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A Walking Talking Gospel

Why I strive to be one

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A Walking Talking Gospel
Amanda Jayne Sankey

Jesus died for me.

Why am I not shouting that from the rooftops as I should be? Why am I not bragging to everyone about how amazing my God is? Everyone I meet should see Jesus in me. He is living in me, so I need to be living for Him. And showing Him through every single action, because every action I make is a representation of my Savior.

I don’t go to church because my parents go to church. I am not an Easter/Christmas Christian. I don’t follow a set list of rules in order to “be a good person” and to “get into Heaven.” That’s not what Christianity is about. That’s not what Jesus is about.

Jesus died for you.

He chose you before you came to life. He has your name written on His hands.

Jesus is love. Every time I try to express how much He loves us, words fail me (and I’m a creative writing major).

I don’t want to just go to church every Sunday. Singing the songs, listening to the message, and leaving is not what church is about for me. I want to feel the songs, and hear the message. And I don’t want to leave the church, because I am the church.

I want people to see that in me. I want to be seen as different, because it is by Jesus that I am different.

I often hear that your relationship should be a representation of the Gospel. While I believe this is true, I also believe that your relationships with everyone should be a representation of the Gospel. From a husband and wife, to strangers at the bus stop.

I want my daily interactions to be a representation of the Gospel. If nothing else, I want people to feel that I love them. From the angry customer in line that has come back to complain three times, to my mom on the phone at the end of a long day. I want to strive to show them the love, patience, and forgiveness that the Lord has shown me.

I am human, and I fail at showing the Gospel every single day. But I want to try. And I want to want to try. It is because of Jesus that that is possible; it is because of Jesus that any of this is possible. And I just want every single person to get that. To feel the love that I feel. To have the personal relationship with the Lord that I have. Because anyone can have that. All you have to do is try.

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