Why?

I ran a sober house for 5 1/2 years. I was going to win these guys to Jesus. In the beginning, I recruited some newly minted believers to help. The critical mistake was the newly minted part. Such a deal I had for them! I forgot the journey I had been on. Jesus proved himself endless times. People proved themselves less than dependable. I have learned people often fail. It is not personal it just comes with genes.

In the beginning, in my early sobriety and my early days in the Jesus movement, I grazed freely on what was growing wild in the fields. I grew up in Jesus in the PTL days and the prosperity gospel. Somehow my faith survived the rough ride. I was blessed to have touched the charismatic renewal and a genuine move of the Spirit. As result, I survived all the variants that were spawned as time passed. This is nothing new Faith is always challenged by variants.

My guys in one way or another asked questions that I was unprepared to answer. Some of them may see this post. I hope they can listen to a now wiser man. The question they asked in many ways was Why. I just didn’t hear it. Nor did I have an answer.

So I ask you. Why? I ask the faith people Why? As Easter comes Why? I will try to answer in the next post and the next episode of Lazarus Recovery Podcast.