Something has just been on my mind recently, and my heart as really been affected by it in the past.
Christians are so quick to call themselves that and to proclaim they "love" Jesus, and hey, I'm not to be the judge of that, but Someone else is, and knows the truth behind that in each heart.
I have had several people who were really important to me in my life, that I loved and trusted, who broke my heart, and did things with malicious intent, yet they call themselves followers of Jesus. I'm sorry, I don't remember that part of the bible where Jesus laughed at godless person losing their job. Or where he broke off a relationship without so much as a good explanation or an attempt to make it work out of love. What version of the bible are these people reading?
These are people who say they love Jesus...or at least it's on their facebook profile. And they join as many groups as they can about it. They go on "outreaches"...
I'd love to know, how does one bring people to Christ with attitudes like that. With a lack of love for your fellow person!
I'm sickened and disturbed! It really bothers me that if I call myself a christian, that name is tainted by people like the ones that have hurt me in my life. If I hadn't been raised christian and had a foundation on the bible, I don't think I'd be one on account of 2 of the people I'm thinking of. That's pretty strong.
I think all the time, I'd love just to know that God brought one person to Him using me as an instrument. That'd make my life worthwhile in my eyes...but to drive someone away because you claim the heart of God but don't even close to live it out? Wow.
The part that bothers me is they don't know. There are no words that I can say to convince them, because they are self-righteous. They think because someone's hurt them, it gives them a right to laugh at pain their life. It really saddens me that there are "christians" like that, running loose out there, corrupting the world, when...
The greatest commandments are first to love the Lord and second to love others. What kind of love is their in rejoicing in someone getting fired? None. But it's okay, she forgave me. So I guess we're all squared away then, eh?
