I come from a very large family on my mother’s side of the family.
There are relatives I do not know and that I have never met.
What I do know is my family always had a belief and connection to God.
My mother went to church regularly as a child yet I did not attend church regularly during my youth and I do not go now.
People can read their bibles constantly, go to church continually, and do good deeds consistently- yet they still do not know God intimately.
There are a lot of people who call themselves Christians with the belief that they are superior to others or within a position to judge others according to their own distorted, limited, or narrow-minded view of what they interpret, misinterpret, or imitate from scripture.
I grew up not liking many of these types of people and I understand why others may resent and disregard them.
A lot of people who call themselves Christians often display an air of complacency. They patronize others who they think or believe are not understanding and aware.
If one may use a figure of speech, talk in a comfortable way they grew up familiar with, or say something not completely aligned with scripture as they adhere to, they are quick to point out and correct you when you actually know more, or just as much as they think they do- but just spoke out in words not articulated to their standard.
They also do not want to listen to or hear anything about God if you do not agree with them or see things from a different perspective.
A lot of these people who call themselves Christians are sick people with different insecurities, motives, and levels of mentality.
They use God as a crutch and they use the church as a place to hide behind to compensate for the past deeds and dirt that they want to cover up. Some people’s former lifestyle will haunt them and drive them crazy.
I am not at all bashing Christians. I am just acknowledging those in specific who it applies to.
It is just a fact that there are people not Christian who are some of the most kind, considerate, intelligent, honest and understanding people.
Then there are Christians who are mean, nasty, ignorant and untrustworthy.
I have always been a child of God and I know him in a personal way. God warns me and exposes to me those who I need to be cautious of.
Do not be fooled by the ones who put on an elaborate show. We gain the advantage by remaining genuine in our imperfections, childlike in manner, allowing the Lord to sit us on his lap to distinguish and protect us from the others.