Part of why I haven't written the Easter blog is because I allowed the troubles of the world to trouble my heart. I allowed the darkness and hopelessness and pain and despair to enter my heart and get me down. I think I more allowed myself to truly see what is going on around me and it depressed me. I have realized over the last several weeks that Christians aren't really Christians anymore. As in the name has been severely tainted. We are no longer distinguishable from worldly people because we are trying to mold the bible's view with the world's view and losing sight of the truth and reality that God is. We aren't truly reading our bibles and knowing what it says. Believe me, I am guilty of this. I am currently trying to read my bible more and more and find I only do when I am told my belief isn't biblical. I haven't sat down and read my bible in awhile. Anyways, I am finding that Christian is no longer a person who is sold out for Jesus Christ. A person with a real relationship who truly tries to follow God and all His ways. Instead, a Christian is a person who appeases everyone else. Doesn't hurt their feelings. Is all about God's love but forgets everything else about who God is. It's sad really. Shows that God is no longer the person we listen to. No longer where we turn to. Look at our country! Seriously! Does it look like a nation that is turning to God?? If anything, it's turning away from God. And I am not talking about gays getting married or guns laws being passed. I am talking about EVERYTHING. We keep saying we want God to be in control, that we want to be a prayerful people, that we want our children to be for God. And yet when it really comes down to it, we have done everything possible to kick God out. Out of our schools, away from our children, out of our country. One nation under God is a saying we are trying to get rid of. Praying in school will get you ridiculed. Churches are becoming more about the numbers and less about God moving in us. Changing us from the inside out. Saying God Bless to someone is now offensive. Saying I will pray for you usually gets you a comment like 'there's no need to do that. God doesn't exist' We've gone from being a people IN the world to a people OF the world and its sad! We are no longer standing up for the beliefs of God but the beliefs of ourselves. The two should be the same! If we truly have a relationship, while not perfect, we should be pretty dang close to believing God's way. Seeing God's way. Loving God's way. Instead we claim we are Christians, might even go to church and read our Bibles, but we don't really have a TRUE relationship with Christ that is making us different from the world. That is making people want to be like us because they see something different in us. We are no longer God's light to the world, we are the world.
I am currently taking a discipleship course in my church and really loving it. It''s kinda eye opening to me because it's making me realize that so many people are not making disciples! They are barely making relationships with people, Godly relationships, let alone with God! We walk around saying, I love God I am a Christian and yet our actions and our words are saying something completely different!! I have no problem with drinking, but getting drunk constantly is not really a good witness. I have no problem with dancing, or partying, or having a good time. I love to go singing with my friends and I love to go and have some drinks but I don;t get carried away. I know how to back off and not get out of control. Lose my witness. No I am not perfect and I struggle in many areas. And I could probably do better in this area! Im sure some of the tv I watch isn't the best but I have been working on that. Anyways, I also know that when we are talking about sex or cussing or being crude with our mouths, we are not showing a good witness. When we are listening to degrading music, and filling our souls and our hearts and our minds with crap, that is what we are pouring into other people. I am not saying you have to listen to Christian music 24/7. I don't. But I do think that we should be filling our minds and hearts with more positive things and less negative things. 99.9 % of the time we listen to Christian music because I would rather my kids be singing a Christian song know they are being filled with good things then singing some crap with words they don't understand are bad and filling their minds with garbage! Even the shows we watch we try and make sure its kid friendly and if not, we wait till kids aren't around to watch them. We (hubby and I) are sensitive. To everything we do. Partly because we have kids but also because we/I want to make sure that our lives inside and out, are showing Christ. We want to be Jesus to the world. We want them to be able to know the amazingness that is God and who He is and He has done for them! We want to spread His love around. And we can't do that when we are OF the world. So, really look at yourself, I know I have been lately. I am learning things that I need to work on. Areas that need to be changed. What about you? Where does your heart truly live?? In Jesus?? Or in the world?? Maybe its time to take a deeper look and make a heart/life change....
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