Being Christian

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Hi I’m Charlotte and when my friend Kristian and my Christian union leader (Karen Turnbull) suggested that I should write an article for this magazine I thought it was a really good idea. The only problem was that I didn't have a clue what to write about.

Then as you do I had one of those random chats with someone which at the time you don’t think twice about but has a massive effect on something/someone in the future.
The conversation was about how you can say your a Christian, you've devoted your life to God etc. but then turn round and be really hypocritical. Because when you hear someone saying things like Christians are crazy, you cant live your life to the full if your a Christian etc. and you think well if I don’t agree but they will think I’m weird and laugh at me; and nobody really wants to be in that situation.

I've been in this situation many times and I’m sure you probably have been in it as well, I have dealt with it in many different ways and as my relationship with God was still developing I would listen to the person talking and half agree. Then I started to not want to listen and I just walked away.

Now I correct people mostly using the statement well who created the world? The most common answer is the big bang theory with the two particles but who put the two particles there? I suppose that if I were completely honest we will never find out till our dying day but the change that I spoke about earlier about how i react differently to people’s actions is enough prove that my beliefs are true and that God is in all of our lives if we just except and believe he's there.
That conversation had an effect on me because now I don't just start spouting off about how I’m a good Christian and how I’m a believer but stop and think about how I could really influence the person I’m speaking too.

To end this article I would like to say that just purely talking is a very powerful weapon that can be used for good or for evil.