This is something that has been on my mind for a while and I had not realized that it was there until I read Drake's blog. He talked about reaching out to the people around you and how we cannot forget about these people. I am actually extremely happy right now! I am happy because I am submerged in a completely secular environment. At least 90% of the people I work with get drunk or high or are sleeping around and at first that bothered me. Now it doesn't I love hanging out with these people they are my friends. I know that you have to be careful when you are hanging out in that environment and I am not going to lie there are times that I stumbled but there isn't any other place I would want to be right now. It's not that my faith is tested every day but I love that I am not inside a safe little bubble. I just like hanging out with real people and I find that there are a lot of fake people out there. Especially the ones that are trapped inside the christian bubbles. I don't know who said it but one of the most real quotes I have ever heard is "there is no growth in comfort and no comfort in growth" I am happy I am not comfortable right now. I think that the church nowadays (not all but a lot) need to pull there heads out of their butts and realize what Jesus was about. A lot of people that are in the church need to get more uncomfortable and take risks and just do as Jesus did. At first I thought that I was really falling away from my faith hanging out with these people in bars and clubs afterwork but now I have a lot of close friends who I can share more and more with. I dunno if any of this makes sense but I really do think the christians in general need to get more uncomfortable.
One more thing I would really like to give thanks to God for coming through for me tonight. For the first time ever I had a few minutes before the rush hit. I prayed and asked for strength and speed and boy was I moving. I encourage you to remember that he will grant us the desires of our hearts and let me tell you I have never moved like that before in my life. This is Andrew "The Blur" Newman signing off.
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I saw you earn the nickname "the blur" once before...involving somebody running into a large glass window! But seriously, I completely agree with your idea, as I also get frustrated with people who simply fill pews on Sundays and do not do anything to impact the world around them. Nice to see that somebody else shares my thoughts on this issue.
I had the same epiphany about 5 years ago, and had somehow forgotten it, so thanks for reminding me. I loved when God was using me in ways I couldn't imagine and I was so uncomfortable it was great! It was all God and I loved it! Now I am quite comfortable and I like it and I am sooooo bored! Where is God? I ask myself, but he's probably asking me that same question...
Thank you for commenting on my blog bro... I am glad someone got something out of it... I am also glad to hear the things God is doing in your life, it is great to see.
Thank You
you know whats sad... there are a lot of Fake people trapped inside non-christian bubbles too... What makes someone real?? I guess it's easier to see in our peers sometimes. The great thing about reaching out to non believers is the chance to offer them real life - even when we haven't completely figured it out ourselves, because real life doesn't come from us at all... all we do is introduce them to the one that can really and truly offer life in abundance.
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