Ministering

I was reading through an interview with a Christian Music artist that has been on hiatus for the past 7 years and it got me thinking. In the interview, this musician comes out of the closet, saying how she has been involved in a serious same sex relationship for the past 8 years. When i first read that, i was completely disgusted and wanted to just stop reading and never think about her again.

Well, God really played on my heart, and i kept reading. So much of what she said just disgusted me, as she still proclaims to be a christian, yet lives the life she does. She was asked whether she has had to choose between her lifestyle and her faith, and she says yes she has at times, but almost sounds like she thinks they are not conflicting as much as I would consider them to be.

With this in mind, I was reading a friends blog post talking about this same interview, and his point in his note was that as christians we tend to only minister to those unbelievers that are easy to talk with, when their sin doesnt seem so bad to us, something that we dont completely frown upon. But when we come to someone whose life is full of sin that we completely detest, we just turn tail and run. Or we pull the card of they know what they are doing to their life, they dont care about their demise. Yet John Smith can have sex repeatedly outside of marriage and we are more than happy to minister and evangelize to him.

Im not saying that ministering to the adulterer is bad, i am trying to say that running away from the people that need the most help is definitely not the best way to mirror Christ. Jesus always hung out with the sinners of his time, the tax collectors, the prostitutes. The people that, in His time, everyone else stayed away from. What groups of sinners do you avoid completely? What groups does your church or fellowship avoid ministering to? Those are the people that you should start ministering to.

Now dont go alone into these groups, but go with a couple guys / girls. The more people you have that this group is willing to invite into their little clubhouse the better. The more people that can set an example of how a Christian should live.

First!!!

Hey guys, so here is my first major step in getting rid of Facebook. I really enjoy the social network of Facebook, but have come to see that I rely too much on it for entertainment / keeping up with friends. I will keep my facebook account active and what not, as I like having all my friend's profile pictures on my phone, but i think that will be it.

You might find yourself asking: "But Spence, how will I get a hold of you now that you no longer check your facebook?" well I will tell you. If you know me in real life, and see me in person, well, get my phone number! And for people that I dont know in real life, well, you can start with twitter, and we can go from there ;) www.twitter.com/ang3l12; and if you have google talk / skype, just message me on facebook within at least a month and I will get back to you :)

This is a major decision for me, and something that has been on my heart for a while now. To start a blog and maintain it, and to get rid of facebook. So hopefully my friends / family will catch on and contact me through the methods mentioned above, and as I said, you can message me on facebook to get a hold of me for the next month or so. I will check messages a couple times a week till the end of may, just so nobody feels left out.


See you on the other side!