Hello again!
Today I was feeling kind of lonely and I decided to call my very best friend from New Mexico. I left her a message on her cell phone and she returned my call about twenty minutes later saying she was sorry she didn't answer the phone, she was in church. Having her say this overjoyed me because I knew that in prior years she wasn't an avid church goer and she didn't really practice a religion. In the midst of all of my excitement, I thought about something. When I wake up on sunday morning, I don't necesarrily feel fired up about goign to church, I feel more compelled and obliged than anything. Then I thought, well if I feel this way about going to church on sundays and all I do is go through the motions....is she excited about it??
I'm really glad this hit me because I know that many christians only go to church because they think that's what christians do. Not because they really want to. I think we should all remember that God didn't create the church so we could go there one day a week, dragging our feet, because we HAVE to. We should be so outrageously passionate about learning about the great love God has for us that we should WANT to go as much as we can. The church was created as a fortress. "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."-Matthew 16:18. So come on people, let's be on fire for God and want to learn more about him.
♥Kristen
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