A Community member shares her view on why she thinks Christianity is hard, yet worth it.
Itโs easy to sing worship songs every Sunday. Itโs easy to sit in church every single gathering and pretend to be listening and digesting every preaching.
Itโs easy to say โIโm a Christian,โ to preach when needed, to pretend when your heart doesnโt feel like it, to show off and do โgoodโ deeds when eyes are staring.
Itโs easy to raise your hands to heaven with tears in your eyes singing of how much you love God when all is going well. Itโs easy to share the goodness of Jesus when days are brighter and worries arenโt on their way to meet you.
Itโs easy to testify to all the great blessings and provisions He has given you when miracles are left and right, when your family is well when your job is flourishing when your relationships are healed, and when breakthroughs are happening. Itโs easy to feel His presence when youโre in an atmosphere that desires to meet him.
But you know whatโs hard?
Itโs creating time to meet Him wherever you are.
Itโs encountering a hungry beggar and giving them something when you have nothing. Itโs praying for people when you canโt even bring yourself to worship. Itโs seeing the face of God on difficult people. Itโs caring for the people who donโt even treat you well.
Itโs the choice you make every day to stay with Him and choose Him every single day. Itโs the daily commitment to read His word and make time to hear as He speaks.
Itโs saying I love You and meaning it. Itโs raising your hands for Him and not for the people. Itโs singing songs of praise on a busy night at work. Itโs taking the time of your day to pause in His presence.
Itโs making Jesus a daily choice not just a Sunday habit. Itโs making His works and heart famous, not ours. Itโs testifying to His greatness, not ours. Itโs mirroring back all the favor to His grace and not to our hard work and โhard-earned Christianityโ because the truth is, we didnโt earn anything.
Itโs trying harder to overcome your struggle when all you see is your failure. Itโs hearing the His voice when all you have on repeat is self-doubt and self-condemnation.
Whatโs hard is believing Godโs promises when all you can see is darkness. Itโs being grateful when you donโt get what you prayed for. Itโs continuously hoping for a breakthrough in a season of pure waiting. Itโs praising Him amid the pain. Itโs lifting your hands when all you want to do is give up. Itโs trusting Him more through seasons of loss. Itโs loving Him more during days when your eyes are filled with tears, and you hear the sound of your heart breaking.
You see, Christianity is hard because choosing Jesus doesnโt promise everythingโs gonna be easy from here on out โ no, in fact, things will still be the same. There will still be tears, heartaches, failures, disappointments, deaths, and sicknesses. Choosing Jesus doesnโt promise a pain-free life. But it does promise you comfort during pain, healing during sickness, unconditional love during heartaches, breakthroughs after disappointments, and eternal life after death. He doesnโt promise easy, because easy never needed Him.
Yes, itโs hard but itโs worth it.
Thank you for stopping by, until we meet next time, keep sharing your stories and loving on Jesus.
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