My thoughts on Easter.

I am a user of facebook.  It is a completely simple way of keeping in touch with friends of mine that live all over the world.  I can check in with over 100 friends in less than 15 min.  What's not to love?

Well, while I am a Christian not all of my friends are.  My friends all have varying places they are in their lives.  Some believe and some don't.  Some believe but they have been so jaded by the church that their faith has been shaken.  In my walk, I have encountered many different perspectives and I feel that my experiences have led me to be more understanding and less judgemental.

So, the other day when I noticed a friend's post it kind of threw me off my footing.  It was simply stating how she was preparing herself for all the posts about how Christ is risen.  She is not a Christian. She is also a pretty fantastic person.  Great mom, talented baker, genuine friend.  I don't think any less of her for not believing what I believe.

When things like this happen in my world it makes me wonder.  I'm not so naive to believe that all others should believe the way I do.  My own family members who were brought up exactly as I was don't necessarily believe as I do so it would be ignorant to believe that all humans believe in God.  My questions come when I wonder if the reason that they don't believe is that they have never heard the truth or is it that other humans have misrepresented the truth.

Easter this year which is a very happy time in the Christian Church was sad for me.  It was rainy and stormy and all I could think of was that God was upset with us.  That's not the way he works it was just my imagination on hyperdrive, but still...  The way the world is now with sex and materialism it can't make God happy.

Today in your walk I want you to open your mind.  If there is an issue that you are standing firmly on believing that your opinion is the only right one take a moment and open your mind from the perspective of the other side.  Consider their opinion, put yourself in their place how does this change your own opinion?

Jesus was a friend to the people of his day that were considered unloveable.  He didn't just hang out with people that believed in him.  Gain a broader perspective today and go out there and show love.