If Christ is for me….

I really Retinal artery like to Buy altace be understood, as I Terbinafine hydrochloride cream am sure Cleocin hcl most people do.  Just ask my wife.  If I feel that she didn’t understand something I said or did the way I wanted her to I go to lengths to explain it to her.  I am sure I annoy her with this sometimes (probably every time).  I am getting better at trusting her to understand me.  I guess that happens the longer you are married.  The point is, I like for people to understand me.

I also like to browse around on the net finding things that interest me and read about them.  This kind of reading has led me to several sites that I know usually have content that I like to read so I frequent them.  I enjoy the topics and the discussion that those topics bring about.

More and more I see a trend on these sites to go against what I believe to be true.  One such site is Digg, a social bookmarking site that used to cover mostly tech news.  As it has grown, different kinds of news stories have come to the front page that rail against anyone or anything conservative or Christian.  It has been taken over by people who disagree with me.  There is no balance.  That is fine, I don’t have to frequent that site.

The other night I was looking at a product that is very Christian in nature on a website that reviews tech products.  Not only was the review very condescending about the fact that it is a Christian product, the comments below were even worse.  It seems that when people encounter something Christian the venom comes out.  So I sit there reading these comments, wondering how these people can talk the way they do.  It was very discouraging.

I want people to agree with me!  Is that really too much to ask?  I guess it is for a believer in Christ.  The world won’t agree with us.  In multiple places, the Bible tells us that the world see the gospel as foolishness.  Their unregenerate hearts can’t comprehend spiritual things.  Why should I expect them to agree with me?

When I get to the point of being discouraged like this I really need the Word.  I need to be reminded that if Christ is for me, who can be against me? I need to realize that the only way they will understand me or agree with me is if they come to know Christ.  Maybe I need to speak up.

How do you deal with situations like this when you feel surrounded by voices telling you that your faith is misplaced?

Brian