Christianity

Upon my continuing reading of “Blue Like Jazz”, I have come to realize that I share a lot of the same views as Donald Miller, the author. I have just read a part when he says that he doesn’t really support Christianity, because in the modern society, Christianity is a very fluid term. He supports Christian spirituality. That is taking the life of Christ and living it. Not, as viewed by many of the modern not Christians (for lack of a better term), living as a Christian that the modern world sees as rude, or arrogant. They have to know that you are a person who cares about them before they know that you are a Christian. Being a Christian in today’s society is a turn-off when it comes to friendship. No one wants to be friends with a radical Christian that doesn’t give a crap about anyone but themselves. I know I don’t.

 

But being a Christian is a bigger thing than just ‘being a Christian’. Its about acceptance, and about heart, and love. So from today, for a trial period, I am going to try to not be a hypocritical, stereotypical Christian. I am not going to seek out people to share my faith with. I am going to pray that people come to me. I don’t like talking to random people about Christianity right off the bat. I want to get to know them as a person before anything else. I need them to know that I sincerely care about them.

 

So that’s how I am going to live. I am going to be a God-seeking, not people-seeking, Christian with a mission. That mission is to share my faith with the curious. Not the unwilling to listen.

 

Until next time,

~Aaron Jay