Acting like a Christian

I wish I had some prefound thought on the subject but I'm only bringing it up in order to start thinking. This subject has been popping up in my world for the past 2 weeks...

It all started or at least me really starting to think about it...some friends of my roommate (luckly not best friends) stopped by to see our dormroom and then while there began to plan what would be done next, drinking of course because that is the only way to have in this world, right! I was only mildly disgusted with their idea to have "fun" because lets face it that is what most college students do, sadly:( But when 2 of them openly shared that they were Christians that is when my heart stopped and I had to fight back the urge to cry a lake or lock them in the room until they come to their senses. Neither of the 2 happened, I even tried to find a verse against drunkness but my eyes would not see the references in my concordence. Why did God not reveal to me verses? I don't say this as anger to him but wanting to know why that wasn't the right time. After they left I looked again and they were as clear as day to read. I wanted to yell at God for not stopping them and for not changing their hearts but all I could do was cry. Their words hurt me..."Following Jesus all the way to the keg"...it still hurts. How can God take this when his children sin...my heart felt it for those 2...God feels it for everybody...every second...every sin! That is when I really broke down...I sin...I was sinning that night with my hate and judging...I'm sinning right now with my pride and fear..."For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God" (romans 3:23)

Where am I going with this? I don't know because I don't understand.

Moving on to another conversation I had with 2 girls on my hall. We talked about how non-christians watch us like hawks when we claim to be "Christians" they watch our lives and that is when we must come to God everyday and call to him to fill us with the Spirit. That is why we strive to be Christ like, that is why we die to ourselves and surrender our lives at the cross. But that isn't why! We don't live for them, but by living for God we show the world what it means to live as a christian.

Next...A fellow sister was telling me last night that she was disgusted with some of her friends from high school who all want to become pastors but yet their facebook pictures are covered with drinking and playing beer-pong. I don't want to spread gossip but just show that yet again this subject came up in my world. What does this world think of when they think of christians? Hiprocrites or lights? What am I? Do I go about my day speaking of God and how amazing he is when the whole day my heart is being proud, I'm not forgiving people in my life, I'm judging and basically my thoughts are on myself and my heart is cold. Am I a hypocrite?

...Wow! God is amazing because at this very moment 2 saints walked into the engineering lab. Hi's and verses shared...Wow this is the verse given to me, which just goes to show that God is working in our lives when we don't expect it: "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did." (1 John 2:1-6)

I'm just going to let God speak for himself as he has, for here is a verse from our small group's bible study last night, yet another verse that I didn't think of myself: "Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)

Summary: If you are Christian walk as Jesus did and when you stumble and fall, remember Christ died on the cross for everyone of your sins, so live in his victory and in God's Grace.