Real Church, Real Family

Now, I know this is a little out of the norm of what I usually write about each week, but this is a passion that has been on my heart lately.

I LOVE MY CHURCH!

I mean I REALLY love my church. And I don’t mean an “oh I go on Sundays to get my fill and feel good” kind of love. It is a deep down in the soul kind of love. I love what my church stands for. I love the sermons. I love my pastors and their wonderful wives. I love the members of the congregation. I love the time we spend together worshipping our Lord and Savior. I love the time we spend in fellowship, even if its not on Sunday. I love how real the people are. I especially love the way we all love our God. I LOVE MY CHURCH.

I’m sure I have said this before, but I am going to say it again. I have found this amazing, steadfast family within my church. From the day I first stepped foot into that building, that house of God, I have found this extended family that I never knew existed. They welcomed me with open arms, they made me feel loved immediately, and they accepted me and all of my flaws. Everything that family is about, they are. It is one of the most real places I have ever known.

And isn’t that what church is about? Being real?  Being real with God. Being real with the people who share your passion for Christ. Being real to yourself.

This is real life with real everyday problems. Everybody has real junk in the trunk. Everybody has real baggage that they pull behind them. Everybody has real skeletons adorning their closets…okay, not REAL skeletons, but figuratively speaking…you get my point. The problems are real and who better to help share the load than the people who love God the way you do? And who better to help each other drag their baggage? No one except God, that’s who.

I LOVE MY CHURCH, with all of it’s people and flaws and baggage and junk. We share a common love and that is the love of a PERFECT God. You can’t get any more real than that.

I hope you find yourself real at your church.

If not, you can always visit mine. You’ll find yourself right at home.

In the meantime, Feed Yourself, Girl! with love and fellowship and the understanding and freedom that being real can bring.

Matthew 18:20 (NIV)
“For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them.”