Here is something someone wrote to me recently. There are some great thoughts, great questions, and amazing insights. She is the wisest woman I know.<\/p>\n
\nThe last\u00a0three years have been the hardest to comprehend. Why does it have to be so hard to follow Christ? Why do we have to be so badly broken to understand who He is? Why does it have to hurt in order to make sense? Why do we need to get totally lost before we can begin our trek home? Why must we get so mad at the very one who encompasses love?<\/p>\n
2005-2008 was my journey of discovering these questions. Notice\u00a0I said “questions” and not answers. The answers\u00a0I believe are coming slowly and will continue to come as\u00a0I try to understand just who God is.<\/p>\n
Honestly,\u00a0I actually have more respect for Him now than\u00a0I did when I saw Him as only this great loving God who sent His Son to die\u00a0for me. Now\u00a0I see Him as much more complex than before. Answers are not just black and white. What seems best isn’t usually really best because His plan for us is beyond what we think as complex. He sees our souls, hearts. We can’t even begin to understand what that means.<\/p>\n
But what\u00a0I do know is what He has done to me through all of this pain, hurt, anger, and frustration. He has opened my eyes to what he wants His church to be, me to be, and who He is.<\/p>\n
He really can change our life overnight, for the worse or better. But even the worse in the end is for His glory still.<\/p>\n
If you have never gone through a time of being totally mad and angry at God\u00a0I suggest you need to allow yourself the opportunity.\u00a0I know that most Christians will say this is bad or unchristian or blasphamous, but\u00a0I disagree. I think if you allow yourself to be honest enough with yourself to be honest with God, then you will awaken a part of you that God is trying to get through to.<\/p>\n
So take off the mask of churchgoer and take a serious look at who church says that god is. If that God doesn’t satisfy you, get honest with yourself and God, get angry, get mad and cry out.\u00a0Let Him show you who He really is.<\/p>\n
Now\u00a0I caution you, this will HURT immensly. Try to see it as heart surgery without the anesthesia (Yes, that bad). And it will last different lengths for all of us, but the healing process is incredible (And\u00a0I have only just begun).<\/p>\n
You will see His love for you in so many new ways and you’ll never look and HIm the same again. and you just may be able to sing those cheesy Christian worship songs and mean it (OK, maybe\u00a0not the cheesy ones). But only because He is so much greater than those songs can even begin to describe.<\/p>\n
God is complex and His way is not the easy way. But it is rewarding, even if it only feels like that one week every three years.<\/p>\n
So anyways here is my heart summing up what God is teaching me, what do you think?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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