Hello and welcome to our blog, If you haven't guessed already my name is Benjamin and I am proud to call myself a Christian. In this post I would like to tell a bit about myself, a basic overview. Who am I, what is my story and what are my plans.
To start off with I though I would tell you a little about my past, now don't worry we don't have time to get right into it all so I will be only giving you a brief overview and in the near future I am sure you will learn a lot more about what has made me who I am today.
I was raised in a small country town in Australia, I was blessed with 2 loving parents and 2 older sisters. From year 1-6 I went to a school that catered for year 1 - 7 and had on average a total of 50 students so everyone knew everyone and I went to a private Christian school from year 7-12. I was always a bit of an outcast, always a bit different than the others and always making trouble, my mother would often get phone calls from other parents that would begin with "do you know what Benjamin did?" and my mother would always start with a deep sigh followed by the question "What did he do this time". I always struggled to excel at anything, I would try almost everything I could and I would always get the basics of most things but eventually I would either get bored with it or I would reach a point that required to much focus to surpass, this made me very good at knowing a little bit about everything but knowing a lot about nothing and quite often earned me the title of "google" because I always had an answer and I suppose I still do.
Like everyone I have a past, I have had struggles and I have had triumphs. I believe that no one can ever tell anyone else that their past was harder than anyone else's because we never really know what someone has been through. I believe that if we were to put everyone's pasts and problems into a pile we would all quickly reach in, take ours out and run away. I believe that I could not handle the pain, struggles and problems of anyone else on this planet and at the same time I believe than no one else on this planet could handle mine. No one has a right to tell anyone they are weak or being dramatic because only God and that person know the truth of what is happening when all other eyes are turned away.
In my past I have struggled with being an outcast who never really fits in with any group, I have struggled with schooling, I have had loss, I have been bullied and I have been abused but with all of that I am still here today and I am stronger because of it. I wrote a quote in 2013 and I still believe it today.
"If I could go back to my hardships and change what happened I would change one thing and one thing only..... I would smile because I know that today because I can stand here tall that others have found their will to go and and keep standing through their storm." Benjamin (Real Life Christian)
My plans for the future of this Blog is 2 fold. I want to show people that being a Christian is not what they have seen on the news with what appears to be a crazy man or woman on the street screaming "Repent of your sins or you will go to hell" and to show people that being a Christian is not about telling everyone what is wrong with them. I want to show people that being a Christian is about Love and Kindness, I want to show people that being a Christian isn't about bashing people with a bible screaming REPENT its about receiving the love of God and learning to Love him back. I want to show people that being a Christian does not mean that you have to spend everyone moment of your life in a church, the being a Christian does not mean you have to go around knocking on peoples doors saying "We would like to talk to you about Jesus" and having doors slammed in your face and most of all that being a Christian does not mean you live a boring life, after all Jesus himself said "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." (John 10:10 English Standard Translation). Secondly I want to show people that no matter what you have come up against that there is hope, I want to tell a bit about my past and how I came through, this however will be more beneficial from my wife, her story is not all butterflies and flowers, she has had a pretty rough run and honestly it amazes me today how she is still standing. If she can make it through her struggles I know that anyone can make it through theirs all it takes is a little hope and understanding.
Well I think this is a good time to wrap up my welcome and introduction, I will look forward to writing a lot more, to tell you my story, to bring hope and maybe to teach a little about what a Christian truly means and in turn to show that not all Christians are all that bad.
God Bless and thank you for taking the time to read through. Benjamin (Real Life Christian)