Listened to a disturbing sermon last night. The preacher was saying that Christians are called to be "doormats."

That we're supposed to take abuse, and being defrauded - and take the same again.  Uh, did he forget one iddy-biddy little fact?  While christians are to strive to have the mind of Christ, christians are not Christ.  We are every bit as messed up as any other human - only difference between saved and lost is, the Lord chose to have mercy on us.  So, the redeemed in Christ have hope, and that changes our worldview.  But saved people do not have the psychological strength that Christ has - not even a zillionth. 

And by the way, ever notice when our  ultimately together Lord was dealing with the NARC pharisees, He didn't run after them, pleading with them to be reasonable with Him, to like Him, to want to be buddies with Him.  Uh-uh, it was more like well-alrighty-then...be-seein-ya (at the great white throne - yikes!).

Needless to say, the sermon put me off a bit, because there is much abuse going on in households - more than any of us (saved or - still - lost) want to realize.  There are people who are so wicked, the only thing to do is to, if at all possible, get away from them, and stay away from them - no matter what flowery words the wicked come up with - there's a verse in Jeremiah, where the Lord warns Jeremiah of people from his father's house who want Jeremiah gone.  

Yay, found the Scripture.  Jeremiah 12:6.  "For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee:  believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee."