never assume

ok so "never assume" is something i learned in geometry from my teacher mr alford BUT that is not what were talking about. So all the time at my christian school teachers say things like "i dont know if all of you are christians" or "i bet there are some of you that have not accepted christ" and all the time ive looked at them and thought, "yeah like maybe four people in our whole campus" i mean seriously why would you go to a christian school if you arent christian? it's not like its that great of a sports school or that great of a drama school or that great of an academic school, but we definately base everything we learn off of the bible. So i just assumed there was the odd one or two who arent christians at our school. never would i stop to think one of the "odd" people are one of my friends. but there's this guy i have been talking to for a while who's really been trying to turn his life around becuase he used to be a really angry kid and hated our school and his friends and family [this is not an unusual occurance at our school, i dont have a single friend that doesnt either hate our school, the people at our school, or their family] and i just figured like oh hes going through a really hard time. and so i would pray that he would turn back to god. there it was... the assumption. turn BACK to God. how the heck would i know if this kid new christ before he could have grown up hating our beliefs and never had accepted christ but that NEVER occured to me until tonight. What made me see this tonight you ask???

i looked at my phone and saw one missed message from this kid. i read it and he told me that he had finally read his bible in his bedroom last night and at last ACCEPTED CHRIST! my friend became a christian yesterday and this whole time ive just been assuming that he has been one all along.

I am so happy i got to experience my friends joy as he told me that he had found the love that gets me through the day. It is incredible because he said in the message that he wanted to tell me because im the one that would care. WHAT! of course i care he just accepted God! we arent even that close of friends really but it made me think. if im the one that cares then would all of his closer friends not give a crap if he told them? i mean i cant picture someone telling their friend "i accepted jesus christ as my lord and savior last night!" and that friend responding "... so? why would i care?" that is so incredibly heartbreaking! i know his friends and some of them are christians. [not an assumption i know they are] how sad is it that not everyone thinks that we would even care if they accepted christ? that some christians would just be judgemental of the fact that it took them so long! this is truly tragic

we, as christians, need to show eachother how much we care that's who we are. our whole religion is based on LOVE and if we dont care when one of our friends accepts christ then i dont know what to think! Let's join together in love and unity. [i know im a hippie so dont poke fun.]