There is a huge difference between being Christian and being Christ. Every Christian I know is flawed in some way, carrying regrets from past mistakes. Churches are full of fallen people who are at least striving to lift themselves obove their past with faith. Christianity is intended for sinners, the sinful, the fallen, the imperfect. It is about redemption. Christianity and redemption is expressly intended the likes of Perez Hilton and Carrie Presean.
It is a mistake to allow the anti-Christians to define us as hypocrites in this context. I don’ know anyone who has not beed hypocritical. I would rather be with flawed but striving hypocrites than with the likes of Perez Hilton who revel in debauchary and debase humanity with foul behavior.
I am a Christian. I am not Christ. Being a Christian will never make me Christ. All I can do is my best and hope that He will redeem me from my sins.
Amen! When I was about 14-years-old I had a pastor who would point out that everyone was going to sin. Some more than others, some in quality not quantity, and also the other way around. He explained that if a human could manage to live a sinless life then the sacrifice of Christ would have been for naught.
He often referred to the part of Romans where Paul talks about doing the things he didn't want to do and not doing the things he wanted to do.
Whether she realizes it or not, IMHO, this young lady is much better off out of the world in which she was aspiring to excel. There is nothing in the world of beauty pageants, especially at the level where she was competing, that is good for the soul. It's cut throat, dog eat dog, knock down drag out no holds barred world and it takes a toll of those who engage in it.