I have a confession. I’ve been a coward. For the 4 people or so, who follow my blog will notice that I have not been posting. And truth be told I’m still not sure I am ready to post anything. But here it goes….
I was confronted about my blog post after having a debate about a different topic that lead to the use of social media on the racial divide in America. The other person, we’ll call him “A”, said that the use of social media has single handedly widen the racial divide that wasn’t there before. I replied that maybe social media gave people the tool to share more of what has really been going on all this time; kind of like a flashlight to shine a light on a problem that ended up being a wider/broader issue than initially thought of.
He didn’t buy it. He just insisted that social media is just another fake news propaganda machine. To which I responded, “Yes, it can be used that way. But just as a fire that can keep a fireplace lit and a home warm can also light the entire house on fire.”
Then A dropped the line, “People sharing those things aren’t going to change my mind of how I think. Just like your blog posts, you really think that you can change my religion?!” For as little traction that I think I get from my faithful Facebook friends or WordPress followers, I never thought I’d get called out like this!
Let me be clear, I’m never naive enough to believe that I’ll be able to convert others to the Catholic faith. To be honest with you, I never want to say that “I converted” anybody. That’s not my job. My job as a faithful practicing Catholic is to do as Jesus says, “Go and make disciples.” To preach the Good News of the Gospel and be a witness. The conversion is the job of the Holy Spirit.
What this blog site and the posts are about is clarifying some often misconceived notions of this Catholic faith that I cherish so much. I would expect any believer to do the same. Conversion of any soul is a bonus! But what if we never shared, never corrected, or never communicated about our faith? It would die. And though, I do know that satan is working even harder to fight my posts, I just don’t want to hear the Lord say to me, “I never knew you. Depart from me.” (Matthew 7: 21-23) That would really suck. You ever have your parents or someone say to you, “I’m really disappointed in you.”? I never want to hear God tell me that.
So in this short post, I say to you, “Get behind me satan!” And for any of you who are scared to talk about your love of Christ, don’t give the enemy the satisfaction. He wants you to be silent, he wants you to be scared to invoke the name of Jesus because he can’t stand in the same room when we do! So when you need courage, just say whisper “Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.” It helped me to publish this post!
Gentleman, it’s time to be real men of faith!
Disciples At The Ready 