John 15:12

Los Angeles is one of the few places I know of where you can be in a room with 20 people who are devout Christians, 30 people who worship rocks, 10 people who pray to beanie babies and and 40 people who don't believe in anything "they're just happy to be here." As a proud PK and a lover of Jesus, I'm here to say "To each their own" I pray for everybody the same and my main goal is for at least one non believer to see Christ in me so much so, that they at least want to see for themselves why I find him to be so great. I only have one bone to pick and it is geared towards some of my fellow Christians... WHY ARE YA'LL SO JUDGY AND MAAAAD, SHAWTY?? It baffles me when I cross paths with overly Holy Christians that know scripture verbatim yet nothing in them displays peace, forgiveness, mustard seed faith or humility. Don't get me wrong, I don't expect people to be perfect but LAWD.. Can ya try to not be so far from perfect?? I work in an office where religious views are never a topic and its obvious that some folks aren't religious at all. I'll be the first one to say that some of my co-workers have the biggest hearts and are so incredibly gracious it makes no earthly sense. They may not know Jesus but he is dwelling in them whether they want him to or not. I can only imagine how many negative LA Christians have crossed their paths and made them feel unwelcome or even made them feel like church service is a messy meeting where all we discuss is sin, sin and more sin. I think 10 out of 10 non believers feel like if they were to step into a church they would be stoned in the pew and many of these misconceptions come from their experiences with judgy, miserable, Christians. How do I know this? Well, I've asked! It's amazing the amount of answers you get when you take the time out of your day to ask questions. I've also found that many people are church hurt. They once belonged to a church where they felt unwelcome. I NEVER experienced church hurt but I have had moments where i've felt out of place with a group of Christians that used the Bible as a weapon in a ego based war. Luckily, I have my own personal relationship with Christ so it was no sweat of my back but I can only imagine the adverse effect it would have on someone who has an interest in wanting to know Christ but has only been exposed to the iron fist and not the open heart of Christianity. So I say all of this to say we MUST be careful and most importantly we must adhere to the Holy spirit. Operate out of love. The most exciting thing ever is to grow our relationship with Christ but when we become knowledgeable in the Word we shouldn't use it to badgger others and remind them constantly of their shortcomings. Be lovely first, people are drawn to that.