Whose We Are.

While there are many breeds of Christians in the world, I’d like to address two broad descriptions of Christians that I have recently been exposed to. There are people in my life who are not reading every Christian book they know of, they are not updated on the happenings in the world, but they are the reading the good Word and being the best mom/dad/sister/aunt/son/friend/etc through the teachings in it. Then there are Christians who are well educated on the world, statistics of religion and war, and the many theologies surrounding faith… many of their Christian convictions are more centered toward the way our government leads us in faith and the big debates that result from those authorities decisions.

What is wisdom? Knowledge of our world? Knowledge of the Bible? Or both, maybe.

#1. Who is wise? What if you don’t know whose History influenced what religion? Or whose leadership forever impacted State and Religion’s relationship? But what if you know how to love your friends and be a servant to your family.

#2. Vice Versa. What if you don’t know how to treat your selfish neighbor? What if you are struggling to be the wife you wanted to be? But you know how to change the world. You know what you need to do to end Poverty.

While there are mutts, who carry traits of both descriptions, we can often find ourselves leaning to one side or the other in these categories.  And we can often find ourselves comparing. You are not involved in government affairs, but you provide food on the table everyday. Or you haven’t been to EVERY one of your kid’s sporting events, but you are taking strides to end sex trafficking in Asia.

These are merely examples of where you could be coming from… the way I see it, we need a little bit of both. A little bit of both to rub off on each other. And a little bit of both to make small communities and our world a better place to live in. Everyday relationships will impact the integrity of our governments. And the structure of the government will impact the integrity of our relationships.

*Recently after I wrote this post, I went to Taylor University and heard a chapel speaker, Skye Jethani, talk about how we should not find identity in what we do, but WHOSE we are. We shouldn’t question WHO we are, but WHOSE we are. And that is where our identity is found in Jesus Christ, not in whether we change the world or change a diaper, but by what we believe.

http://www.skyejethani.com/-- This is the speakers blog, if ya wanna check it out.