Things Need To Change

I wake up every morning with my brain still spinning in high gear.....it's a wonder I get any sleep at all.  I always wake up pondering and thinking about recent stuff going on.....at home, at church, in the news (I keep up with several news stations on twitter), in my personal life, with my health, etc.....you get the picture.  Anyway, I woke up this morning just thinking about tidbits of all the above and came up with the following thoughts and newsy type stuff:

IN THE NEWS:
A pastor tells a group of back-biting, complaining, looking-to-start-trouble religious folks (notice I did not say Christian) that he would ask two other members of his congregation (that the group had a problem with) to leave the church......just because this group had a problem with how these two individuals.......well, that's the part that's not really clear.  The group DID try to spread some lies about these two individuals, but the lies were PROVEN to be just that......LIES.
I wonder what will become of that mess, and I WONDER if that pastor would have really kicked two godly people out of his church just to satisfy the fiendish desires of a group of religious folks.  Makes you wonder about the state of America's 'churches' now days.

Another news story:
A pastor demands that his congregation delete their facebook accounts because of extra-marital affairs going on.  Come to find out, he was doing the same thing.

Facebook is NOT the bad guy here.  That's like saying guns kill people.  Guns DO NOT kill people......people kill people.  But that's another story for another time.  You get my point on this one.

I think Facebook and Twitter (yes, I'm religiously on both) are awesome avenues of getting 'connected' with friends....and even the world.  I've got tweeps that I've never met, but we share a common bond.....whether it's Christian, CHD, food, Iphones, news, etc.  Why would ANYONE want to stay disconnected from the world?  I encourage every TRUE Christian to get on facebook and twitter and start a blog.  What better way to reach the world, than with avenues the world uses to communicate.

I know some of my blog posts are about the wrongs going on in 'churches', and with religious people, etc......but things need to change.....to go back to biblical teachings. I want people to see what I see.  Start REALLY paying attention to what's going on in the religious community, the homes, the schools, and the church.

Things are not right.  And THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!

We don't need denominational names above our church doors.  That stops us dead in our tracks.

A small community near where I live has 4 churches. They are all coming together on Tuesday night to worship together for Thanksgiving.  I think that's AWESOME!!  We need more of that.
I wonder how many of the pastors or congregations of each church snubbed the idea of worshiping with another denomination.  I HOPE NONE!  But it happens.
I've heard the comments before.  And THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!  I am sick and tired of the snide comments I hear come from professing Christian's mouths concerning other denominations and such.

THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!

Churches are splitting up.  Children are being affected......they ARE watching, you know!  And listening.

THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!!

We (as the church) are LOOSING the battle because we can't get along with each other, and with other denominations.  The WORLD is watching.

THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!!!

The time to start the change is NOW!  The denominational walls need to come down.  The church is supposed to be winning the lost to Christ....NOT snubbing one another.

OH WHEN ARE THINGS GOING TO CHANGE??!!

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On another note:
Grace sang beautifully at our singing last night.  She was AWESOME!!  She's becoming more BOLD and less shy about her singing.  She's learning to follow the LORD's leading, and that makes for some GREAT singing.  And I, as her manager (YES!!! I AM), will be looking for opportunities for others to hear her sing.  She might want to get used to that.  I'm not going to consult her every time an opportunity to sing opens up.  What if it's a now-or-never chance.  I know her schedule, so I'm not going to be overbooking.  And she needs to learn to always have a song ready, for those 'short notice' times.

Grace went to her first mission meeting a few nights ago.  She's more siked than ever for her very first mission trip to Honduras.  I am too....and so is her grandpa.  He just HAD to tell the church last night.  SWEEET!!!

Hope all who read have a blessed day.