'Bothersome' Christians
This week I read the Jan. 23 letter "Pressing their message," from a woman who opined that Jesus taught his followers to (paraphrasing) "go out and bother people." I questioned that. I know from years of church-going that he definitely encouraged loving one's neighbor as oneself and giving as freely as one has received.
So I sought the opinions of my church friends to evaluate the statement. I called Nancy — she was at the Wee Care Shop at Catholic charities; I tried Judy, but it was her day to work at the Samaritan Inn; I called Matilda, but she was serving at the Shalom Project food pantry that morning; I couldn't reach Carol, as it was her day at KBR Hospice Home; I would have talked to my husband, Bob, about this, but he and his merry band of first-responders were still in Swan Quarter, repairing hurricane-damaged homes.
So after some serious thought, I deduced the writer must be correct in her evaluation about the pushy Christians — we're just all bothering people all day long. Fortunately, they smile and thank us for the help.
I sure do hope if my home and family are ever in need because of Mother Nature's fury, hard jobless times or abject poverty that a whole bunch of pushy followers of Jesus will descend on my life and help to make me whole again.
LINDA R. REDDICK
Pfafftown
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