Balance....

Sometimes I am just reminded of how we are called to be as Christians in terms of witnessing...I have many friends that live different types of lifestyles, and they are awesome... Some realize where they are, others have no idea, and others have been hurt by Christians.

There are people that will go on about how if you keep doing this or if you make this decision or if you don't start doing this.... then you are going to go to hell. It is entirely messed up. There are no excuses for this type of behavior. Yeah, it may have a time and a place once in a while, but it should not be the norm. I am reminded of when Jesus warned people not to be one that turns others away from Him and the consequences He states for that action.

We are called to be a light and salt to this world, but we have to be careful that our actions lead others to Him ~ not away from Him.

Many people don't understand how God can talk to us and they would especially not expect for God to talk to us about them... Again, not that it is always wrong, but we need to make sure that it's something God wants us to share with them and it's not just something that God wants us to pray for or be encouraged with....

Love can be and is so oftenly mis-shown... Gary Chapman and .... I forgot his name right now... wrote the whole series of the "Five Love Languages". It's good to know the way that people around you receive love...because then we can focus on that in loving them..and we can also not attack their love language when trying to witness.

I think it's also good to not be judgmental to others, no matter where they stand. As Christians, we have our own set of guidelines, and truthfully, it's all on how we interprete the Bible....let's be honest, many of us disagree with each other on different things. :) Anyway, people that are not living to follow God do not put themselves under the same guidelines, and I don't think that we can hold them accountable to our standards. We can not enforce "laws" on them that they do not recognize themselves. We can of course say, "well, I am not going to do that....." This is true for other believers as well. There are some things that are obvious, but with those grey areas... It's still up to interpretation, and sometimes God calls us to do things that He's not calling others to do.

I hope that this post doesn't upset anyone or offend anyone, because it was not meant to be in that tone. I just want everyone to evaluate how you are and really think about it. This is really strong on my heart right now because of different situations that have come up lately. I'm sick of the excuses that people give... I know that we all have them....but when it effects others in an eternal way... it's serious stuff.

We need to have the balance and focus on the love...