I love our country and thank God on most days that He’s allowed me to live in this wonderful land.

I was reflecting today on the way American culture influences how we view the Gospel and get around to living it. Or not. From day one we’re told that we should be:

• comfortable
• rich
• self willing
• independent
• happy
• our own boss

It hurts my heart to see that crap mixed in with our theology. And then we add “God’s Sticker” to it and say it’s His will. We pray a little prayer, and say God told us so. Neglecting the fact that His answer to that lame excuse of a prayer was a firm no. All the while we don’t hear Him begging for us to get over ourselves.

What if everything isn’t about me, or you, at all?

What’s the verdict if the comfort and security we’re seeking for ourselves has nothing, freaking nothing, to do with The Gospel and the telling of the Good News?

Dangit.