Not What You Know; WHO You Know

It's not the amount of faith you have that makes a difference; it's what you put your faith into.

A lot of people turn their heads from the Christian faith because they have met one too many extremists who try to shove doctrine and scripture down their throats. Extremists who overdo their witnessing and over step the boundries of personal space in order to spread the gospel. I admire their determination, but there is a time to draw the line.

Even the Bible says in scripture not to waste your breath on those who will not listen.:

"Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words." ~Proverbs 23:9

If you know for a fact that the person you are witnessing to or would like to witness to is not/will not listen to anything you have to say or take it to heart, move on. You can always come back to them later on if their heart softens up. However, if they refuse to hear you out, do not let your pleas fall on deaf ears. If you give valuable words of wisdom to someone who won't listen, they will walk right over them as if they have not been heard. Or they may retaliate with doubt and new age skepticism.

"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." ~Matthew 7:6

You don't have to put every ounce of faith you have into God; though I highly recommend it. I believe that a small amount of reasonable doubt is healthy to a strong faith. If one cannot confront and examine his/her own doubts, how can they confront the skepticism of others?

Take this piece of advice: it is better to have faith the size of a grain of sand in God than it is to have mountains of faith in a flower pot.

If you have all the faith in the world and put it into a potted plant, where will that get you? Nowhere, becasue the potted plant cannot do anything for you. You can pray to it and praise it all you want, but nothing will come from it. However, if you have just a tiny bit of faith in God, you can move mountains!

The main take away from this post I would say can be summarized to three main points:

1) Don't waste your breath on those who refuse to listen.
2) It's not how much faith you have, it's WHO you have faith in.
3) Please tone it down on extremist-ness, it gives Christianity an overbearing, nazi-like name.