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I know opinions are like rear-ends…everybody’s got one, so here’s mine! 

Let me start by saying, I’m an imperfect follower of Jesus Christ. I believe Jesus died for ALL people, from the beginning of time till the end of time! He died and rose from the grave three days later, so that we can be forgiven of all of our sins and have a relationship with our Creator (which we didn’t earn or deserve)! So, our responsibility as forgiven Christ follower is to live our lives, the best we can, in a way that pleases our Creator and mirrors the life of Christ. Thankfully, our Creator left us the Bible and Holy Spirit to help accomplish this mission. God loves the people of THE WORLD very much!

CAN I GET AN AMEN?!?!

My concern is that we as Christians are so passionate about our convictions that we lose sight of the bigger picture.  Our goal in life is not to convince people that they are wrong because of the way they live their life, our goal is for people to see Jesus in every part of our life. As a result, people will naturally want to know what is SO different about us.

One the other hand, there are some Christians don’t have any conviction and won’t stand for anything on the planet.

What’s crazy about living in 2012 is that everyone can get on facebook and communicate their opinions (kind of like I am). My only question is, when we use social media to communicate our passionate convictions, are we pointing people to Jesus, or are we trying to convince people to “be the kind of Christian I am”? I’m not saying that you can’t point people to Jesus by voicing your convictions on facebook, but what I do know is this.

People that aren’t followers of Christ can and will use the “current Christian conflict” on facebook as a classic reason to have nothing to do with Jesus! I understand that we need to stand firm on the things that the Bible say are sin, and I also know that we should spend our lives investing in the the things/people Jesus invested in.

All that said, Jesus was REAL clear about the best way to point people to Him when He said this in scripture “A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. BY THIS EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER”. John 13:31-35

Hey, last time I checked, it’s a free country and I’m not the facebook police, so do whatever the heck you want…

 

Title less (like the golf ball)

Not good at creative/cute titles to blogs.

A lot of people post different types of blogs. Some are serious, some are inspirational, some are dumber than a bucket of chicken beaks, some are spiritual, some are soap boxie and some are pest-peeves. Today, I’m gonna post a pest-peeves!

“I didn’t mean to interrupt.” So, let me get this straight. I was talking, then you “accidentally” started talking over me.

When the person that inflicts the pain (hits a friend in the go-nads) says “that didn’t hurt”. Really? Are you magic? How do you know if it hurts?

I could only list two pest-peeves because my time was cut short by “the pastor”

Love Love!!

hi y’all

So, it’s an understatement for me to say it’s been a looooooong time since I’ve even opened my blog, but that’s neither here nor there.

What?
Yes!
Not really…
I’m not talking to you!

Check please
Tyler
Jared
Ashley
Edward

Intoducing…

Ok, I’m probably the most inconsistent blogger…on the planet. Oh, and considering I have a blog, you would think I would blog about my new daughter, who is now two months old. But, I’m not a betting man, so…

I would love to introduce to you my beautiful daughter, @sophiagraceinmon & her big brother, @lukeinmon!!!

Sophia is beautiful like her mother @rachinmon!!!

Two men and a baby

Hey, Christians, let’s not show our self-righteous rear-ends over this issue…I know that’s a strange thought, but let’s think before we react.

When you turn your nose up, or gasp in disbelief at the culture God has strategically placed you in, you’re not being a “good Christian” for “standing up for what you believe in”. You’re, actually, giving people that don’t know Jesus a reason to continue to not know Jesus. It’s great that you are trying to behave in a way that’s “holy”, but let’s remember that our “holy behavior” is rubbish in the sight of God and if it wasn’t for the grace of God through Jesus, we would all be screwed!!

Living a life that reflects scripture is great, but not if it results in elevating ourselves above others. I’m not saying the behavior of other people can’t make you uncomfortable, I’m just asking that we don’t act like idiots and say things that would make us sound like a Pharisee….especially, if our true motivation is that we just don’t want to have to explain to our kids why two men adopted a child…

Considering I’m typing this on my phone, at work, I’m not even going to list the examples in scripture of how Jesus interacted with/approached people living an “immoral” life as a result of never being change by him from the inside out.

So, what are yall having for dinner?