The Beginning

This is the first blog outside of myspace I have ever written. Hopefully, these blogs will be inspirational. My goal is to touch lives with mine, and to help those who do not know Christ to come to know Him. I guarantee that some of the things I will write in these blogs will make little to no sense to some, but that is absolutely ok.

Anyways, here it goes….

 

I recently started a book called “Blue Like Jazz”. It is, I can honestly say, the number one most amazing book I have ever read. It is inspirational, yet a personal. I cannot even begin to describe the incredibility of this book. And I am only seven chapters into it.

 

The first thing I want to describe is my love for Christ.  Upon reading many books and inquiring as to the meaning of books of the bible, I have come to realize that there is SO much more to Christianity than Christianity. I know that that sounds vague, but I am being entirely truthful. Christianity as a whole is a belief in Jesus Christ as your lord and saviour. And to be entirely honest, I find that shallow. I mean, not that Jesus Christ is our saviour, but that that is how Christianity as a whole is viewed. In that context, I guess you could say Mormons ARE Christians, but not in the smaller context. Christianity as a religion, as opposed to a subtitle, is entirely different. Christianity as a religion, or as a relationship, as many like to refer to it, is much much deeper than that. Christianity is not just a belief. It is a faith. A vision. A way of life. Many people think of Christians as hypocritical, selfish, and naïve. And admittedly, many are. But not all of them. Not even most of them are. But the way that they are portrayed in modern day society, and the ones that actually get out into the world and do something about what they believe are the ones who are hypocritical. The ones who are selfish.

 

I know that many people reading this may have lost me a while back, so here is the general idea in a word.STEREOTYPES.  I know it is a strong word to use, and a lot of people don’t want to admit using them. I am included. But people do use them. Almost everyone does it. Viewing all teenagers as drugees or troublemakers, viewing older people as slow drivers, or viewing Christians as hypocritical.

 

Christians are viewed as hypocritical because, in many cases, they are. Many times, Christians go out into the world and bash on people. Gays, other religions, even just the unsaved. And when everyone knows that CHRIST IS LOVE, no one is going to want to be a part of a group of liars. A group of people who say that Christ is love and they are supposed to live like Christ, become like Christ, and yet all they see is the unforgiving, unloving side of the religion, which should not and ultimately doesn’t exist in a true Christian.

 

It is hard to reach out to people, especially when Christians pushed them away from Christianity in the first place. They are some of the hardest to reach, because they think that they have got it all figured out. That ALL Christians are rude, and not accepting people, when it is in fact the opposite. REAL Christians ARE loving. They ARE accepting. And theyARE forgiving. And they want nothing more that to help you to know that transformation. That eternal life that they are always talking about. It exists. You just have to know where to look. And they are there to help you find it.

 

Well, that’s all I’ve got to say for now. So, I’ll see you next time I have something to say…

~Aaron Jay