I am really STRUGGLING with the silence from many Christians and worse… the not so subtle suggestion for ME to sit down. Have you felt that?
I am called to stand up and to act.
I am called by Jesus Christ to run towards the battle, even if nobody, but Him, is beside me.
I don’t want to, I am scared and weak in all honesty and humility, but I will do it every single day for my children and for yours and for those to come and trust that God is leading me to lead others.
I am certainly no expert on scripture, which is WHY I am struggling, but I know in my heart that God wants this from me:
1. To expose evil and deceit whenever I see it.
2. To push for justice for victims and promote policy that decreases the amount of victims in the future.
3. To forgive and pray for those people.
He pushes me to do all three of these things at the same time. I feel like I keep being told by Christians that the scripture points to letting God handle evil but that doesn’t make any sense to me.
Like I said in my book, he uses the machinery of this earthly world to create miracles… to bring people into the light with even the darkest hearts, and sometimes WE are that machinery for others.
Like I said, I don’t know the scripture well. I read the Bible with my youngest every morning, I listen to a variety of sermons and I attend Church and my small group. I’m doing all the things I can to learn, but I feel like this vague modern sentiment and what I am reading on my own are not the same thing.
As a new believer, I am hungry to learn.
What am I doing wrong?
What is the thru-line between serving God and being a good citizen?