Monday, March 29, 2010

Church Bashers vs Church Goer

Yesterday at church, our pastor, Bruce, was talking about how we had a choice of which we could be a Church Basher or a Church Goer. Bruce was saying that right now the best was to sale a Christian theology book is by bashing the Church. What does that help though. If you sit there are write down everything that you hate about the Church or everything that you see the Church doing wrong and stop there, what good are you doing the Church itself. That would be like going to the doctor and he looks at you and says, "Well you have this disease and the only way you can get better is with medication." and then he leaves without writting you a prescription. What good does that do you? Instead we should be Church Goers. People who are trying to make the Church a better place. Not people who are cheating or scamming people the second they walk through our doors. We need to be accepting, loving, sharing, Christ like.
Personal story: When I moved to Levelland I had to find a new church home. I was so scared to go to new churches by myself. I didn't always feel welcome and many times I could go through the entire morning without anyone really talking to me. You feel like you are being judged and that the only way they will talk to you is if you force them by starting the conversation or you meet their standards. And then it made me stop and think about the 23 years(well 22 years at that time) that I have been going to church, and wonder was I like that, when there was a visitor did I make them feel welcome?
Thought: The Church is suppose to be like a family. The way we make it like that is not wait for someone to come and talk to us but actually going over to someone whether you know them or not. I am guilty of waiting for someone else to start the conversation so why I felt out of place at the church I visited was because I made it that way.
Goal: I want to help build my church up and to make it feel like a home to those who are searching for love. I want to start conversation with the people I know and do not know. To build relationships with the people that I go to church with so that they are not just another face in the crowd.

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