People we know have made a family commitment to stay away from toxic people. I got a reaffirmation of that on Christmas Eve. Yeah, they believe they are Christians. Weird, huh?
Christmas is the time when we celebrate God making Godself vulnerable, living among toxic beings calling humans as a human with all the weakness inherent in being human. The Christian New Testament says "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth."
Among us? You mean, not avoiding toxic people?
Yup.
Some of the folks he rubbed shoulders with did their best to avoid toxic people. Essenes lived out in the desert. Pharisees barricaded themselves behind laws, rules and ostentatious piety. Jesus, on the other hand, "ate with tax-collectors and sinners".
How, I muse, can you claim to follow Jesus and go out of your way to avoid toxic people?
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