15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.
~1 Peter 3:15, NLT
When you put Jesus as the center of your attention, there's no way people won't notice. Even if you're not "Jesus this" and "Jesus that"-ing, but just smiling and putting distance between yourself and worldy things.
Being a believing Christian doesn't mean you walk around shoving Scripture down people's throat. :)
Really it's all about reactions and decisions. When someone is rude to you, and you answer them softly (maybe adding a "God bless you!") it can mean the world to them, and turn things around. Where I work, I have customers come in (or on the phone) all the time who are in bad moods.
When I'm nice to them, eighty-five percent of the time they turn around and apologize, thanking me for helping. (Even if all I did was tell them I couldn't help them!) The conversations almost always turn around when I lovingly face them without being short or defensive.
Another facet of this is noticing when those unhappy people do crummy things, that most of the time they've had a really bad day. Whenever anyone acts like that, always try to put yourself in their shoes. Maybe something really bad just happened to someone they know? Maybe their dog died, for all you know. (Or their goldfish, and they just had a toilet-funeral!) :)
Besides dealing with unhappy people, when you shine and are light and free, people notice. Their curiosity gets to them, 'What is this peculiarity?'. =)
And that, my friends, is when you tell them.♥
-Kiana
Saying of the post:
I am considerate, putting God first and others before me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved
~1 Peter 3:15, NLT
When you put Jesus as the center of your attention, there's no way people won't notice. Even if you're not "Jesus this" and "Jesus that"-ing, but just smiling and putting distance between yourself and worldy things.
Being a believing Christian doesn't mean you walk around shoving Scripture down people's throat. :)
Really it's all about reactions and decisions. When someone is rude to you, and you answer them softly (maybe adding a "God bless you!") it can mean the world to them, and turn things around. Where I work, I have customers come in (or on the phone) all the time who are in bad moods.
When I'm nice to them, eighty-five percent of the time they turn around and apologize, thanking me for helping. (Even if all I did was tell them I couldn't help them!) The conversations almost always turn around when I lovingly face them without being short or defensive.
Another facet of this is noticing when those unhappy people do crummy things, that most of the time they've had a really bad day. Whenever anyone acts like that, always try to put yourself in their shoes. Maybe something really bad just happened to someone they know? Maybe their dog died, for all you know. (Or their goldfish, and they just had a toilet-funeral!) :)
Besides dealing with unhappy people, when you shine and are light and free, people notice. Their curiosity gets to them, 'What is this peculiarity?'. =)
And that, my friends, is when you tell them.♥
-Kiana
Saying of the post:
I am considerate, putting God first and others before me.
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved
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