I tweeted the other day that I’m not a “Jesus fish” or a Christian bumper sticker kind of guy. I got a couple of questions on that comment, so I wanted to go in a bit more detail. Well, it’s because I’m probably not the best example all of the time and I doubt anyone reads “Jesus is Lord” on the back of a car and says to themselves, “You know what, they’re right!!!!!!!!” I guess we can do a trial run here with sticker conviction. Do the bumper stickers make you love Jesus (more)?
Above is a tweet from Sunday evening. I don’t have too much of a filter when I write. This is why I always let other folks read my posts before I post them on here. I always end up changing stuff because of this little extra step. It’s always a good way to keep the jackalopekid in check from writing things that sound hateful. I’m still working on the whole LOVE thing. This time I let Jasmine proofread the post I was going to put on here today about Jennifer Knapp. She reminded me of the question, “Who will this help?”. After I did this, I knew the post was just too much to post. Nobody will probably ever see this thing. We could call these “The Lost Jackalopekid Writings”. When I pass away these will be worth millions. This is a joke.
One question for ya:
Do you think there can ever be a good outcome with being confrontational? If so, how do we as Christians confront in love?
When people meet me for the first time, the first thing everyone says is, “I feel like I know everything about you.” Well, that’s a good thing. But wait, it could be a bad thing, right? Is anyone actually awesome enough for everyone to know what the heck is going on in their life every second of the day? This has me thinking something that questions the thing I do each and every day. It questions one of my favorite hobbies. It’s something you’ll probably hate me for even asking, but I feel that I should.
Do you think there could be anything wrong with using social media to let everyone in the world know what’s going on in your life?
My views have changed since I became a Christian and I’m sure yours have, too. It has changed the things that I want and don’t want to do. I made sure not to use “stuff I can and can’t do” there because us Christians still have fun. We play skipbo and drink pink lemonade while watching reruns of “The Brady Bunch”. Fun stuff. It seems God is in the changing business now that I think about it. He changed what I wanted to dwell on, what I wanted to look at, who I wanted to hang out with and what I spent my time doing. Most people seem to think God is in the, “You better be perfect or I’ll get you” business. But you see, when you find God, YOU WANT to be a better person. At least I did. God changes you when you REALLY find Him. That’s why you can come to Him just as you are.
So, since you became a Christian, on what subjects have your views changed?
I saw the movie Avatar and you probably saw it, too. I actually loved the movie to be honest. Here’s what Christianity Today thought about the movie. The above video is what Mark Driscoll thought of Avatar. After reading the review and watching the video clip, what do you think?
It seems God is in the changing business now that I think about it. He changed what I wanted to dwell on, what I wanted to look at, who I wanted to hang out with and what I spent my time doing. Most people seem to think God is in the, “You better be perfect or I’ll get you” business. But you see, when you find God, YOU WANT to be a better person. At least I did. God changes you when you REALLY find Him. That’s why you can come to Him just as you are.
