The Church Is Falling...

I decided to start this diary based on what I have discovered and am still discovering is true concerning our relationships with God and the Church. It is my goal through this diary to communicate God's unconditional love for us and His vision for the body of Christ today. In this very hour, God is putting together an army filled with radical youth and one that is destined to fulfill the promise of His purpose. The Church Is Falling! Attending church growing up my belief system was built on doing my best to become the perfect Christian who would please God and earn his love. You know the drill. Follow the rules set before us by people in leadership positions who are older and smarter than ourselves (leaders who think they have all the answers and know God) . Older yes, smarter, not so much. Follow God's laws, obey the 10 commandments, do everything you can to turn from sin and strive to be righteous and holy. Everything I knew was built on fitting in to these people's ideas of what a Christian should be. I spent years trying to figure out how to be perfect and please God with no success at all. All the while wondering to myself how these mentors to my ideals were doing on their quest to be perfect and holy. My whole focus began to be about pleasing these people. Never taking time to really ask God who or what He wanted me to be, instead I was letting these people (who had problems, just like all Christians I know) tell me what their interpretation was of what God wanted for me. Would you let someone who was cruel to others, harsh to their family, critical and judgemental tell you how to live your life. What was I thinking? Did I confuse "respect your elders" with allowing myself to be tore down by people who's entire idea of being a christian was built around religious prejudice's. Have you heard this? "If you hang out with non-Christians then you are not pleasing God by exposing yourself to unholy people". I grew up hearing things like this and really questioning myself. I started to turn this criticizing inward and began to really dislike myself for not being able to adapt to these other people's values and belief systems. I am not the only one who's eyes have been opened to the truth and has experienced what God is really like and not how he's been portrayed in the church. There are great leaders that God has raised up to share knowledge, wisdom, and truth about how the church we once knew is going to be taken over by God's heart and vision for His people. The Fall of The Church has begun as people all over the World who have a close friendship with the Lord have discovered the truth that God's Kingdom is built on. That truth is loving one another, seeing people how God sees them, and empowering them to fulfill their divine destinies in Christ.