Picture: Last time I was in Tahoe, thought it was a cool pic of God's creation.
Ok, What is a christian? I know we as christians know the answer to this question, but what do people who don't claim to be christians see? I think the answer to this question is quite revealing. I'm up late tonight, Monday night trying to catch up on some thinking time and just kind of hanging out. I've been thinking about the answer to this question alot lately, what do people who don't know Jesus actually think about me, do they see someone who has real concern for them? Am I approachable? Does it appear that I look down at people? I certainly hope not, but I do think sometimes as christians we live in this little cocoon of church people and culture and don't really understand nor care to understand what people see in us. The assumptions run wild, people know who I believe in, everyone knows the basic story of Jesus and his death and resurrection, when I bring someone to church, they'll get it.
I'll get to the point, reading and studying Jesus has caused me to realize that he loved to explain things in general to everyone he came in contact with. He used stories, testimonies and miracles to explain the love, grace, mercy, anger, kindness, and patience of God. I'm definitely challenging myself to be more explanatory in a way that makes knowing God a possibility instead of a just an experience. I would love some feedback on this these questions, what do you think?
PDoug
2 comments:
I see what you mean. I myself am a true Sunday School Brat. I speak Christianese fluently as well as I speak the language of the world. Time and time again have I told people that I am a Christian. But, I never honestly thought about what that meant to me in the first place, let alone how other people saw that. "What am I doing here?" "Why do I choose to serve ?" "Am I truly a light to the darkness around me or am I apart of the darkness?" "Do I really have the credibility to say that I am a follower of Jesus?"
Thanks for bringing it up. I mean, how many times do we really even think about the many possibilities of how people view us when we call ourselves such. I know I've assumed way too much and left my standards too high. That's a challenge I'm going to try and take on.
Hi Doug -
sorry this is completely unrelated but this is Stefanie, Bobby's wife. We are missing you guys' mailing address and I was wondering if you could email it over. My email is sharmon@cac-swfl.org. Thanks!!
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