Wednesday, 29 May 2013

The new me.

If there is an old me, there must be a new me, as well.
So, here I am.

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I love God. He brought me out of my depressive pits of darkness and showed me His love and light. Jesus was the one who wasn't afraid of hanging out with the people who weren't desired by the society, but, moreover, He showed them the Way, the Truth and the Life and He loved them more than anything.
I was a shadow dweller, but now I am a child of light. But I thank God for letting me be that way, because I came to know the shadows, the world that is so far away from God's holy plan, lost, hellbound, full of lost people, in complete denial. Now, I need God to put an armor on me, so the new me would not react with my old nature anymore, I need to shield myself from the fiery darts of my old thoughts.
But, becoming a Christian, I am still saddened. You know... the most damaging of rejections is not in the hands of society. It rests in the hands of Christians. In a place where hope and LOVE are the focus, you would expect to find a safe heaven, a hospital that treats the spiritually wounded. But, for those who dare to stand from among the crowd, a different reaction is received. These people search for hope, but find it withheld, and they are shunned. A lot of our brothers and sisters in the Lord are blinded by the fact that not all of us fit into the Christian Cookie Cutter Mold they believe we should fit into. We are all unique and God uses those individual qualities in us to reach others like us. DO NOT judge on the outward appearance, it is not right...
"For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'' (1 Samuel 16:7)
But I thank God for this, too. I now know the pain and hurt of rejection, just like Jesus did. But He forgave everyone, and that's what I do, too. God will deal with them, because God approves me. And when I feel weak, I can go to Jesus and tell Him whatever is on my heart concerning this whole ordeal and then turn it over to Him. I leave it there, with Him, at the cross.
What should YOU do?
Despite popular beliefs, not all punks are rebellious or anarchists. Not all emos or Goths are involved in the occult. As a matter of fact, these groups are composed of such diverse individuals that they will constantly defy your labels. They can be rich, poor, or middle class. There is no set religion in either group, but many of those in each are, in fact, followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are musicians, painters, writers and plumbers. They can be introverted or extroverted, loyal friends or social butterflies. To slap a label on them relinquishes the opportunity to learn of different lifestyles. 
Also, DON'T try to change them. Only God can do that. You cannot determine beauty for them. Beauty is not necessarily what you think it is. A beautiful life is born out of the particularities and the inclinations that a man has and the active practice of them - here is the complacency. The idea of fulfillment outlines the BEAUTIFUL man, but, it is placed in parallel, in the most inappropriate way, with the idea of freedom, which leads (FALSE!!) to fulfillment. Freedom is necessary, but not suficient. The modern contemporary perceives it as sufficient and he's fighting with ardor (only) for her. The result is then inevitable and we get some crippled forms of freedom: libertinism, individualism, megalomania. The reason of freedom is not freedom. Although apparently, freedom is perceived as an accomplishment, people forget that our freedom ends when the freedom of the other person begins. Here is the principle of preserving freedom. And, the final form of freedom is the freedom through God. Because, if we walk in His law, we will be free. Without law, there wouldn't be any justice, so, we wouldn't have any freedom whatsoever without Him, because everyone would impose his own law. You see, beauty reveals the harmony between people. A man cannot set an example unless he has the ability to create and sustain a harmonious relationship with any of the people around him and thus within himself - becoming through others in order to become himself.
In all interactions with different people, reader, please remember one thing. You are the ''little Christs'' by name. How you treat others will reflect either positively or negatively on Christ's own face. You are the visualization of Jesus to the world. Behave well and love the others, without judging.


------more to come--------

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