The title: It's about my seemingly ongoing fear of being labeled and my longing for fellowship....
Sometimes I wanna share the Good News of Jesus or just talk about my life from a spiritual standpoint. I find myself battling with the thought of "Am I talking about God too much?". In my mind, if you see something moving, you oughta testify. I'm sure others agree. But I don't have a ton of Christian friends. In some ways I've avoided Christians my own age, because I'd encounter a lot of judgement and being parented over instead of having a comfortable friendship. But I know that's not all people my age, I just didn't encounter the right people.
I don't try to force my friends to be Christians. I don't think that's right. Yes, I share the word with them, but I know that people come to God in many different ways and it's not solely my job to save my friends. Who knows, maybe someone will come along and they'll inspire them more than I could ever do. And if that does happen, I'd be overjoyed. I just try to show them that God is good by living my life right and hopefully they see Him moving on my behalf.
So about this Jesus Freak thing...
People that talk about God a lot are sometimes called Jesus Freaks. Some Christians have taken this and made it into a positive. I can see how it would be a positive, but I still find myself a few steps away from being not afraid to talk about God freely. And it sucks. I get so excited when I meet another Christian. It's like going to Japan, not knowing any Japanese words, tapping a guy on the corner and surprise, he's American.
When I went to look at an apartment today, the landlord was showing me around and we start talking about Halloween and how he doesn't take his kids trick-or-treating. There's a slight hesitation and then he asks me if I'd "accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior". And instantly, everything became super comfortable. I knew we could speak the same language. Don't get me wrong, I don't think all Christians are "good people" automatically. But you can tell a serious Christian from a person just using the title pretty easily, or at least you should be able to. Similar story to the last, I bought my car from a Christian family. My pastor and pastor's wife from my old church went with me and it was like one giant Christian pow-wow right there in the parking lot.
So what am I ranting about? I guess I want to talk about God and not just on Sundays or in this blog...
Sometimes I wanna share the Good News of Jesus or just talk about my life from a spiritual standpoint. I find myself battling with the thought of "Am I talking about God too much?". In my mind, if you see something moving, you oughta testify. I'm sure others agree. But I don't have a ton of Christian friends. In some ways I've avoided Christians my own age, because I'd encounter a lot of judgement and being parented over instead of having a comfortable friendship. But I know that's not all people my age, I just didn't encounter the right people.
I don't try to force my friends to be Christians. I don't think that's right. Yes, I share the word with them, but I know that people come to God in many different ways and it's not solely my job to save my friends. Who knows, maybe someone will come along and they'll inspire them more than I could ever do. And if that does happen, I'd be overjoyed. I just try to show them that God is good by living my life right and hopefully they see Him moving on my behalf.
So about this Jesus Freak thing...
People that talk about God a lot are sometimes called Jesus Freaks. Some Christians have taken this and made it into a positive. I can see how it would be a positive, but I still find myself a few steps away from being not afraid to talk about God freely. And it sucks. I get so excited when I meet another Christian. It's like going to Japan, not knowing any Japanese words, tapping a guy on the corner and surprise, he's American.
When I went to look at an apartment today, the landlord was showing me around and we start talking about Halloween and how he doesn't take his kids trick-or-treating. There's a slight hesitation and then he asks me if I'd "accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior". And instantly, everything became super comfortable. I knew we could speak the same language. Don't get me wrong, I don't think all Christians are "good people" automatically. But you can tell a serious Christian from a person just using the title pretty easily, or at least you should be able to. Similar story to the last, I bought my car from a Christian family. My pastor and pastor's wife from my old church went with me and it was like one giant Christian pow-wow right there in the parking lot.
So what am I ranting about? I guess I want to talk about God and not just on Sundays or in this blog...
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