Is this really the best we can be?

Alright- prepare yourself. This could get ugly. Maybe I can preface this with saying I do not mean to offend or disgust anyone. I am way more offended and disgusted by myself then I think I could ever convince you to be. You know what? it might just be time to be offended with ourselves- as long as we offend ourselves and not each other. deal? good.

I went to HeavenFest for the first time this past weekend. And don't get me wrong, it was amazing in its own way- God was there and waiting for people to turn to Him. I'm just not sure we were ready to be there. I know this is an 'outreach' concert, so there had to have been lots of unsaved people there. It might have been half 'non- Christian,' it might have been 2/3rds, it might have been 1/8th. I don't know. And that was what was so sick. I was there, walking around, having a good time, when it hit me. If you were just some kid off the street, and you didn't hear the lyrics to the songs, you would have NO. IDEA. that was a 'Christian' concert. I saw girls dressed in nothing but bikini tops and mini skirts worshiping, raising their hands. I saw guys in 'Jesus Saves' T-shirts, cussing a blue streak.

What is wrong with us? are we seriously NO DIFFERENT from the rest of the world? I'm talking to myself more than anyone else here, but still! I wear clothes I see other girls wearing and think to myself  'wow do i look that in that shirt?' I look for the most attractive clothes I can find while still not breaking any rules. I gush over guys I have no right to be gushing over. (Hello? these people are movie stars with wives that would be totally creeped out I'm sure.) I'm just as bad as 'they' are. We're called to something so much better. We have a hope they can't imagine. We have a reason to be different, a reason to be somebody they can't become without grace. what are we doing, taking that for granted and letting ourselves slide into their world. We've become antinomians!
(an·ti·no·mi·an[an-ti-noh-mee-uhn]

–noun

a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.) Is Christianity nothing more than fire insurance?

We owe Him so much more. and yet all we do is walk the line, doing everything they do, just remaining inside our little Christian square of moral right and wrong. We're just like them, we just hide it. and frankly, that might just be worse. I've had serious issues with this in the past. Well, I still do now. but now I'm offended and disgusted. which for once, is a step in the right direction.

To Infinity and Beyond!