Do you know why I hate warped Christianity? Because the real thing is so good and so healing and the fake...it just misses it all, all of the grace, freedom, joy, vulnerability, love, holiness that was meant to be a part of all that we are...hmmmm...
Glee has a new "character"--a Teen Jesus who has named each of his dreads after a book of the Bible, was home schooled forever (and only went to school after he realized his best friend was his mom) and has a dad who is a door to door Bible salesman. Yeah, he's ridiculous.
I hadn't watched Glee in a while but I did watch the Glee Project which was on during the summer and I knew who they were trying to copy in this "Teen Jesus" character. He was a guy named Cameron, a good guy, the kind of guy you'd want in the jungle with you because you knew he'd protect you and honor you and help you laugh through the hard times and the uncertainty. Part of the reason (and eventually it was the only reason) that I watched the Glee Project was Cameron. He was a genuine Christian living his life out before and with the kids on this show. He brought an element to the show that was so grace filled and genuine--when they had to do the "vulnerable" show, he found it hard to find something to be vulnerable about because all his cards were already out on the table.
Eventually Cameron chose to leave the show--he had a girlfriend at home and it was tearing him up to be asked again and again to make out with girls who were not his girl (I know right, so dreamy!!! haha) He chose to leave and was very honest with why and that made the director want him even more--but he really was done and everyone repsected him for it. I stopped watching the show after that. All I had really cared about was Cameron and if he was done, so was I.
Fast forward to last night when I was just messing around and trying to entertain myself. I turned on Glee, the Hearts episode done for Valentine's Day. It was lame...and then we skipped to the "God Squad" meeting where they introduced a new member. It was one of the guys who had been a contendor on the Glee Project and won! (I guess) He was the Teen Jesus that the director had been excited to put on the show...he had told Cameron (not the guy who won the Glee Project, but the one who chose to leave) that he had never had a Christian character and wanted to create one...well, he did...but he's using the wrong kid and it's so flat and wrong and lame! I just had to turn it off, because I knew what they were trying to copy (Cameron--and my life!) and they were so far...
Because genuineness can't be faked...and love is the real deal...and you can have all the trappings of being a Christian (according to the world: which is apparently naming dreads after Bible books and being homeschooled) and be so far...
I guess this blog is about hope and joy and being so proud of who I am. Jesus isn't about what fits in your life or doesn't but something much more special, a change from the inside out. I am so blessed to be in His arms and know His love and have the chance and beauty and strength within me to share Him with the world. I am so thankful for the inside out way that God works and the hope He brings and the way He fills your life with power. We have been given everything we need to live godly lives that please our Daddy. I for one am so grateful...
And over nad over again we will run into the counterfiet as we see the world try to copy what we have. But you can't fake being a Christian--and the life and source of a Christian is something which only heaven knows. We are a special people...
I pray that you would let your light shine before men, that you would honor your heavenly Father. Let's be like Cameron...let's be like Jesus.
Here's a clip of Cameron. He's awesome: Cameron talking to Alex
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