Greetings to All of You in Jesus' Mighty Name,
Hello Friends, Family and Fellow Hikers,
I have been wanting to write for some time now but have been very busy and have not had good wifi service. I would like to discuss being the body of Christ. We have been walking across America this last year and have been in contact with many different beliefs. We have been able to share in depth the Love of Christ to Muslims, Buddhist,Hindu, Christian, Unbelievers and much more. Our family believes we are to live what we believe and to show it in our daily lives and to be a light for Jesus daily in ALL that we do. Our whole body should be a living testimony of what we believe and through this others should see it shining bright in us and through us. All across America people have said they have noticed our smiling faces and seen the light of Jesus on our faces and it has been a great witness to all we have met thus far. Yet, there have been others whom it has saddened me that some whom profess with their mouth that they to are Christians and have had issues with our way of living for Christ.
God's word says we are to be the body of Christ! One Body, One Baptism, One Faith and of One Accord; yet we are ALL divided by doctrines.This too is very sad to me and I am sure this breaks the heart of God as well. We are walking to show the Love of Christ to ALL we meet. This includes the homeless, the train hoppers, the Muslims, the Hindus, the Christians, the Opposite lifestyle choices and so on. We have been asked two questions on our walk from ALL of these people. What are you? Why are you doing this? Hugging me? Talking to me? We have gone out of our way to talk to people who have no home and others would not even be caught talking to them. We are to be the Body of Christ, His hands and Feet. We are to let our light so shine that ALL may come to know our Father which is in Heaven. Yet, How are we to do this if we ourselves whom profess to be Christians will not even talk to any of these people listed above? It seems to me that we are to worried about what the world thinks of us , rather than what God thinks of us. What would our preacher think or our best friend or parent or our boss, think if we were seen hugging the neck of a smelly homeless stranger? I may lose my job our stature in Church! Yet, We are called to be the Body of Christ!
We have homeless people now who are following our blog and face book whom now get our scriptures daily and other lifestyles, who get the word of God daily through our blogs. They are being fed God's Love and His word because we hugged a neck, we did not know or we went out of our way to talk to them about Jesus. Did you know that most of these people did not know that Christianity is a religion of Love? Do you know this? Where was Jesus? Was Jesus sitting daily with the elite at their tables and socializing only with the select groups? I do not think so! He was with the homeless, the lepers, the blind, the broken hearted, the lost, the poor and so on and so on. He actually spoke anger towards the elite and rich and said they have their reward now! Yet, we have some how come to the thought that we are better than these people because we have salvation and we may just say a prayer for the hungry, the smelly homeless and not dare talk to a Muslim because they are the enemy! Yet, Jesus said ," We are to Love our enemies"!
We are the Body of Christ, We are to be His Hands and Feet, We are to Love God, We are to Love our Neighbor, We are to Love one another, We are to Love Our Enemies and there is NO exceptions in this! So, We are to Love everyone! There is No one not mentioned, we are to Love!
If we are the body of Christ then why our there so many divisions in Christianity? Why are churches dividing daily? Why are we fighting? It is because as all of these people that we have met have asked us, why are you loving me? We asked them do you go to church and where? They ALL have said the same thing.....No, I tried but they did not want me there! They did not accept me or love me or welcome me! This is not being the body of Christ! This is thinking we are better than they are and we are ALL sinners. Yet, they need a Savior, just like you and I did!
So, I encourage you to step out on God's Word and extend His Love and start living as you are the Body of Christ and Be His Hands and His Feet and spread His Love and be a Bright Light for the hurting today. Souls are what matter in life not things, not stature and not class. We should be living for Christ and doing His work for the Kingdom, NOT for our own gain in this world but for saving souls, that is why we are here. Do something unusual today and say hello to a stranger and ask if they know Jesus today. Thank you and I Love each one of you! Become the Body of Christ, Be His Hands and Feet today and He will bless you for it!
In Christian Love,
GentleFir, Jennifer
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