Am I a christian now? I’m not sure
October 14, 2008 by DianeCorriette · Leave a Comment
I’m not big on labels. There are a few I will happily accept like mother. I will even take my name as another and my description as a woman but other than that I’m not big on labels.
Wife. Black woman. Tall. Gorgeous (actually I dont mind that one LOL).
All these labels seek to put me in a box and I feel I have spent far too long in way too many boxes to accept another.
The new one is the word Christian. It seems because I go to church and have accepted Christ I am now a Christian. Now I have no complaints about accepting Christ into my life I am just not sure that I like the word Christian and the feelings it brings up in me….. being restricted, following rules, believing to be better than others because I am one. None of these things relate to loving and knowing God.
All I want to do is go to church, enjoy my new family, sing some songs, praise God and give Him thanks for being in my life.
Why can’t I do that without having to give myself a label?
Or maybe I need to ask what the resistance is to accepting the label.
Either way I’m just a woman who loves church. That’s it!