I am unabashedly Christian. I don't wear a button saying, "Ask me how not to GO TO HELL." or pass out tracts at social functions, but if you are around me very long it becomes obvious that I'm relying on Jesus' sacrifice to get me to heaven. It also becomes obvious that I ain't makin' it on my own! So, why has this happened to me at least twice?
A Christian friend has told me with smiles and great satisfaction how they stole something. How am I supposed to react? What do they want from me, a pat on the back. Better not turn your back for that pat, you'll be surprised where it lands!
The only thing I can think of is that each person thought that they weren't "really" stealing. One took something from our workplace. The other from the donated items outside a charity store.
Why did they tell me? I'm not qualified to give absolution! Was I supposed to say, "Oh, you clever thing." Did they want me to say, "You put that back, and say you are sorry!" I don't know. I don't get it.
I get confessing a weakness in warning, to ask for support or as a friendship deepening thing-gummy. But this, I don't get and it makes me grumpy that I don't get it. (Or should that be, that I do get it?)
So, do me a favor, wouldja? If you get stinkin' drunk and think it's a joke; if you act like a jerk to get what you want and think it's smart, please
DON'T TELL ME!
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