Have you ever walked down the halls of a foreign place? Alone? Watching those around you with a curious and untainted gaze? I did. My first day. Then "reality" hit. But the real question is, how do you be a Christian in school? College is full of interesting people to say the least. Do not get my wrong, I did not expect everyone to be all cheery, clean, nice people. But it still throws me through a loop. Everyone has dirt.
I wonder where God is in all this? So far I have seen two verifiable Christian students. But where are all the others? That got me thinking, do I want to walk around with a big arrow pointing at me saying "CHRISTIAN!" or do I want to fit in? Why do I have to chose? The question is not whether or I will stay quiet and just go along with it when my friends are doing something bad or not. The inquiry is simply; can I make friends when everyone around me knows that I am a Christian. Will it at all impact my social "status"?
I have to take a step back here!
Why would I want to be friends with someone who isn't "cool" with my relationship with God? I should be standing firm in my beliefs. I will not be a Peter (Mark 14:66-72) who sits back and denies Christ when persecutors are pointing fingers! I love my God, no possible friends will come between that. I want my love to be a clear arrow pointing at me, because then I know that I am representing God the right way.. Who cares if I am reading my Bible on the bus? If they are uncomfortable with it, that is not my problem. I have every right to live. I do not want to be shoving it in their faces, but I need to stand up for my faith.
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea and Sameria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
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