JESUS, gratitude, day 21

As a Christian I'm grateful for the faith, hope, and love that fills my heart and energizes my bones. Jesus Christ seems to be a taboo topic for a lot of people that I encounter and Christianity seems to be run constantly through the mud as a hypocritical religion full of a bunch of right wing nut bags and you know what?, there are a lot of hypocritical nut bags running around but they aren't relegated to just one religion or sector of the country. Christianity, true Christianity, is all about love. Its about taking care of each other. Its about looking past yourself to the bigger picture of a bigger life and a future hope. Its about embracing people from the heart and looking past the the surface. My faith allows me to extend the grace that I have received from God to other people. I don't suppose to have all the answers but I do have a faith that grounds me in a world where often times nothing makes sense. My faith in God's plan and purpose allows me to sleep easy at night, to put circumstances into perspective, to live with a peace that no material object has ever provided, to feel a sense of purpose in my passions, to live with a hope that supersedes the nature of  shifting economies and governments, and to see the deep beauty that lies at the heart of every one of God's children. I love Jesus Christ and I'm grateful to walk another day with Him leading the way.