I know not many people ever even see my posts, and that's ok. (I do wish I had the guts to be willing to let more people read it though...) And I often wonder why I even bother posting a new post every so often. To be honest, I guess it just helps me keep track of some of the things going on in my life and where God has brought me. So if you happen to be reading this blog, I thank you for at least glancing at my posts even if you don't read the whole thing. I know I can be long winded when it comes to writing so I apologize in advance! :)
Today and in the recent weeks I have been brutally reminded of where I should be in my relationship with God and how off track I keep getting. I love living in a small community in the fact that I and those around me were raised and instilled with manners and common sense to help us make it in life, and we are very fortunate to have these values! But in recent days as I have been thinking about how quickly I will be leaving this town and moving onto bigger and more amazing things I see how faulted our community is as well. I know each community has it's downfalls and we aren't exempt from them either. I really feel like we have been nit-picking one another on how things should be done and how things are being gone about. In short, we're tearing each other down for the things that we shouldn't be.
If you are to look at each family's morals and standards you are guaranteed to see differences in them no matter what. I don't think that is bad at all because we were each raised in a certain way... obviously. However, I don't feel we should be tearing each other down because of a decision that is going to be slightly out of the norm for what they might believe. We are the church: Christ's bride and his loved people! We are to build one another up and not break them down! In Philippians 4:8 we are told to think of every thing noble, pleasing, and pure to God. It's not based on our standards whatsoever. It is simply based on His standards.
When others say we should be concerned with our own life and not worry about those around us and how they are living their life we aren't helping God's kingdom. God calls us to bear the burdens of one another and to help grow The Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, we ARE to be concerned about our brothers. Not in the fact that we condemn them and go about bickering with one another because we think our belief is better than theirs. If we live according to God no belief is greater than the other because we would always be striving toward God's plans and desires rather than what we BELIEVE.
I guess I have just been greatly awoken to how we should be acting in the situations that are being presented to us. Before we act or speak we should know the whole story behind what happened and the real intentions, not the assumed intentions.
We are called to build up HIS Kingdom... Are you? Go! Build! Follow God!
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