Tired

Man, I am tired tonight.  My job is not physically demanding, but it can be mentally draining.  Then I get to come home, help (at least a little) with two little ones and maybe even help clean up dinner.  I am trying very hard to get out of the habit of watching TV.  There is really nothing worth my time.  Internet and books make up my evening and then it is time for bed.  When I really look at it, my life is kind of boring.  Some say that is good, some say that is bad.  It is hard to be passionate about much when you just kind of cruise through life.  One of my magazines I get is from Voice of the Martyrs (persecution.com.)  When you read about someone that has been imprisoned for the mere fact that they were telling others about God, it makes you feel downright spoiled.  I mean, I can talk about my faith whenever and where ever I want to.  No one can discriminate against my religious freedoms.  I can sue you for not letting me talk about God, Jesus, the church I attend or even the Bible. It is my constitutional right.  Then why don't I do it more often?  We cry about our religious freedoms but why don't we exercise them more often?  We cry about the poor and the homeless, why don't we do more about it?  My son has been taking his Bible to school lately.  I asked him tonight if he had shown it to his teacher and he said yes.  I asked him what she said and he told me that "she said nothing, nothing at all."  Is she afraid to show her faith?  Does she not believe in God?  Or, has she become like so many Christians and is scared to share their faith for fear of offending someone.  What is wrong with us?  Pastor Richard Wurmbrand who was imprisoned for preaching the Gospel in communist Romania once said that "there are no luke warm Christians in the underground church."  We are told in the Bible that we are to be either hot or cold in our faith.  If we are luke warm, God would rather spew us out of his mouth.  It is time to stand up and be counted.  No more silent majority.  I am not suggesting to be like the idiot that is burning Koran's in Florida, but, I will not be embarrassed or ashamed any more and just blame it on having a "quiet faith."  Quiet faith is just a euphemism for no guts.  I'm gonna get off my soapbox and go cuddle with my wife now.