What if we stopped trying to do everything the way it has always been?
What if we stopped being so caught up in what we selfishly think is the only way to do things and knelt down on our knees and asked the only One who's opinion really matters?
If we actually got down on our faces and didn't stop pleading for answers until we really got them?
Communed with God.
Asked him for HIS vision.
After all, the Creator of the universe surely has a say in how we go about His business.
What if we just quit the fuss, and the bickering, and the gossip, and the backbiting... and just focused on what we were put on this planet to do and started winning people over for the Lord?
What if we stopped being so focused on events, and started focusing on relationships? Stopped worrying about numbers of decisions and started discipling people who have already made those decisions so that they might "..go into all the nations..."
If we stopped worrying about the color of the carpet and the fact that we don't like the brand of tissues that we are supplied with... and chose JOY.
If we just welcomed people in with open arms and no questions. Showing them Christ in the best way we can, through our love and through the fact that we are different in such a wonderful way.
If all of these things happened, we still wouldn't have a perfect Church. Not everyone who visits would stay. Everyone still wouldn't be best friends.
But it would be a whole lot closer to a church that I would be comfortable in if Jesus walked through the front doors.
Ashley, the Hope of this generation lives in you. Never forget that & never doubt that ! Never let the opinions of man, or the four walls of a church change what God has spoken into you. Let it flow to the nations & to this generation to be hope, & life ! You were created for His pleasure, & yes He is pleased ! <3
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