What if I Stumble?

What if I Fall?

Published on November 14, 2004 By Death_By_Beebles In Misc

"The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today, is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and walk out the door, and then deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world, simply finds unbelievable.”

- DC Talk

Today, I was able to help lead a contemporary worship service for our church high school youth group. I was asked to do a testimony on love, and it went pretty well. But, listening to DC Talk on the way home, I got thinking about the theme of one of their best songs.

You see, every Christian has these doubts. Is what I'm doing what God wants? Do I just do what I do to make money, and live my life without Him? Am I being a good Christian example? Do I treat everyone with respect, act as a Christian does, and follow the teachings of Jesus and his apostles? So many times I can't really answer those questions. That's why the song "What if I Stumble" comes to mind.

Do they see the fear in my eyes?
Are they so revealing?
This time I can not disguise,
All the doubt I'm feeling.

What if I stumble?
What if I fall?
What if I loose my step and make fools of us all?
Will the love continue, when my walk becomes a crawl?
What if I stumble, and what if I fall?

Is what I write in my blog pleasing to God? One of the best ways I think I can communicate with people new and different is through this blog, and I want to make sure I act in a way that does not make my religion look bad. I don't want people to say, "Look, it's one of those hypocritical Christian kids who thinks he's so much better than everyone else" or "That kid says he's Christian? I don't want to be Christian if all Christians are like him."

It's said that Christians are the worst advertisement for Christianity. I just hope I'm not one of those worst advertisements.

Peace,

Beebes

Comments

trina_p

on Nov 14, 2004

I love that song - I didn't know what this was about when I clicked the title but I immediately got that song in my head.

Great article too

Danny Bassette

on Nov 14, 2004

You will stumble, it is part of the experience that is christianity (at least while on this earth). But so long as you keep asking those questions and following your faith, well then falling should be avoidable. And that is part of why churchs have youth groups, so that when you do stumble they can help get you back on your feet. Of course, there is the other side of it, you helping them when they stumble, but I'm sure you already knew that.

Death_By_Beebles

on Nov 14, 2004

I love that song - I didn't know what this was about when I clicked the title but I immediately got that song in my head.Great article too

Thanks. I love that song, it really causes me to pause and reflect.

But so long as you keep asking those questions and following your faith, well then falling should be avoidable. And that is part of why churchs have youth groups, so that when you do stumble they can help get you back on your feet.

Yep! Our youth group is great at my church, and all the youth involved have a deep rooting in their faith. We keep together and help each other.

Thanks for the comments!

Peace,

Beebes

MarcieMoo

on Nov 15, 2004

Hmmm....I love that DC talk song too...

I guess I've never even thought about if my *blog* reflects my faith. I hope it does...but sometimes I think I get over-passionate about things and don't come across as compassionate...especially about abortion/children's issues.

Thanks for pointing that out to me, Beebles...I need to remember that people from all walks of life are reading my blog...and they might feel Christ's love through me through my words that I write here.

One thing though...I think that sometimes people who aren't Christians have...unfair expectations of us. They expect our family lives to be perfect, our mouths to be perfect, our thoughts to be pious, our kids to be perfect, our bodies never to be sick, you know? And even though I'm a Christian, and I have been for the majority of my lifetime...I make mistakes too...ALL the time. When I'm in school...and my kids are making mistakes, I try to help them work through those mistakes...forgiving themselves for mistakes, forgiving others for mistakes, apologizing when necessary, learning from mistakes, and then moving on with life...make things right and then move on...I know that's hard for first graders to get...and even though I can't talk about my faith in school...oy...hopefully I can plant that little bit of Christianity in their hearts and heads.

Tractor Chick

on Nov 15, 2004

I just hope I'm not one of those worst advertisements.

No, Alex I don't think you are. You sometimes well can say things that might not help.. But overall you are a great person and you are not one of those worst advertisments as you call. You simple just tell the truth like it is. That is all you can do. I am glad that you tell the truth..

stacey

Zoologist03

on Nov 15, 2004

Uh...Alex...you know damn well you're not a "bad advertisment" for Christians...if anyone, it would be me....rest at ease, Al...you're as good a Christian as I care to find out about....

~Zoo

Death_By_Beebles

on Nov 15, 2004

rest at ease, Al...you're as good a Christian as I care to find out about....

Thanks Shaun.

think that sometimes people who aren't Christians have...unfair expectations of us

You are right, but, I think that we need to be as morally straight as we can. People see what we are and even if only 1 of 100 wonders "What makes that person so happy? Who is this Jesus?" then we are doing well.

Peace,

Beebes

dynamaso

on Nov 15, 2004

While I don't consider myself a Christian, I am human and part of the folly of humanity is we all stumble and fall. Most of us learn to pick ourselves back up but sometimes even the strongest of us need a hand.

I admire philosophy of Christianity, as much as any other religion I've read in the past. But the one thing I've learnt is that is no such thing as perfection and to expect it in our everyday life is to invite trouble. It calls for unreasonable expectations and an provides an inability to deal with the unexpected when it occurs.

Great post, by the way and certainly one of the better advertisements I've seen.

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