We Christians paint such a fragile picture of Jesus when we act as though his will is somehow threatened by every political and cultural shift.

We Christians paint such a codependent picture of Jesus when we act as though he needs a political party, a president, and a nation to protect and carry out his will.

We Christians paint such a small and myopic picture of Jesus when we act as though we somehow know his will so perfectly that it gives us the right to impose what we believe about his will on everyone else, even those whom we don’t even know.

We Christians paint such a selfish and narcissistic picture of Jesus when we act as though everyone in our society must obey his will otherwise the entire nation with suffer his wrath.

We Christians simply paint the wrong picture of Jesus when we use him as a mascot to justify our own lust for power and exclusion of others.

We Christians must learn to portray who Jesus really is by every word, thought, and deed, and repent from co-opting him for our own purposes.

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” -Jesus