A Shallow Thinker Will Never Leave A Deep Impression

Thoughts about God and life…

Thoughts….

So I have been convicted in a way. I have recently like in the past month seen 3 people from the church that I attended last year while my husband was deployed to Iraq. All three have said that they would like to see us out there again. I have some issues with that because I really have some issues with church, as whole. I love God and I am in constant contact and interaction with him. I have friends that I talk to on the phone aobut everything in my life and aout God and what he wants from us. I think A LOT outside the box. i don’t believe in putting God in a box and therefore sometimes it’s hard for me to interact with people that have their thoughts made up about certain situations. So my point is that I think I’m going to take my kids to church tonight. Not because everyone tells me it’s what I should do but because I am open enough to see that God is working on me and that by recent events there is a reason that he wants me to go to church. And not only that there is a reason i belong at the church that i had been going to. That scares me in a lot of ways because there were quite a few issues that I had out there. But I truelly believe one of two things is supposed to happen. I’m supposed to change my thinking about some things….or I’m supposed to help to make this congregation everything that it can be. It’s a little scary…but isn’t this what faith is all aobut???

Anyone reading this that is determined to judge someone that doesn’t go to church regularly I challenge you to stop and think abou that. God has lead me back to church, He lives in me and He blesses my life and I don’t go to church regularly. But there’s a reason He wants me there and I know that it is up to me to head that call when it is given. So…here I go. We’ll see what happens and hopfeully I will be even more imencely blessed by whatever happens.

 

THanks for listening. Have a blessed day!

June 17, 2009 - Posted by armyguardwife | christain, church, faith | , | 1 Comment

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  1. I can understand your feelings in this post…but of course what you write here is not enough for me to make an accurate assessment. So forgive me as I try to toss out some insight that may or may not be relevant!
    We can all agree that God wants a relationship with us. Typically, when I hear of people (I’m included in this sect) that have justified or currently do justify their stance of not going to church by noting they “are in continual relationship with God”, that means there is a problem somewhere deep inside that needs addressed. For me it was all about giving money. I can laugh with God about it all now, but I saw no reason to go to church right after I became a Christian because I thought I could worship on my own!
    So, what’s the inherit problem with that scenario? Is heaven described as a place where we worship God all alone? Hmmm. Nope. Also, we have many biblical stories about prideful, “I can do it myself” behavior being the “wrong way”. So, for me it was all about money. I didn’t TRUST the church with my money. Hmmm. Is a relationship with God all about trust and faith? Hmmm. Yep. I can’t speak for you, but for me, my dilemma was with control and still being “me-centered”. As soon as I made the first step to trust what God would do with my (His) money, all of a sudden church became a place of corporate (community) worship that supplemented my personal worship. It was a key moment in my spiritual development.
    We must also remember that God is a communal being. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit live as one being in three distinct persons “interacting all the time”. What a great example of how we are also called to be one body and not a single coal in the fire left out of the heat.
    If you have not read the book called The Shack, this story gives an interesting fictional representation of God that I found refreshing.
    I think you are on the right track with your thoughts of “what would God have me do in my church community”, and “Isn’t it all about faith?”
    Blessings!

    Comment by tree63fan | August 8, 2009 | Reply


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