M. Gandhi once said "I admire Christ, but not the Christians"... shameful to say, but quite true...bros & sises, we need to prove him wrong...

It was after a trip to Africa that M.Gandhi, the great Indian revolutionist, made that statement. He, being unaware of the Apartheid policy imposed by the Britons, intended to visit a church but was politely chased out solely because of his skin colour.

Nearly half a decade later, we observe a very shameful state of matters. Although human rights and discrimination have come a long way since Gandhi’s time, the small actions we Christians make in our daily routines unfortunately reflects Gandhi’s words.

Allow me to give several examples.
I observed the most embarrassingly funny situation while queuing in traffic somewhere on the Penang Bridge. Everyone was in line and waiting for their turn at the toll plaza when from the side, this big car had the most egoistic nerve to cut the queue. This road bully’s rear windscreen had a sticker saying “God is good all the time” with a cross.
Apart from that, I have also seen women wearing a crucifix around their neck and a very revealing, low-cut top. I didn’t know Jesus was crucified in a valley between 2 hills…get my point?
Plenty of ironic incidences also occur in schools. The most prominent of which is students being rude, especially towards teachers. My use of the word “rude” may be a little strong, but in my opinion, no respect for teachers is considered a rude thing to do. Answering back, showing “black faces” when being told off, having hatred and grudges is what I mean.

To my fellow Christian readers,
the things we do everyday are observed by EVERYONE around us. Our behaviour, our outward image, our personality, the things we say and the actions which we take in reaction to something are being invisibly scrutinised. People will judge us based on the way we carry ourselves. No doubt it is wrong to judge, categorize and marginalize people, but we humans cannot help it. It is our nature to have first impressions of others. And very often, unhealthy first impressions of one person lead to other people saying bad things about the rest of us. So be aware that people are judging us. So, show them how beautiful our faith is and all its teachings…and they’ll know we are Christians by our love…