The Chance to Get Things Right

I was coming home from doing some homework at Panera Bread today and my friend, who's the student pastor at my church, called me and told me about the Hillsong Healer guy being a fake. My mouth dropped. I felt like I got hit in the gut with a ton of brick. The first time I saw the video of that song, I was completely broken and started crying. I'm a cancer survivor myself and to see a fellow fighter singing about Christ as our Healer hit me so hard. I got home and immediately started looking online for news about it, blogs from others who have written about it, etc. and my friend who brought the ordeal to light for me sent me a link to Brad Ruggles' blog. I encourage everyone to read that blog and also, where you see the word "respect" as a link, click on that, and read Anne Jackson's blog as well.

Something I haven't seen written, and it may have but I haven't seen it, is that this Michael guy's song Healer is even more true now that he has confessed to not having a terminal illness.

He's still in need of a Healer. Jesus Christ is still the ultimate Healer and will eventually heal Michael of his emotional despair.

I absolutely love Anne Jackson when she says, "There are obviously consequences and pain that come along with confession…I mean, when you confess, obviously you’ve screwed up somewhere along the journey. And sin does break the heart of god and causes problems in relationships. Sometimes it’s even impossible to mend those human relationships. People will let you down. I’d like to challenge you to suck it up a bit when you’re hurt or disappointed by someone who’s fallen. Instead realize that their confession is actually a huge part of them becoming restored. It’s a huge step toward holiness. and that should be celebrated."

The idea here is Grace. Grace with a capital G. Michael's sin is no greater than any one of ours, and judgement is not even ours to deal with in the first place. Judge lest ye be judged. Yes, we're all hurt by this, but let's not stop there!

I'm totally past the initial shock of the ordeal and moving towards an attitude of grace. He's our fellow Christian brother and when one falls, we all do. So let's pick him up, and with the grace of Christ Jesus, carry him until he can walk on his own. This is the church's chance to get things right.

I'll be praying for Michael. Will you?