Tuesday, April 29, 2008

i'm a Christian

i saw this on sophie's blog (hope you don't mind me posting it on mine, too, soph!), and i thought it was really good! :) it is so true!! as Christians, we are no different from other people, other than we're saved by God, and we're trying to live differently according to God's word! :)

Christians - By Maya Angelou

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin".
"I'm whispering "I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven."

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.

When I say... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than you,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow.

7 comments:

Sophie said...

hahah i don't mind. =) it's wicked cool.

Anonymous said...

thats nice....

Anonymous said...

lol...that on sophie's blog.

Anonymous said...

i need sugar...sorry! that random! lol...

Jaina *JJ* said...

tori...
"as Christians, we are no different from other people, other than we're saved by God, and we're trying to live differently according to God's word! :)"
hence forth, wouldnt that make us different from other people?

Tori said...

yes, you're right, we're supposed to be different. what i meant was that we aren't any different from other people in that we don't sin or anything like that, we're still human. i guess i didn't make that clear. make sense?

Anonymous said...

Hey Tori,

This mite sound pretty random bt.. I was listenin 2 Switchfoot - Gone n actualy stumbled on ur blog while lookin for the complete bible verse "Livin lik there's no tommorow... based on d lyrics that d song had... Cool blog ! nice words of wisdom...

- Rick
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