Importance of Relationships

I love Sundays! It is a day to reflect on the past week and the week to come. It is a day to praise and worship God. It is a day to enjoy the fellowship of others. It is a day to relax. Today has been an awesome day. This evening they showed "Fireproof" at church. It was a pretty good movie. It had a great message. It was primarily about marriage and how marriage is very sacred and you must do everything to keep your marriage together but in order to do so you need God. Marriage is very important and when you become one with someone it is for better or worse, richer or poorer, for sickness and for health. It is forever! It is very crucial who you marry because that person becomes you and represents you. Marriage also is a commitment for life before God, the community, those you love. Marriage is not what we choose to make of it but rather what God has made it to be. It is the relationship between a man and woman in this world and the relationship between us and God into eternity. Christ is the groom and we are His bride. We who are married to Christ live in a unique relationship that brings fullfillment in heaven and on earth. Marriage is not to be taken lightly. It is one of the biggest decisions I/we will make in life.

So I have been thinking a lot lately about what is means to be a Christian. Lately I have seen the opposite of what it means. It makes me sick to my stomach to see people who call themselves a Christian not live as one. They know what is right and what they should be doing, but they neglect to do so. They compromise to the world, and it is not right, it is wrong. And then when you confront them, they just make excuses and tell you how judgmental you are. I believe that it is time where we face the brutal facts in front of us and charge at them. It is time to stand up for what we believe in and stop falling into the sinful nature of this world. God has called us to be someone great to do something greater for Him. We are called to die to our flesh and confess that Jesus is Lord. We are not being great examples to those nonbelievers around us, but compromising. We are only hurting ourselves. I do not know about you but I know that God has called me to be a woman after His own heart. And that is what I am going to do. Everything I do, I do for God. I want His blessing in my life. And I will only get this by being obedient to what I know is true, the Bible. Being a Christian has its challenges, but lets link arms with one another and go through life together. Let's hold each other accountable, let's share of the triumphant victories, let's celebrate together how wonderful and faithful the God we serve is.