We have all seen these:
Or something like this:
Or verses used out of context:
Which makes me want to do this:
Don't forget about #Blessed either:
I am a Christian. I don’t use #Blessed. I don’t plaster any of my of my social media pages with “God stuff.” I try not to take things out of context. I don’t make my presence blatantly known in ‘Christian’ places: church, chapel, outreaches, ministry event, conferences, etc. I don’t try to impress the Pastor or treat his daughter differently than any other person. Not to mention I only use Christian jargon when having deep conversations with other Christians. This my friend is a short conversation with a bunch of Christian jargon I wish to enthrall you on. This is a tale about why I do not play these silly games Christians have come up with.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a Christian. I believe Christ died on the cross and rose again to save humanity from their sin. I will openly talk about it if an opportunity arises. What I will not do however is shove it down your throat. Often times there will only be slight verbal or physical clues to show that I believe in and follow God. I believe that everything happens for a reason. Life is, in fact, a domino effect of humans’ free will and spiritual interactions. By spiritual interactions, I mean Angels, Demons, and God. Though, that is another topic. While I do go out and street evangelize from time to time, get involved with different ministries, and etc. I refuse to push any of my ideologies, theologies, thoughts, opinions, beliefs, or anything else on you. I am a down-low Christian.
This notion of a “down-low” Christian might confuse some. “You can’t really be a Christian if you don’t proclaim God to the world. God calls us to go out into the world and proclaim the gospel to all around us! Mark 16:15 tells us to!” Yes. You’re right. God and the Bible tell us to. They did not specify how though. In John 15:12 Jesus says to the disciples, “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you (NIV).” Am I not proclaiming the gospel silently as I follow God’s command to try to love everyone I come in contact with? Am I not proclaiming the gospel when my enemies ask me why I am so kind to them in spite of all they have done to harm me, and I reply that I love them because Jesus loves me and He loves them?
Every single job I have been hired for and worked have been secular jobs. As I continue working towards my dream of evangelist outreach, people who have knowledge of my goal have come to me stating I need to acquire formal ministry work to even be considered for a ministry position. I kindly beg your pardon. In all of the jobs I have worked I have had countless opportunities to be the hands and feet of Jesus. I have worked with people from all over the globe. By being interested in them, who they are, where they come from, what they believe, it opens the door for me to share who I am- a woman in Christ, where I come from- my testimony, what I believe- Jesus Christ is the one true God who died and rose again for my sin, your sin, everyones’ sin. If I contemptuously, arrogantly, and ignorantly strutted around declaring my beliefs to others without knowledge of their own, will they ever heed the words I say? No. Of course not! By softening my approach, it offsets the brazen overtones Christians have set before the world whether they were intentionally or not.
I am always the girl who is up for almost anything. Yet. I have had an infinite amount of conversations about God simply by declining certain things: drinking, sex, drugs, illegal adventures, etc. People are extremely surprised I refused any or all of these offers. It then begins a conversation on why I said no. During the conversations I am straight forward enough to let individual(s) know I respect their opinion(s), thought(s), feeling(s) but that I in fact strongly disagree with them. A few times people have gotten so upset that I dared to bring ‘religion’ into a conversation they leave. Sometimes if we have a conversation I see how my words have affected them immediately. Other times there is no change. I only know I planted a seed, or perhaps helped water one. I’m not sure. The only thing I do know is I will never force anything on anyone ever. I proclaim the gospel through my mundane existence. I will continue to always be a down-low Christian.
