Lately I have been focusing my entire life around Jesus. I feel as though during the school year, there is so much chaos that I am constantly pushing away my relationship with Jesus, and I tell myself that I will “get back to Him later.” This summer I have found time to slow down and focus on the most important relationship I have, but as I grew closer to Jesus I began to feel ashamed, and I shouldn’t have.

With all of the recent commotion around the world, Christians have been getting bashed pretty hard. I feel like I’m not allowed to talk about my faith and that now it’s considered “risky” if you tell someone you will pray for them. We are viewed as the bad people and everyone hates us because they think that we hate them. It disappoints me because this is 100% not the world God wanted. We were put on this earth to shine His light unto others and show the massive amount of love that God has for us. We are meant to love everyone as our neighbor and recently we have not been doing that. Our country is slowly falling apart and hate is constantly being see and heard.

I want to show the world that I am not ashamed of my God. True Christians have done nothing wrong and we are made to spread love. My God is greater and my love for Him is ever lasting. When I think about all of the other religions, I question why people wouldn’t want to worship my God. He forgives all of my sins, he loves me absolutely no matter what, and every day he shows me a miracle in disguise. God did not plan on war, hate, protesting or killing. These are all things that are brought from free will and are man made.

I wanted to write this article to remind everyone that you should not be ashamed of our God. He is mighty and powerful. I am constantly amazed at the things that he does for me and it is so comforting knowing that I have a trustworthy and loving God that is always there for me. Whenever it feels like the world is down on you, know to look up and seek God. He knows the plans for your life and He only wants the best for you. I am not and never will be ashamed of my God.