another “duh” moment in the life of e.t.s.

Ok, so here’s the thing. I have a potty mouth. I know it. I use it mostly for humor purposes, but we all know it’s not acceptable. I shouldn’t even hint at using bad words or euphemisms in blogs, in tweets, whatever.
But a week ago I would not have argued that. I have said, “I would give up anything, ANYTHING to be in leadership at RPC. Drinking, going out to dance, you name it, I’ll give it up. But I won’t give up my personality, including what I think is funny, like euphemisms, cursing, etc. etc.” Yeah, I said that. and I argued in the name of authenticity. “I want to be authentic,” I said, “I want people to know that Christians are real people, and they deal with things.” That’s what our culture needs, I thought.
And I’d get mad about it, and I’d fume and stew and argue with myself, or my friends who’ve confronted me about it.
‘Cause I am hard headed.

And Jesus, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, and perfect incredible love, and his patient, caring heart of a father, stopped my argument in its tracks the other day, with 9 simple words from a song:

I want more of You
and less of me

And I’m pretty sure there is nothing left to say after that.

So now I’m trying to remember how I need to die to myself to live for Him. ‘Cause Jesus said some controversial, authentic, culture changing stuff in His time, and he was never inappropriate.

And we are still talking about Him.