Alas, I think that once again I have left room for misinterpretation.

When I said “DO SOMETHING” I did not mean we all need to be foster parents.  But I do mean that we, as THE body of Christ on earth, are an utter embarassment and hypocrisy if we, corporately, do not fill the severe shortage of foster homes that results in the “good” foster licensees being called about kids needing homes multiple times a week.  Fostering is a TOUGH road.  And if you can’t do it, I understand.  Jenny and I failed at it ten years ago.  But I don’t understand how those of us who don’t foster, don’t adopt, can give lip-service praise those who do and not lift a finger to help with the time, emotional, and financial cost of those who do.  We have got to change our “church” culture to be more of a family, and work together to be what Jesus called us to be.

Secondly, I’m afraid that some of you might be questioning what I meant by:
“So we loves us some of ourselves, but we don’t give a rat’s arse about the least of these.  And thus we don’t give a rat’s arse about Jesus either.”

Just to clarify, when I said that, what I really meant was: ““So we loves us some of ourselves, but we don’t give a rat’s arse about the least of these.  And thus we don’t give a rat’s arse about Jesus either.”

I know that does not apply to ALL as individuals, but it does apply to The Church as a whole.  We don’t even pretend to imitate what Jesus was all about, or what He told us to be about.  We’re about security and self-indulgence for us and our families.  All else is such a distant second place as to be almost completely out of sight. 

And we have the gall to argue that we’re under grace so none of this is needed for salvation - as an excuse and justification for doing nothing.  OK… I’ll (joyfully) concede that point.  We are saved by pure grace and nothing else - absolutely true, and praise God for that.  So, Jesus (and God - who watched Jesus go through what He did) endured more than we can even imagine and sacrificed his every moment on earth living for us.  And he asked us to love others as ourselves, commanded us to live our lives as living sacrifices… and we respond with “Listen, Jesus… I love you and all, and I appreciate what you did and everything, but I’m saved by grace so I’m just going to put myself and my family first and ignore you, and all you ask of me.”  So we’re saved, yes… but I still feel like I need to puke if that is our response to His love, mercy, sacrifice, and grace.