Who am I?
As we sat down to share communion as a family last night, a ritual we do most nights, I realized that yet another Sunday had gone past without us attending a formal church service. I said as much to Matt and we chatted about how amazing this was. We were once they type of Christian who was at church twice a Sunday even if ill and who’s live revolved around people in the church. I thought people who didn’t do this weren’t real Christians and needed to get their live on track. I now think of that as churchianity and that it was I that was perhaps not acting very Christ like. There was no room for private worship or meditation and life was full of inauthentic relationship and programs. I had no real time for people or their needs and found myself often letting people down because of it. Since I have left this rigid routine life my relationship with God is stronger and more natural and is centered around him and me, not me, the church, with God hanging around waiting for some attention. I am happier within myself than I have ever been and really feel that I know what it is I am meant to do on this earth. I have time to build real relationships with people and spend time with them. Why is that? I believe it is because life as a Christ follower is not about church at all but about living everyday in communion with others sharing life’s ups and downs, being real and loving God and people . I am not alone so many people I talk to these days say that they want to be spiritual and have a relationship with God but as far as church as an institution they do not want a bar of it. Don’t get me wrong I still believe that we need to fellowship with other people who share like minded beliefs, and we do. Just not in a way that puts God or church in a box with rules and regulations. All members of such a community must be free to have opinions, ask questions and decide the path they wish to travel on without judgement, rejection or ridicule. “Love one as I have love you……” must be how we measure our interactions with each other it is how Jesus said we would be recognized as one of his disciples.
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