Judged, but not Convicted.

You know the drill, or maybe you don't. You are going on your way living life the best you know how and someone introduces a new set of rules, a new conviction that tells you if you don't do it their way they will make your life a living hell if they have not already. This person believes that they are right and you are wrong no matter what you say to them to convince them that you are a person of integrity, they seems to see things in you that are not just behaviour faults, but character deficiencies in their eyes. You are judged, but not convinced that their assessment of your character has been accurately diagnosed. In fact the bible tells believers not to judge another persons character, but the fruit of their lives not to condemn that person, but in order that that person might be saved.

But this person isn't concerned about your own spiritual well being, at least they are giving an incredible example that the last thing they are concerned about is your faith. This person thinks that your faith is a misguided delusion and is trying to save you from what he believes is a 'religion complex' and no matter how much you stand your ground with this person they recruit more people to his faithless way of thinking, to make your life more complicated and strifeful than it has ever been up until this point. What do you do when your enemy becomes your loved one?

I ask this question not to get an answer, but to pose a real problem in a real life, my life and to bring to awareness that no matter how hard you try to be a loving a caring person, there are situations and circumstances that we face in life that sometimes seem unbearable. I have decided to carry on in my christian faith, regardless of the accusations towards me, whether they are true or false only God knows and it is the Lord who judges my heart, not man. I am confident in this, that he who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion unto the day of Christ. (translation mine.)

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