Write just write

I've been slacking on this blog... oops... it's actually because I haven't felt lead to write about anything specific. But then I rented a movie from the library and there was a line I caught in there spoken by a writer "Write... just write... 'write about what you know about'... but then if you wait and listen 'write about what you don't know about.'" Interesting. Writing about what I don't know...

I don't know a lot of things. I don't know people's true motives. I don't know their conscience. I don't know how much truth they hide. I don't know what the future holds.

So why do I try to alter that which I don't know?

Back to what I do know. I know God and I know I'm supposed to stay close to him doing what is right, what is good, what is true.

Up until this point in this post I had NO idea where I was going with this. I just decided, I haven't written here in a while and I should, so I let my hands go. Now I realize where this is taking me.

I know I'm supposed to live for God, righteously. I know people will come against me just as people went against Jesus. I know it's a narrow path to walk. I also know God will bless me for doing so. And that's all I need to know to do so. How do I know this? I am able to verify what's in my heart with what's in the Bible. I'm not perfect, I fault many times, but I know the way I need to live and strive to live is right there in the Bible.

If you don't read the Bible how do you know if you are living the way God wants you to live? Furthermore, if you don't care, how can you call yourself a Christian? Being a Christian is much more than "believing in God."

Taking this a level further... if you fall into that category of not reading the Bible and/or striving to live as God wants you to, how can you judge another? This goes off in two directions.

One- as Christians we are to keep one another on the right path.
Two- if you aren't a Christian, meaning a follower and disciple of Christ, you don't have the authority to lead others down any path... you first need to learn, the way and the truth.

So going off of number two... She should do this. She should do that. She needs to do this. This will help her. Oh she must be a bad person because of this or that. So on and so forth. Who are you to tell me or anyone else what to do or not do UNLESS you are a Christian striving to follow Christ and find that I have wondered off the path and your true intention is to get me back on it? If you are, then by all means, help me get back on track, but only by verifying what the right track is according to that which is in the Bible.

You see the Bible spells it out for us. I don't want to say it makes it easy because life and even the Christian life is not easy... but it does make it more rewarding. And it does make it really nice to know that we are for certain going to Heaven after this life on earth.

And so going off of number one... as a Christian I do strive to lead others to and keep others on that path of Christ.

I don't know what this all adds up to or if it even makes sense. I'm really not thinking about what I'm typing, I'm just typing. So hopefully this reaches someone in a meaningful way. I think basically what I'm trying to say is if you haven't accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you can't tell me or anyone else how to live. And more importantly, please consider the life of Christ. And if you have, then you must walk the walk and not just talk the talk. I want you to go to Heaven and God does too. Start by reading the book of Romans in the New Testament today.

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed- a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." Romans 1:17