Our children make messes. Our spouses and friends make messes. So do our coworkers, bosses, pastors, and presidents . . . and so do we.
Messes arescary,painful, andoffensive. And whether we're dealing with the pain of a personal failure, the frustration of a disrespectful child, the devastation of a major betrayal, the stress of a workplace conflict, or the fallout of larger social injustices, classically we react the same way--with fear, shame, andpunishment.
These reactions are understandable . . .but they don't do anything to fix the problem. In fact, they only perpetuate a culture of fear, unforgiveness, retribution, and disconnection. It's time to end our culture'sLOVE AFFAIR WITH PUNISHMENT...
Jesus came to show us a better way to respond to human messes--the way ofrepentance,reconciliation, andrestoration. This way removes fear, shame, and punishment from people's lives, empowers them to deal with the root of their problems, and equips them to build anew lifestyle of walking in the lightandprotecting connection with God, themselves, and others.
Unpunishable is a roadmap for walking out repentance, reconciliation, and restoration
in our own lives, leading others in this journey, and creating punishment-free cultures of love in our lives, relationships, families, churches, and organizations.
