One of my closest friends is Mr Alun Davies. Alun is known for many things in my area. Being the incredible leader of PCY and everything to do with that for the last 11 years. His amazing appetite! His competitiveness. His passion for Jesus & Scripture. Being someone you can always count on and being such a big positive influence in so many peoples lives (including mine). I was really humbled to be asked to speak at his wedding earlier this year.
Here is Alun at another friends birthday earlier this year:-
Another thing Alun is famous for is that he always looks for the best deal and enjoys capturing a bargain. For example, he dislikes going to the cinema any other day than Wednesday because it is more expensive.
My point in writing about Alun is not only to thank him for all he has done for me and many others, but to make this point.
I think many people think Christianity is not a good deal. People think of 'rules', 'boring' service & 'joyless' Church members and then think of all the 'fun' they would have to give up and write it off.
This is not only such a misrepresentation of what the Church is but also incorrect. Christianity is the best deal ever. The very proof of that is that Alun is a follower of Christ. He never misses a good deal!
As human beings we are imperfect and make many mistakes, this is what the Bible calls 'sin'. Our sin puts a barrier between us & God because God is so Perfect & Holy He cannot be in the presence of something imperfect & sinful. To get to Heaven, we need to live a perfect life so we're stuffed there as well. However God came as Jesus Christ to this earth and paid the price for all our sin, so we can have be forgiven and have a relationship with Him and go to Heaven. Jesus exchanged His perfect life for our sin. What a great deal!!
If you want to know more about God, forgiveness & Eternal life just ask!
Hey Mike! Good to see that you have started a blog, It's been on my mind too for a while and actually started one this week but I have failed miserably at updating it every day. Take 2 starts on Monday!
ReplyDeleteLook forward to reading some more from you!
Awesome stuff my dear friend!! Can't wait to read more!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you are blogging! I look forward to reading what you have to say.
ReplyDeleteThis post was very interesting, I think many people now (and not just young people) believe in God but don't want to risk their lifestyle changing. It's too frightening for them so they buy in to the idea that church and Christianity are boring.
Then there the people who say they are Christians but 'don't want to follow rules'. What do you think? You could do a very interesting blog maybe?
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Matt - please start a blog! I would love to read your thoughts on stuff and keep up a bit more with you through it :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCaitlin - Gracias tanto mi querido amigo!
Laura - Thank you so much :) I absolutely agree, I also believe that the Church doesn't do as much as it should to dispel that idea.
Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give us life to the full. In John 14:6 He said He is the Way, the Truth & the Life! There is so much more to this that people don't see or refuse to see.
I believe if you claim to be a Christian and openly refuse to follow the rules then you aren't really a Christian because being a Christian is about choosing to follow Jesus and none else :)
I could blog on that :D thanks for the idea.
In other matters, are we still on for the weekend of the 18th?
Hope all is well!