Friday, June 7, 2013

I'm Not God, Nor Am I A Punching Bag

I am a spiritual being, housed in a body with a soul.  I am a Christian.  Therefore, I strive to be a Christian by practicing Christianity each and every day, second after second; minute after minute; hour after hour; week after week; month after month; year after year; 365 days, 24/7.  And yet, I'm still not perfect, because (guess what) I'm not God.  Somewhere, in the recessess of this fleshy body lurks the old man of yesterday, and if you keep stepping to me in a negative way he just might show himself, unfortunately.  I hate when this happens, because as a representative of Jesus Christ I am to represent Him in a positive light.  I can't let your action predict my reaction, but sometimes I do because I've taken one hundred hits, and when number 101 came I decided to hit back.  Hopefully, I hit you with the truth in love.  Even a punching bag over the years of usage starts to show its wear and tear.  Yes, I'm a Christian, but if you cut me do I not bleed?  Words cut deeper and cause greater damage than any knife on Earth.  When a knife cuts you you can see the cut and doctors can repair the damaged area, but when words cut you they destroy what you can't see,and the process of healing is necessary and long in order to restore a real and healthy relationship with each other.

Do you not see my struggle, do you not feel my pain?!  You're not in front of a mirror so stop looking at self.  Why are you looking at me like I'm crazy for being angry?  God never said we couldn't get angry.  He said, and I paraphrase, do not anger to sin.

Stop expecting me to do the impossible and be nice all the time. Stop thinking you can do anything to me and I'm going to keep turning the other cheek!  I can be nice 9 times out of 10, but not ten times out of ten because I'm not God.  Okay, its been a hard day, your frustrated, and you need to vent and I just happen to be available.  I can relate to that, but, just maybe I had a hard day too.  I'm a Christian not a punching bag.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

"Let us not love in word and talk, but in truth and deed."

Monday, June 3, 2013

God's Got Your Back!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7