Don't Act Like a Christian

02-08-11 (hey.. this only took me a couple hours!! woot woot!)
Yeah, you heard me right.
I said that.
DON'T ACT LIKE A CHRISTIAN!
Now before you become convinced that I have completely lost it and am surely headed to hell... let me explain.

I feel like we as Christians are always trying so hard to follow this mentality that

'you need to get your act together to be better for God, get out there and love the world the way you're supposed to, and for goodness's sakes, you need to act christian around those who aren't saved!"

Which sounds good enough, right?

But what do actions really mean if our hearts aren't really right?I mean, why else do most of us constantly struggle with 'acting christian'? Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying that its OK do go and do whatever you want to because to do otherwise would be hypocritical; what i am saying is that our actions don't really mean a whole lot if they're not from the heart.

Maybe instead of struggling and fighting so hard to ACT christian, we should just BE Christians. What if we just let the light and the life of Christ change us and mold us into who we are truly supposed to be? We wouldn't have to act anymore! Remember, Christ never been gave the name christian to his followers. They were named that years later, because of who they were: followers of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.

so that's the challenge: Ask Jesus to begin o change you into who he made you to be, so that you can stop acting like a christian, and just start being one.

happy snow days!!

angie