Buddhist Influence - HUGE

It is truly amazing to me how much influence the Buddhist religion has on influencing the rest of the world. The inseperable hold it has on much of the world is fascinating and sad. Families are being disowned, beaten up, and otherwise discarded once they choose to follow Christ. There is NO grace. There is NO openness. There is NO tolerance.

I have to admit - I love their devotion. It's a shame that Christians can't somehow embrace this type of devotion to our Lord. Yes - we should couple it with grace and love and patience. But the inseperable embrace of Jesus seems to be missing in America.

It would appear that if we have much of any type of hindrance, inconvenience or difficulty - our faith is the first to go. People love Jesus when He serves them well. People embrace Jesus when He provides them salvation, peace, joy, hope and prosperity to their otherwise discouraged life. People love Jesus when He's providing something.   

I'd like to see Americans embrace Jesus and Christianity with an inseperable abandonment. The old has gone and the new has come. Embrace the new, people. With Christ - everything won't be alright. Everything will be as it is supposed to be. And that may involve hardship, difficulty, and suffering. So what?

Comments

[Ben]

Ouch! Not so close!

[K]

Exactly. And without Christ life is hard too, so why not embrace Christ and take the risk of life filled with joy during the hard times... i like those odds