THE TRUTH: "Churchy" Vs ((Spiritual))

Disclaimer: This blog is inspired by a conversation that my bestfriend and I had not too long. It is also inspired by the recent experiences of a whirlwind of negativity and rejection at the positive change (a change that has saved me over and over) in my life.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident. 
(Psalm 27: 1, 3)

Since I officially started my walk with Christ there have been people who have told me that I am too "preachy." That I talk too much about the bible. That I try to "put my religion" on other people. In the past people never said these things about me because I did not have God at the forefront and center of my life. 

But also, I was getting into trouble, running into trouble, in and out of fights, car accidents, partying my soul straight to hell and those people who were at the party with me ENCOURAGED my bad behavior. Oh yeah? If my body would have come up missing one of those nights or my car would have been wrapped around a tree where would those friends be? 

Answer: 

Moved on with their lives. Finding another "FUN" thing to do.

It is always so strange that when you are going through drama and you use smoking and drinking as an outlet how quickly EVERYONE wants to be your friend. But as soon as you make a change that will BETTER YOUR LIFE and help you to keep a SANE mind, so that you don't go to bed with thoughts of suicide etc they disappear and are nowhere to be found.

So in other words, they would rather watch me deteriorate and be miserable, than to see me uplifted and happy? What kind of friends are those? 

NOT GOOD ONES

Now, that I'm in a positive place in my life I can't seem to find all the friends that use to call me to party and drink every weekend. They seem to have vanished. I hear about them taking trips and going out and when I ask them "Why didn't you invite me?" They tell me things like "oh I didn't think you wanted to go." or "you just seemed so busy with other things...."

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... SUUUUUUUUUUURE....

Before I would have gotten upset when they didn't invite me, but now I just smile and tell them to "Be Safe!" Because I know the truth. I use to chase after temporary highs too. I just NEEDED something to fix me. Something to validate my existence. But now, that I know that all of it, the drugs, the alcohol, the sex its all temporary. It lasts for but a moment and then it disappears. Just like those fake friends. But the one thing that has stayed constant in my life since I have started is GODs UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

Every time I called out to God and asked for his protection he always swooped in and rescued me. 

He didn't hesitate! 

He didn't call me and say "be there in 10 mins" 

He didn't say "sorry I'm busy. maybe tomorrow." 

He helped me right then. He sent people to protect me and keep me safe as well. And these people never hesitated when I needed them. So, do you really think that I'm going to give up my walk with Christ so that I can go back out and have my "fun" in the world? NOPE. Not going to happen. Those people out in the world don't give a fuck about my life. I could be laying on the side of the road and they would just drive past me like I didn't even exist. 

Because let me tell you:

One time my car broke down at a turning light. I was scared and didn't know what to do. About 50 different cars drove by, one man even stopped and asked me if I needed help and when I told him that I did... he DROVE OFF.... LAUGHING saying "Sorry don't have time to help you." 

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"J you talk about GOD too much!" NOPE I don't talk about GOD enough. It is so funny that we can talk and laugh about drugs. Talk about the next violent movie we are going to see, talk about food, new clothes, fashion, go crazy over celebrities that really don't give a fuck whether you exist or not they just want your money etc 

But when people get together and talk about God out in the world they are criticized, shunned and stabbed in the back. You are "CHURCHY" because you want to talk about GOD? You have a passion to read the bible and to share what you have read with others? WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT? 

All that other stuff that people spend the majority of their lives talking about is TEMPORARY. 

But the word of GOD is not. Why would you REJECT something that can only HELP you and not harm you? The system is ready to shut you down. The people out in the world, who do not put God first in their lives are ready to BEAT YOU DOWN and you want to REJECT the only OPTION that will LIFT you up?

For those of you that are so LOGICAL. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? 

If you think it does. You are not very logical then....

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This term "churchy" is linked with someone who has a lively passion to talk about the bible, and share with those who are willing to listen. This term is used in a negative way to make those of us who love the Lord and read Gods word feel bad about wanting to do so. 

SO let's REPLACE it with a BETTER term: "SPIRITUAL" is normally associated with someone who is wise, has a lively passion to talk about the bible, teach others about the scriptures. They are patient in their ability to teach. They feel the Holy spirit. They put God first every day. They live to be obedient to the word of God. They are not ashamed to speak about the Goodness and Mercy of the Lord and they are discerning of spirits when it comes to how they approach their teaching methods. They are confident in their knowledge of the scripture and if a person where to challenge them, they would challenge them back by asking them to "FIND it in the scriptures." 

We need more people to boldly talk about the goodness and mercy of the Lord, 

instead of how some celebrity is wasting billions of dollars (money that everyday working people actually need btw) acting like a fool.