I feel the need to say, “I am sorry” today. I am sorry I bought into the idea that Christians should let people see Jesus in our lives in how we live. I’m sorry to all the people who I worked with and spent other time around thinking that “being different” was the same as sharing the gospel with you. I want to scream, “That’s what I was told,” and it is. That doesn’t make it okay though.
So many times in my life I wanted to say something to someone but this, “They’ll know you’re a Christian by how you live” stuff barged into my head and I was worried about being offensive. I didn’t want to drive anyone away from the gospel.
Fact of the matter is, “How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? How can they hear without someone preaching.” I’m sorry I wanted you to notice I was different and somehow absorb the gospel without ever hearing of it.
I thought everyone in the Bible belt knew the gospel. They don’t. I apologize for not grabbing you by the lapel and challenging you and your worldview with the truth. I wish I could go back.
I can’t. I can only say I am sorry and I hope someone else with a better understanding came into your life. I could name names. A long list of names.
I thought by showing you that Christians were just normal people, but nice, that you would come around. I was wrong.
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