Hello Everyone!
As I stated from the beginning, I am on a journey and today I want to take some time to be transparent about some things that have been on my mind.
I have found myself at a place of frustration because I look at the world around me and I see a lot of people ( I was once one of them) who spend a great deal of time telling people what they are supposed to do. They'll tell: "Don't have sex. Stop Drinking. Leave that weed alone. Don't be bitter. Stop getting angry." All of these things are often presented to people and then they are left to wonder how they are supposed to move forward. They want to stop but they have no idea how. This is a cause of concern for me because it has been my experience that the best way to reach people is to real with them. I've had my greatest impacts for Christ on the world around me, not when I was up addressing a congregation or teaching a bible story. Why? From my personal experience, it gets hard to grow spiritually when you have someone who is behaving as if they have always had it all together standing in front of you giving you a lecture on how you are supposed to behave. You are then in a position where you feel like you have a very long way to go and because that person has not taken the time to explain that deliverance is a journey, you get depressed because you didn't arrive at a place of perfection overnight. As a result, instead of feeling conviction about doing to wrong thing, you put yourself in a position to walk in self-condemnation.
I work on a daily basis to be there for my brothers and sisters who are struggling with understanding how to live for Christ. I've learned that walking up and spitting scriptures to them isn't effective. I suppose this should have been obvious. I wouldn't give a baby a steak, so it makes no sense to try to feed the word to a new believer forcefully.
I often say, "Every generation has a revolution. A movement toward positive change. I look around and I don't see a revolution happening in our generation. I believe it's because many people are sitting back waiting for someone else to start it. That's error. The day is TODAY. The Revolution starts with YOU."
Let's spend less time making people feel like they're playing bible dodge ball, and more time showing the love of Christ to the lost.
Question: What things can we do to move toward showing the love of Christ and speaking truth while not forgetting to be real with people?
Until next time.....
~Brina
As I stated from the beginning, I am on a journey and today I want to take some time to be transparent about some things that have been on my mind.
I have found myself at a place of frustration because I look at the world around me and I see a lot of people ( I was once one of them) who spend a great deal of time telling people what they are supposed to do. They'll tell: "Don't have sex. Stop Drinking. Leave that weed alone. Don't be bitter. Stop getting angry." All of these things are often presented to people and then they are left to wonder how they are supposed to move forward. They want to stop but they have no idea how. This is a cause of concern for me because it has been my experience that the best way to reach people is to real with them. I've had my greatest impacts for Christ on the world around me, not when I was up addressing a congregation or teaching a bible story. Why? From my personal experience, it gets hard to grow spiritually when you have someone who is behaving as if they have always had it all together standing in front of you giving you a lecture on how you are supposed to behave. You are then in a position where you feel like you have a very long way to go and because that person has not taken the time to explain that deliverance is a journey, you get depressed because you didn't arrive at a place of perfection overnight. As a result, instead of feeling conviction about doing to wrong thing, you put yourself in a position to walk in self-condemnation.
I work on a daily basis to be there for my brothers and sisters who are struggling with understanding how to live for Christ. I've learned that walking up and spitting scriptures to them isn't effective. I suppose this should have been obvious. I wouldn't give a baby a steak, so it makes no sense to try to feed the word to a new believer forcefully.
I often say, "Every generation has a revolution. A movement toward positive change. I look around and I don't see a revolution happening in our generation. I believe it's because many people are sitting back waiting for someone else to start it. That's error. The day is TODAY. The Revolution starts with YOU."
Let's spend less time making people feel like they're playing bible dodge ball, and more time showing the love of Christ to the lost.
Question: What things can we do to move toward showing the love of Christ and speaking truth while not forgetting to be real with people?
Until next time.....
~Brina
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