Tuesday, December 11, 2012

When I say the word "Freak;" what do you think it means? 

According to dictionary.com, Freak means: any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration. 2. a person or animal on exhibition as an example of a strange deviation from nature; monster. 3. a sudden and apparently causeless change or turn of events, the mind, etc.; an apparently capricious notion, occurrence, etc. 4. a person who acts or dresses in a markedly unconventional or strange way; (verb Freak in action) to become or make frightened, nervous, or wildly excited.

  I saw something disturbing: a webpage describing the youth group as Teen Jesus Freaks. I don't know about you, but according to that definition that came from dictionary.com; a freak is what I was before I came to know Jesus! I think using the term "Freaks" makes them sound negative and worldly - something we're suppose to be separate from as Christians - what's wrong with Teens for Jesus, or Christian Teens. Jesus is for teens; shouldn't teens be for Jesus? Mark 5 describes a "freak" before he met Jesus, but after getting to know Him he was found clothed and in his right mind. Not a freak any longer.

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