So you think I’m weak because I’m a Christian? Well let me start my by saying that I think I was weak before I became a Christian. Nothing in life is really very easy never the less God has given us the choice to do wrong or right. Morally speaking do I have to be a Christian to know the difference? No. Do I believe in God because of fear? No, most definitely not…. It is because of the unconditional love God has for ALL his children. Do I aimlessly follow other Christians because they say I should? No, I follow God’s word. Not only does God want us to have faith, but he wants us to understand why. Lack of faith leads to lack of obedience. The bible doesn’t say that we will not have pain or suffering, only that Christ suffers with us in all the “sins of the world”. As he said in Matthew25: 34-45.
In the middle of disappointments and betrayals, we might identify with Jesus’ words to His heavenly Father on the Cross from Psalm 22: “My God My God why have you abandoned me?” And yet, remember that in His glorious Resurrection our Lord was not abandoned by His Heavenly Father ultimately, any more than we’ll be if we place our hope and trust in Him in prayer.
As we read in Psalm 23 “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me” Our Creator can bring good out of evil and get us through troubled times. Job 5:27 “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself”.
Those who don't believe God certainly believe in something else. Either religious tradition, or their understanding of science, or what a book says, or what their next door neighbor tells them, the education system, the media or a combination of all these things. God is not impressed. "Professing to be wise, they became fools." (Romans 1:22) In fact, those who don't fully believing God end up believing the devil somewhere along the way.
So I ask you is it easier for you to lash out or walk away? Is it easier to get drunk and attempt to forget about the problems of the world? Is it easier to have no faith? Well having been there I can honestly say that it was far more difficult for me to walk away from these things in the beginning. But now it is easier knowing that God is with me. It takes a far stronger person to ignore the dire effects of this world, than to lash out.
The things “I” have chosen to do are not to judge you, but choices that I have made for myself. If this makes you uncomfortable I am truly sorry, but believing that Jesus Christ is my savior is NOT a weakness IT IS MY STRENGTH. Feel free to test it, if you still feel that it is only for the weak minded… than I will continue to pray for you. My choice is to live so that I "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Matthew 7:13
As this is my blog I am only speaking for myself not all Christians...
