. The most important thing we are created for.

It is not easy admitting his sin and since after his song is such a hit. But God in His greatness and mercy turned this to be a blessing to even more people. Just read the comments in the youtube. People are still blessed by the song. People are encouraged at this man's courage and the work of God in his life. God is STILL a healing God. This is a greater testimony.

Sometimes people say that leaders cannot show weakness. This is not true. Some churches holds on very strongly to this teaching. "Christians are over comers. Especially if you are a leader. You need to show that you are an overcomer by not showing any weakness." But when we show others that we are human too, needing His grace and mercy, walking together with Him, it brings the reality of Christ in our midst. He did come for the broken and the needy. It does not mean that after you have given your life to Him that you are no longer in need of Him. All the more we need to learn to walk with Him through our struggles and trials. As we let others to see the work of God in our weakness, more will be blessed and it gives them hope that we are mere human who cannot be holy in our own strength but we need Him constantly.

Spirituality is more than churchgoing. It is possible to go to church and never develop a spirituality at all. Spirituality is the way in which we express a living faith in a real world. Spirituality is the sum total of the attitudes and actions that define our life of faith.
-- Joan Chittister, OSB Wisdom Distilled From The Daily