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     I have the most horrible habit of judging others. And every time I begin judging them, or criticizing their lifestyle... in the back of my head I think to myself how miserable I must be in that moment to take happiness out of my day to ruin someone else's (even if they don't know I am judging them). 

     Here is an example... my brother rarely goes to church... and it makes me sad because I would love to have him go with me on Sundays, but that is just not where he is at right now... and I always let him know how I feel about it... and it is never in a loving way. He reacts negatively and then it turns into a fight... so needless to say I would rather not argue with my brother, especially when I am supposed to be showing the light of Christ. My point is... WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN IF WE ARE NOT DIFFERENT THAN THEM!?!? 

     Talking, walking, acting, living like a person who does not have a relationship with Christ is not going to win people to Him, it is going to lead people to think that we are just another person... we are God's person, we need to act like it! 

     As I was sitting in church this morning I began thinking, why the heck would my brother want to come to church with me if I am constantly being a nagging, judgmental sister? No different than talking to a friend and throwing out judgments on how they are living... show concern, not judgement. Wouldn't it be amazing if the next time we saw someone doubting our God, we went and hugged them instead? No one is going to come to God by doubting their lifestyle as well. 

     BE NICE! We are here to shine the light of God... to BE MORE LIKE JESUS EVERY DAY! If we can't be loving and happy to our friends, family, and strangers who do not know God... why would they want to know the God that we say is so loving when we ourselves are being judgmental and unloving? Be different! God forgave the men who crucified Him... while they were killing him!!! And we can't even love our neighbor!? We need to be different, so different that people want what we have... and we have God.

Show the light of Jesus!!!

Alexa