Update

I haven’t posted in awhile, but fortunately this time it is for a good reason. I have been planning time examining my walk at least once a week, but instead of posting my external thought process I have been sharing it with the small group I am co-leading with Mattie, called We are 12. So I did not feel like my walk, or relationship with Christ was any less then it was last year. Now this may be very well and true only God can judge one’s heart. With that said, I just finished reading a paper I wrote last year and the obvious Christ influence decorated the page like bright lights. This year I have only had a few papers, and still I wonder if I have been sprinkling culture in my work in order to insure I don’t ruffle the fathers of my possibly non-Christian teachers. Sprinkling cultural on Christ-like things is comparable to mixing NaCl with another substance, it loses its taste.

If this is the case it’s not because of a fear of offending my teacher that I dim my Christ influence. I am not a person who finds strong faith of any religion offensive. I take their boldness as something to value, and hopefully I will have the courage to share ideas planting seeds for Christ, but not expecting to see it grow immediately. Thanks to Christ patience is not as hard for me anymore. Side note: I have found Christians, non-Christians and Atheists alike who have pushed their ideas in an offensive manner however. Back on the subject at hand the reasons I may be slightly dodging the fact and truth all the good I have comes from Christ, is it takes humility and if you are turning in the paper to a teacher that has been wronged by religion you better believe that paper is going to be graded harshly. With that outlook I am only looking at the negative side of things, and not the viewpoint I am sure Christ would take. Ok, maybe one or all my teachers have a bitter taste of “Christianity” in their mouth. This would probably be due a mislabeled Christian, meaning someone who clocked themselves with the blanket of Christianity but did not allow Christ to give them the warmth of His love.

Should I write my papers differently, hypothetically knowing that the grader has been wronged by religion in some way? Maybe a little, but in a way that amplifies faith and the way to live. I am not saying to blatantly ignore the prompt and write of Christ powerful love, but Christ is in all aspect of life, he even deserves our thoughts to be focused on Him. [Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest] - Hebrews 3:1. And/or [And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’] –Mark12:30- So whether you are writing about yourself, the global effects of media, or even a fictional story, I encourage the prominent influence of Christ to be boldly noted. This avenue might cause a few unnecessary point reductions, hopefully because of an accidently bias not intentional hatred, and it may also cause your actions to be studied under a magnifying glass by that teacher. However if we remember that [Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ] - Philippians 3:8- including grades and also the fact we are called to follow the example Christ set… and being under a microscopic great accountability to help you follow Christ and succeeding under the watchful eye of a critic is a strong witness.

This isn't the best written paper but I had a lot of ideas bouncing in my head and God uses are short commings to bring Him glory as well, something I like to keep inmind esp when I think I am better then another of Gods masterpices!