I rarely listen to the radio, but this past Sunday I couldn’t remember where I put my phone. Luckily it was still during the gospel hours on the radio station. The host was polling people about a new song that was sung by a renowned gospel artist, but written and produced by a secular artist. I’ve listened to and been personally blessed by this particular song, so I didn’t understand why it was referred to as new, but anyway. There was a healthy mixture of comments given and some gave me pause. Then I heard one that ignited a response so swiftly in my passive self that I couldn’t ignore it. It was a quote (ish) of Proverbs 27:17: As iron sharpens iron. For the record, it is so extremely important to read for yourself.
The second part of of Proverbs 27:17 depends on what version you read. I tend to favor NKJV myself, but more contemporary versions end the verse with,
“so one person sharpens another”. That’s great, good and fine. My version says, “so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend”. I am not a theologian, but one seems to give you the right to sharpen your holy claws on whoever ignited your righteousness and the other says make sure you have a vested interest and relationship with the person you’re sharpening against.
Perhaps you’ve heard the term
“Church Hurt”. Never has a greater oxymoron existed. I didn’t grow up with this term, but by my late teens I completely understood it. It is people claiming to represent God’s Deity with completely broken and unrevealed humanity. Now we have a generation of broken people raising “spiritual” children who don’t know and want nothing to do with God or His hospital: the church.
Please, let me introduce to a God that loves you like you are and loves you too much to leave you like you are;
His Name is Jesus 💖
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