Megaphone

Have you ever heard the guys that stand on the street corners that use the megaphones and yell at you to accept God or hell fire and Brimstone is coming your way? He has the booklets about everything that he is talking about. And how no one really listens because all he is talking about is hell and to repent, then you hear the word Jesus come out of his mouth. Then he goes on to quote verses about the anger and wrath of God and if I don't repent, how I will spend an eternity in hell. And how I might die tonight, and this might be my only chance. And that if I die I will have a life of misery and spend an eternity in hell. And no one is stopping to listen. Well this is me, talking to "the megaphone guy", I don't think its working. All the yelling and condemnation isn't working, I think its making it worse. And I don't think it is what Jesus had in mind. And ya know, it is confusing to me, you preaching all this condemnation, that isn't what Jesus was about. And you and I end up being compared as the same people as a Christian. Didn't Jesus say that He came to save, not to condemn? Think about it, when the chief priest brought that woman that was caught in adultery, and the people had already condemned her to death, He said "I don't condemn you." That's why God is so awesome, because He tells us over and over again, how much He loves us, no matter where we are in our life, He loves us just where and as we are. It comforts me to know that with all the mistakes that I have made that He still loves me. Mega phone guy, you might be trying to tell the good news, but with the way you are presenting it, does it come across that way? What's important? To love God with everything that we have, and all that we are. And to love those around us just the same. So the defining thing as a Christian, is love. This guy in the Bible, John, said that to love Jesus, is to love others. Which in a way, is saying that if you don't love people, you don't love God. That is why the megaphone guy is disturbing to me, like he is just trying to convert people, just to see how many he can get. Anything that is done to condemn and not to show love, is not anything of God or what He is a part of. God loves the world, and everyone is valuable to Him, so Christians views of people should be the same. Now that doesn't mean that we can't have an opinion, it just means that we need to speak our minds, and tell what we believe, but we need to do it out of love and respect. And when we show that love, something powerful will happen, something that cannot be denied. Love always wins, people can tell when we are real. God loves everyone, it doesn't matter your background, doesn't matter what life you live, or what you have done, God loves you. He even loves those that don't even think that he exists. The writer James says: "God shows no favorites." So that is what this place is for, not a place to be condemned, but a place to find someone to listen, not to preach to you, not to convert you, but to listen to your pain, a place for you to tell your story.