I have been down on USA Christians for awhile now.
We tend to not live like Jesus, we have led so many of us to believe that Jesus would be a Republican, we are not nice to people who are different from us and our presence on social media does not draw non-believers to want to follow Jesus.
It's true, but it hit me recently because I have felt my own heart harden and feeling distant from The Holy Spirit.
We surround ourselves with bitter, angry people because they are tired of being pushed around and told we are wrong and mocked, and ridiculed because we cannot believe or even understand the changes that are occurring in our culture.
And as we are pushed, mocked, and stand for what we believe in, our hearts harden.
In fact, there are people on social media and you may even have friends who like to troll you, they want to make you upset, they want you to behave the opposite of what Jesus would do, they get joy from it.
And it hardens our hearts more until this happens so much that we have descended into being angry, Republican Jesus followers...and that's just wrong.
Maybe that's not you, but I can tell you as I have wondered why God seems so distant from me, I realized how I have been the one who has traveled away from Him...God is not going anywhere.
So I am in the midst of heading back to Him.
I am trying to listen to more worship music, I am trying to not check Twitter or even read the negatives from any side on an argument, and I am trying to let the trolls, well, lose because they're not getting a reaction from me.
I am reading my Bible more, reading faith based books more, and trying to remember what Jesus would actually do by doing it and not just wearing a bracelet.
And I can feel that slight sound of "come home" in my ears.
We live in a tough, negative world that is doing everything it can do to remove you from your relationship with Jesus...are you aware of it?
Are you really?!
So here's what I plan to do.
1. Understand it's happening.
2. Turn to my Bible and faith based books.
3. Be proactive in listening to worship music.
4. Don't get trolled online or by friends.
5. Go...to...church.
