Being A Real Activist

This video was recently put on youtube. :) I like it. I like most of the videos these guys make. They can be a little rough. But I still like them. And this is something I really want to address. So I will start my post with the video.

Thank you blimeycow.

Did you watch it? I hope so.
I generally consider myself an activist. I'm not the march on wall street kind of activist. But an activist nonetheless. Most people who have met me know this to be true. But, like the video stated, those that just know my facebook, just see me as someone who likes a lot of pages. hehe! And I do like a lot of facebook pages. But there are a few things that I really feel passionately about that I really do stuff for and want to do more.

Here is my list of things:
Adoption, hope, and care for orphans
Ending child and sex slavery
And making a difference in mine and future generations
Building community

These are my main things. The things that will start very heated conversations with me. Not fights. Just heated and passionate conversations. I am way too much of a pacifist personality to fight. (I'm not claiming to be a pacifist in the political sense. I'm not against ever having war. Although world peace does sound like a good idea, not an easily obtainable or realistic one.) Maybe that is why I am not the march on wall street type. They are too assertive. lol! Okay, I'm a type A, pacifist, activist. Who knew there was such a thing! lol!

Anyway, I don't have t shirts for any of these things the people around me know I care about them. I'm sure I could do a much better job than I do. And I'm sure the real humanitarianism types have a much longer list of noble passions. Mine stops there for now.

I do have a t shirt for TWLOHA. And that to me has been an awesome conversation started and way to make a difference in mine and future generations in a big way! A way that totally opens up doors to share what they are doing to save teens lives. Even the lives of people I know and care about. How they are giving hope through Jesus and giving teens a reason to live! :) So I guess that activist t shirt of mine goes back to my passion for making a difference in my generation.

My point in all this is that I do see a lot of things that  need to change in the world. But I can't be a part of everyone one of them! No one can! So find the things that you are passionate about and go for it! Put your heart into it! Get the word out about it! Although using the internet is an awesome way to get the word out about what you feel passionately about, it is not always the best way.

I know you are probably reading that thinking "does she know she is using a blog to get this message across?" And yes, I do. But this is also something that I am active about. I am involved in my community in many ways. Because I feel passionately about that! I also do what I can to get the word out about groups that are doing great things for orphans! My newest mission is to help the Red Bus get to my state! They are doing some amazing things further south! They are a group with Show Hope. I have volunteered with Show Hope before and love them!

I do what I can to act upon the things I believe. But that first and foremost comes from what I believe. The reason that people have the desire to feel passionately and share what they believe comes from God's design for us to love Him and love others. This is my belief.

Paul says "Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good." (Romans 12:9) He also repeats this belief that without loving others he has accomplished nothing in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 "If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God's secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn't love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing."


Clearly this was something Paul felt passionate about. Something he cared about and wanted to share. God loves us with so much more love than we can ever understand. And we are called to share that love no matter what. Doing this brings glory to God and that is what we are called to do as Christians.


The term "Relationship with God" is heard all the time. And the church universal has built an image of what to expect that to look like. The church has this image of a relationship with God being very self disciplined. Very intense. Most people think of someone who gets up early to read their Bible and who spends hours praying everyday and only listens to the kind of Christian music that hasn't changed over the past three decades.


Now don't get me wrong, those are all GREAT things! You should read your Bible, pray, and even sing praise! But following that tight schedule isn't what makes a relationship!


Imagine if you and your friend scheduled to talk on the phone at the same time every day. And you were going to talk about the same things for the same amount of time. And you believed the things your friend and you talked about. But you never went and did anything together. You would seem like a strange set of friends right? But that is exactly what you are doing when you aren't walking with Jesus in a personal and passion filled way! (I can be totally guilty of this. In fact, for get "can be", I am guilty of this!)

Once again I am going to clarify my point. I am not saying that you need to be the kind of person that walks around talking about Jesus all the time. 

Those people get on everyone's nerves. 

Even on Christians nerves. 

They are just annoying. 
(Hey! Paul said it first! Have you ever heard a noisy gong or clanging symbol that wan't annoying? I didn't think so. He called us annoying.)

But I am saying that when you have a passion for Jesus it will show in your love for those around you. It will give you passions that Jesus has called you too! And it will help you to live out a love for those passions and the people around you! That, I believe is what every Christian is called to do. I believe a relationship with God is never to be bound by a schedule and it should be viewed by others as someone who really cares about the God they serve and serving that God on earth! Not as the person who is never late for Bible study.


I think got created all of us to be activists. In Ephesians 4 we are called to be the body of Christ. When Christ was on earth he cared for people and taught and loved and lived the life God called him too. He was active. I would certainly consider Jesus to be passion filled about the mission God gave Him.