so, what type of person are you going to say in your profile that you are?
what leads you to say that some of the things you do aren't really good? because other people tell you they're not good? because you think they're not, or because you think they break your ethical principles, like lying or cheating or something?
what can be described as Christian covers a lot of ground, and there's no one definitive answer. and just the same way, what can be described as "normal" by people who call themselves Christians varies a whole lot, and most of all what is actually normal among people who call themselves Christians, that is, what they actually do even if they don't advertise it, varies hugely. i've been learning this myself more and more over the last few years as i've got to know people and discovered some surprising things about their private lives, and it was the most beautiful revelation to me that they found no conflict between these things and loving Jesus
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I posted my profile... I'm kind of a nervous person when it comes to actually telling people in wide range so if you don't particularly mind... I finished my profile... or the bulk of it really.
I'm kind of OCD so I'll end up making a layout later... X3
But no... I'm not torturing puppies... ; ;
Actually I just got a bunch of pet chickens. I'm so not into killing animals, even if we end up having to like get rid of the roosters...
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I really dread the idea of having to even kill our chickens.
"But I've had some people not even know me fully and tell me I shouldn't claim to be a Christian..."
On Friday I was involved in a Good Friday march: Several thousand people following a cross through a very central part of London. During the afternoon my friends and I encountered a man who was handing out leaflets purporting to tell people how they should be Christians. We were quite struck by this: that someone would have the audacity to tell a group of people who had made time on their Good Friday afternoon to follow a cross that they weren't doing it right and that he supposedly had a better idea of how we should be doing it
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I'll let you in on a secret: just because fundamentalist Christians might not agree with your interests or find them sinful doesn't mean you're not a Christian. If you are comfortable calling yourself a Christian, then do so without reservation! Let God judge you!
And if people try to tell you you're not a Christian, there are several parables Jesus himself used that you can use in response: "Judge not, lest ye be judged"; "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?" Matthew 7:3-4.
You sound like where I was a couple of years ago. I say 'was' carefully, because although I'm very much still the person you describe, but a lot more comfortable with it
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As far as with me, I'm very comfortable with myself and who I am...
It's just as far as like... God and what everyone always seems to think...
I dunno. I just feel like I'm two different people sometimes...
I don't like having a me that I only show to some people... I'm a pretty open person with things and I just have some stuff that I don't tell... well, family.
I don't think... that sexuality has anything to do with Christianity in the sense of good or bad. I think love is love and that love is the most precious thing you can have with someone be it friendly love, family love, or lover love...
Hai... I'll keep that in mind.
I tend to think too much when I make posts like this, where I feel like I have something to say... in short I'm really just looking for Christian friends that have similarities to me... I guess. People that will kind of understand a bit what I'm going through.
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so, what type of person are you going to say in your profile that you are?
what leads you to say that some of the things you do aren't really good? because other people tell you they're not good? because you think they're not, or because you think they break your ethical principles, like lying or cheating or something?
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It's maybe not a big deal to me, might not be a big deal to you for all I know...
But it'd probably be a big deal to my Grandma or my Mother...
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I posted my profile... I'm kind of a nervous person when it comes to actually telling people in wide range so if you don't particularly mind... I finished my profile... or the bulk of it really.
I'm kind of OCD so I'll end up making a layout later... X3
But no... I'm not torturing puppies... ; ;
Actually I just got a bunch of pet chickens. I'm so not into killing animals, even if we end up having to like get rid of the roosters...
><;;;
I really dread the idea of having to even kill our chickens.
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On Friday I was involved in a Good Friday march: Several thousand people following a cross through a very central part of London. During the afternoon my friends and I encountered a man who was handing out leaflets purporting to tell people how they should be Christians. We were quite struck by this: that someone would have the audacity to tell a group of people who had made time on their Good Friday afternoon to follow a cross that they weren't doing it right and that he supposedly had a better idea of how we should be doing it ( ... )
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Thanks, this makes me feel better...
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And if people try to tell you you're not a Christian, there are several parables Jesus himself used that you can use in response: "Judge not, lest ye be judged"; "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?" Matthew 7:3-4.
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I truly appreciate your words.
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I'm totally working on like a hundred different Miyavi/Kyo or Miyavi/Bill fics.
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It's just as far as like... God and what everyone always seems to think...
I dunno. I just feel like I'm two different people sometimes...
I don't like having a me that I only show to some people... I'm a pretty open person with things and I just have some stuff that I don't tell... well, family.
I don't think... that sexuality has anything to do with Christianity in the sense of good or bad. I think love is love and that love is the most precious thing you can have with someone be it friendly love, family love, or lover love...
Hai... I'll keep that in mind.
I tend to think too much when I make posts like this, where I feel like I have something to say... in short I'm really just looking for Christian friends that have similarities to me... I guess. People that will kind of understand a bit what I'm going through.
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