religion
Religion, what is it about religion? The poles say that
95% of the worlds population believes in God. Why than,
do most hide that fact, or are afraid to talk openly about
there belief in Christ? I for one, like most was raised to
believe, although its been many years since I attended
church regularly. 30 years to honest, but I have found that
even without going to church like I should I have never felt
alone. I have always felt the presents of God.
I started to think about this a few weeks ago when a friend
of mine invited me to attend church with her and her husband.
I work with both. Great people. I decided to attend. The
next day I was talking to my friend about the experience
and I felt really good about it. I remembered as a child in
Sunday school, the old wrinkled nun with the ruler in her
hand to smack me when I wasnt paying attention. This was
quiet different. There was a band that played really good
music that was more in tune with a younger crowd, like MTV
young and the pasture made the passages of the bible relevant
to todays environment. If anyone has ever read there bible
from page one to the end you already know that the phrasing
and vocabulary used can make it a bit hard to understand.
Anyway, I was talking to my friend and he was telling me about
a mens group that gets together once a week for breakfast
to talk about life and God and he was saying that he felt uncomfortable.
I asked why, I didnt understand. He told me that even though
he had been going to church for some time he felt that he was
basically a rookie at religion. He told me that at one of
the breakfasts, that the other men in the group where discussing
when Christ entered there lives. He sat quite because as
he told me, he was not able to pin point a day or exact time
that this event happened in his life and all the other men
in the group could. He felt out of place and really didnt
know what to do or say so he sat quietly.
Ive given this a lot of thought, I to can t pin point when
Christ entered my life. Ive actually given that more thought
than anything else and I came up with this. I do believe that
God is everywhere. In fact, I believe that Christ is there
when we go to bed and hes there when we get up, hes with us
all day long. I believe that because I believe this to be
true, that when I go to bed or wake up, its not that I wake
up and find that Christ is not by my side, but rather when
I do wake up, I choose to stand by his side. So maybe these
men simply made a choice one day to stand by Christ, but because
they never did in the past, they feel that Christ, just than
at that moment, came to them. When in actuality maybe Christ
has always been there, just waiting for the day they turned
to him, so he could make his presents known. God gave us freedom
of choice. Thats why you have to ask, its a choice that
must be made because God will not make it for you.
I have now been to church the past two Sundays. Its kind
of refreshing. Last Sunday I took my kids. I have to admit
that as a father I feel I have let my kids down just because
I didnt get them in to church until now, my oldest is a teenager.
It was funny, when I got my kids up to go the oldest in typical
fashion complained until the lights in the church went
dim and the band started to play. My youngest on the other
hand had been patiently waiting all week. They spend every
other week at there mothers and I did not have them to take
them the week prior. A funny thing happened once the band
started, my kids be-bopped to the music the whole time we
where there. Not only that, but my oldest has since informed
me that the next time we go to church he wants to invite basically
everyone he knows at school and as for my youngest, well,
there where already friends there.
Please dont think that Im some kind of saint. Im actually
a really good sinner, just ask my ex wives. Maybe my next
article will be on equality, or at least what people perceive
to be equality. Until than, God bless and Happy Holidays
to you and yours.
Joemon
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