My mom is Catholic. I am firm in my belief that Catholics are not Christian. Thus, salvation is not extended to them. We have arguments about our faiths often. I love my mom. I want her to know Christ... but as it stands now, she sees it as me being a whiny child and that she has placed her faith in the right thing.
I never really understood how she has such a warped view of Christianity...until I realized I was the source of it. The struggles I have at church, with my Christian friends, etc. I have shared with her. She only sees the bad side, because I valued her opinion and advice as my mom. Any good news that I share is seen as silly. Maybe, because I'm so giddy when I share.
God has revealed to me that I can't do this anymore. Yes, I should share my life with her...but the struggles I experience and share with her are actually preventing her from coming to know Jesus. Furthermore, it is preventing me from FULLY depending on God. So from now on, I won't be sharing the discontent I have with church and friends. We'll talk about other stuff.
I love you, mom. Jesus loves you a lot more.
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