"God isn't real."

If you're reading this as a Christian, chances are, you're scared you'll hear these words and have no idea what to say. There it is, God's testing you, He's seeing if you know what to do, what to tell people, and you're failing. That's a pretty big fear for a lot of people.

If you're not a Christian, maybe you don't believe in God at all. Maybe you were just scrolling through blogspot and ended up here. Regardless, just hear me out for this post.

I'm going to start with the simplest, most basic way to put it. As in, if faith was a giant swimming pool, this is the 3-foot zone. If you can get this in your head, you're in a good place. Everyone has doubts. It's natural. We grow up slowly learning what's real and what's not (for example, there was a reason the tooth fairy forgot to put your money under the pillow that one time, and there are people underneath the character costumes at Walt Disney World.) So after taking blow after blow, we start to doubt the more solid things in our lives, too. Like who's going to stay in our lives and who will leave, whether we actually have a chance at getting our dream job and living in our dream house, and mainly, whether there is a God out there. But look past these doubts, and think about it in the plainest, most selfish way possible:

If there is a God, and you spend your life living for Him, spreading the Word, along with joy, peace, and hope, to everyone you meet, you're set. You believe in Christ dying for your sins, you go to Heaven. Piece of cake. But here's where it gets even easier. You spend your life believing only to die and find out there's not a God. Cool- you can chill underground and, who knows, haunt people or something. But, knowing the consequences of living a life without Christ, would you rather die and find out there is no God? Or die and find out there was and have it be too late to change anything? Random metaphor time: would you rather put a little sunscreen on, just to be safe, and end up with a nice, even tan? Or go lie on the beach without sunscreen, and end up burned and peeling in some places, sorta tan in others, and completely pale everywhere else? There are a lot of times in life where playing it safe isn't necessarily your best option. Talk to that really cute guy/girl over there. Go for the drastic haircut. Don't be afraid to step off the platform on a zipline. But none of those things are overly life changing- they won't matter in ten years. The thing is, the way you choose to live your life now will. And if you feel like you have as much time as you need, honestly, you might not have as much time as you think. Because anything can happen in the blink of an eye. Think about letting Christ in your life while you still have the chance; it's harsh, but in this case, you're way better off safe than sorry.

Disclaimer: Faith out of selfishness won't get you anywhere. You have to truly believe that Christ died to renew you, to save you from your sinful ways, and it definitely doesn't hurt to spread His word and try your best to live the way He would. This is just a very down to the basics, step one way of looking at it. It doesn't end here!