The Kind of Christian I Desire to Be

I have been listening to Francis Chan lately (if you can't tell from my FB post). I am stirred in my soul. I have rediscovered the kind of Christian I want to be. I had almost forgotten. I had forgotten the Christian I used to be. The believer who knew that God is not moved by the newness of the years or the age of time. I had forgotten that stuff didn't matter, but that character and charity were of utmost importance.

Reading the Bible the way I used to read it brought me to this renewal of the real press. I had become dull by the sweet motivational messages of the "global church" I put global church in quotes because it is not the true church that does not preach the gospel.  It promotes not the messages of the Bible - the ones I am called to live. They are not the sacrificial, working out your salvation with fear and trembling messages - the messages I love that keep me near the cross.

I knew that something had eluded me. I knew I had missed something when I looked around and didn't see Peter, Paul or Stephen sitting next to me, or better yet, in me.

I'm back now. I get it - praise God! I get that I am nothing without God and His word. I have moved from my lukewarm place of serving.

The Follow

I told Dorian on the Sunday after our last meeting that she made a comment while we were walking that was so important to what we were doing. She said, "...it can't be that easy." She was talking about the walk. Everyone was saying that I was modeling Jesus and you all were to just follow me. She sort of felt that it was too easy. Some of you started memorizing things we past just in case their was a test of some sort. Some of you got a little nervous as we stared at the house on the way back.

So often we say that there has to be more to do Christianity than the follow, but there isn't. We don't have to go knocking on doors, or riding bicycles around town. We have a "yoke is easy, burden is light" sort of walk. We have a walk that demands a follow - that's it. A dying and a living over and over, but He's gone before us. We just step where He stepped and do what He did. No test at the end; it's open book. Read your Bible, B! haha

Give me your thoughts. What are some of the elements of the walk you noticed?

Welcome to our new blog...again!

Okay, here we go one more time. I am excited to begin this blog again, but I want to hear...uh..er...read something from you folks. This is our continued conversation spot. If you attended The Exchange and did not get to say what you wanted to say because the thought didn't hit you until you were driving home, this is the spot.

I would love for us to post pictures and videos that encourage us all to advance the kingdom of God. I want you to know that you all make me so happy to be a part of the The Church (did you hear that music?)

I will post to this spot as I am lead. You can always respond and start a different conversation if you'd like. This is our second first time, so...