“Young people, being and bringing Christ wherever they are”
Although we are in this community, are we staying true to what this community stands for? For me, my parents never forget to remind me when I’m not living out the CFC-Youth life. Although difficult at times, I am thankful for this constant reminder. When I was younger, I used to store different parts of my life in separate compartments. The me at school was different from the me at YFC events. I would swear, I would party, but then on weekends..where was I? I was raising my hands and closing my eyes and telling God that He was my all. Carrying two lives was heavy.. It took years for me to really be and bring Christ wherever I went, especially when I had friends who were self-proclaimed atheists.
Both people within the community and outside the community easily call each other out when they see someone being a hypocrite. If you look at yourself from an outsider’s perspective.. would you be able to see Jesus? But what if He is in your heart but in your tweets are profanity, swearing, and disrespectful words towards your parents? As an areahead, it hurts me to see this.. but brothers and sisters, it hurts God even more. Our actions when we are with people in the community are weighed less than our actions outside it. It is easy to pray and to speak of God when you are at a General Assembly on Saturday morning because you are with like-minded people.. but what happens when you leave that assembly?
Do we regress into being just another person of this world?
We are not of the world, we are of God…