Perfecting Love

I really hope that I'm doing this right.

It seems too simple, so maybe it is.

I'm trying very hard to simply love God, and love people.

But, I'm not perfect. I'm trying though. I really hope that that counts for something.

So, I was speaking to my manager tonight about politics when the conversation took a turn that I didn't expect. We were talking about abortion, when I eventually brought up the fact that my faith is so important to my life.

I really love how conversation was spurred from there on.

We spoke about organized religion and the church.

Honestly, the church is flawed, as are we. It does things wrong.

We both agreed that arguing over the small things(anything smaller than Christ being our rescuer) is stupid.

I think the reason I was most satisfied with the conversation was more or less because I felt no need to push my beliefs upon him. It is silly to try to make a believer a believer. Just because he is of a different denomination doesn't mean he's not a believer. Why waste time and effort to show someone Christ that already knows him? I have also found that ideas should be offered gently, not thrusted upon people.

It's hard to get my head around this but I came upon this conclusion:

I have nothing to feel guilty about if another person does not choose Christ.

I try so hard to be perfect, but no amount of perfection in the presentation of Christ is going to be the reason a person comes to love Him more.

A person will come to love Christ more because I show the love of Christ. If I can perfect love, then I am getting somewhere.

Love Brings Change.