What can I say

I'm sitting in my office at 11:15PM reading about the firing of Miss California, having just read an article that, in Great Britain, a new bill will mean that teachers can no longer mention faith in the classroom, indeed, they will have to hide their faith for fear of repercussion. Also, back in March, I requested permission to have a religious outdoor service in downtown Fredericksburg but was denied because we wanted to talk about God. I fear this is just the beginning of the end.

I wonder how all of this truly started. Yes, there are people with intellectual objections to Christianity. There are those who confuse religion for Christianity, not understanding that Christianity is a way of life rather than a code of laws and ethics. But at the end of the day, perhaps none of these people are to blame, perhaps it's the Christians themselves. After all, if we Christians all lived lives of happiness and hope the world would feel better about us, but while we shoot abortion doctors and judge people for their sinful lifestyles we become hypocritical at best, detestable at worst. Yes there is a Heaven and yes there is a hell, but we need to be people who bring people to heaven, not people who convict others to eternal misery.

Now that we are at a point where our voice is turning into a whisper, what do we do? How can Christianity spread if the name of Jesus is received with disdain? Surely the answer is in the old phrase, "actions speak louder than words". We need to be Christ in the world & we need to be people who are truly set apart. The way we do this is to serve...serve God, and serve others. A Salvation Army Chorus written by General John Gowans says:

To be like Jesus;
This hope possesses me.
In every thought and deed;
This is my aim, my creed.
To be like Jesus;
This hope possesses me;
His Spirit helping me;
Like Him I'll be.

Let's be like Jesus and show the world, one person at a time, how desirable Jesus really is.