Behind the Name

This summer, God has really been working on my heart. For my entire life, I'd called myself a Christian, and I'd lived what most Americans would consider a Christian life. I read my Bible almost every day, prayed, and volunteered at church on regular basis. In my mind, I wasn't a Corrie Ten Boom or a David Livingstone, but I was still a good Christian.

But being a "good Christian" doesn't make you a real one. In June, some girls from our club started a Bible study that changed by whole perspective on my faith. God doesn't call us to give Him a part of our hearts. He doesn't really even want to be first in our lives. Being a Christian means that God has your entire life. It means that you lose control, so that He can gain control of your life and make it beautiful. It means that we decrease, so that He might increase in our lives. It means laying down everything at the foot of the cross, for something better: the love of Jesus Christ. THAT is real Christianity.

And that's what this blog is all about. I wanted what happened to my heart this summer to keep on going, and I wanted somebody else to be able to feel it, too. I wanted an anchor group to just talk about the tough questions in life, and shine the light of Christ. I wanted it to start with us.

There's a dying world out there, that needs real Christians. And, trust me, real Christianity hurts. It almost cost me a really close friendship. And I know the price of serving God is only going to go up as I get older. But I also know that God is with me. This world can strike me down. It can devastate me, persecute me, and it can even kill me. But it can never win. Because nothing can never take the love of Jesus Christ away from my heart.

If you have 11 minutes to spare today, this video from the Ellerslie Mission Society just might change your life. It did mine.