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I started this in a reply to Brother Steve's post, and it began to run on into a full fledged post. So, here goes...

WWJD, WWYD. What would you do? What should you do? What would 'they' do? Easy questions, Brother Steve posed them in his previous post and gave a great example of us living our best in church and our worst in the days between. Mark Hall of Casting Crowns wrote a song called 'The Altar and the Door' on their latest album that references this very thing. We can pour our hearts out to God on the way to the altar, but between the altar and the door, our convictions are gone. He puts it like this:

As I cry
Like so many times before
But my eyes
Are dry before I leave the floor
Oh Lord, I try
But this time, Jesus, how can I be sure
I will not lose my follow-through
Between the altar and the door?

So, what makes us one person in church and another in school...work...the grocery store...So many times we feel that it isn't up to us to take on that responsibility of being the nice guy, or girl. We always lay it off on someone else. Ah, she dropped all of her books, 'they' will help her. He doesn't look happy, well 'they' will console him. He looks hungry...'they' will give him food.

Are we afraid of what people will think of us if we are seen talking to 'that person'? I don't know what people think...they think they will be rebels if they don't do the nice thing. They will be perceived as 'tough', 'bad', 'cool', or what ever the word is now days for 'fly'...maybe its 'phat'. I have some news for you. Everybody is trying to be that person. Do you want to stand out in the crowd? Do you want to be different? Why not follow the most righteous rebel of them all? Yeah, you know...Jesus. Seriously. Stand out. Stand up. Be a rebel. Be THEY. BE THE REVOLUTION.

-Mr. D