Ostensible Christianity

While touring Dr Roark's orchards for his most current fruit I found this one, not so recent, but, which has a poignant aspect to it for me. When I was in HSchool, I and two other well meaning witnesses purposed to form a group whereby voluntary organised Christian Fellowship could be found somewhere in the halls of the public school which we attended. I, the congenial, all accepting one, the young lady, a potent strictly thinking future 'church lady', and the warrior, no holds barred full steam ahead 'twist their arm till they repent', type began to debate first what it was that would bring us together. The one wanted to seclude ourselves and demonstrate our faith in a passive way so that others would see the Grand Effect in our behaviours, another wanted to choose particular individuals and go at their beings with all the might the Spirit could bring through our selves so that prospects could not help but to be affected as we would want them to be. I wanted somefolks I could rely on as a source and haven of Christian affirmation and activity. We never were able to get beyond definitions, intents and tactics to establish a time and place or modus operandi, so it never actuated. A short time later, some group began to meet early, before classes and pray around the flag pole, I hear they still do that. I was one of the first to stick a smiley face to my notebook cover, I actually recieved grief over that! (A continuous smile could not be real!) I wonder about those fish on the backs of some people's cars, how many lemons have been sold to an unsuspecting public under the auspices of Christian Tradesmanship? Many times I raised my index finger, pointing to the sky, informing and reminding others of the 'One Way' through Christ, but I never (at least I hope I never, and its my story so I never) repeated that awful mantra coined by Flip Wilson for us "The Devil made me do it!". If God is truly relative then surley He means for me to do my very best to glorify Him, realizing when I fail to do a superb job of it, He will forgive me, He will forgive not only me, but any one else who acknowledges in their heart His being and effort on our part. So when He says in Matthew 6:1 "Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.", how does He expect me to glorify Him, through silence and inaction? For surely men will notice my actions and inactions both--aha it is the attitude, and not that I should judge the actions or results of others, nor expect that people even passively know my righteousness. I should do these things to make God known and certainly not to further my own self centered cause before others. If somone else is promoting God who am I to tell them they should not promote God because I know of their duplicity, hypocracy or outright deceit? That speck in their eye, and the log in my own what of that? Paul did say, and I am too lazy right now to find the scripture and verse, that we should do those things for which we could be proud. God Himself will judge that for its truth.