Sometimes it's those that "show" themselves as being Christians that we need not learn from. The "conversation of their lives" are such that they prove themselves, through actions, that they aren't quite where they need to be. I won't say that they aren't Christians, but that they still have a lot of growing to do.
Time and time again I can't help but dissect the role/word Christian, which when broken down means Christ-like. So what are some of our Lords actions that we are to follow? What separated Him from any other entity or person? What makes His ways, that we follow as Christians, so much better? Why are His ways the Standard? I ask further, how well do we reflect Him within us?
If our Lord can forgive so very easily, why is it so easy for us to remember the hurts? If He can forgive our sins, which are sins to the death, why is it so hard to forgive others simple mistakes? If He was peaceful, why is it that we relish aggressive natures? If He suffered wrong, so many times and yet willingly, why do we choose to attack others when wronged, or when we feel we have been wronged? Why is it that He chose to remain quiet when other accused Him of wrongdoing, yet we turn and yell when treated the same? Why is it so hard for us to align our lives parallel to His, so that we no longer have to verbally cry out our faith (as if to prove something), but that our actions, or rather the conversation of our lives, speak for us?
Why is it so hard to give up those things on this earth for the sake of those things that we earn in heaven? There is nothing on this earth worth giving up my seat in heaven. I can only speak personally, but I can't let others who take away from me allow me to act in a way that is unchristian-like. I can't let what others say, get me so mad as to make me lose my seat. It's not what others do, yet how I react or rather, how I act that gains and retains my seat. Again, there is nothing on this earth worth losing my seat. Grudges from my separation and divorce will hinder me. Anger will hold me back. Leaning according to my own understanding will keep in second place. What others have done, what they still do, if I act unchristian-like, will allow another soul to warm my seat.
My wife had a favorite quote. "Actions speak louder than words". Normally she said that to me when I made her mad in some way, usually when I had promised something and never carried it through with my actions, but she was right nevertheless. Kinda sounds like some of us Christians right? We promise our lives to be better than the "sinners", yet we never carry it through with our actions. I thank God for my wife. She truly has been a blessing in my life, even now, more than she will ever know or understand. I promised my love to her July 1st, I never lied.
There is nothing on this earth worth giving up my seat.................and yet I know that because of this post, I will be tested.
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