Perfection

It's Sunday and I made it to church again... I'm getting better at going more often and I discovered that if I had liked the pastor and the message when I was young I would have never had a problem going to church, the getting up early on a Sunday isn't fun, but if you find a good pastor and a good group then you can really get something out of church. I have decided I will be splitting my church time between two churches. The last few blogs I have done about church referred to Mason Church of Christ, which I really like, they always have a good touching message. But My brothers new church is in full swing and they really know how to make the message hit home.
Today Jason did the sermon and he spoke about Revelations Vs 2 8 - 11 I believe. See he does such a good job because he relates it to life (and I may be bias, although I don't think I am) but he always speaks about things that I relate to. Today it was about how God does have a "wrath" I don't think he used that word, but I will. God gets pissed at us, he wants us to be perfect, so he punishes us when we do things that aren't right, he watches over us as we do things that are wrong... but he has too, to make us believe and follow and he will always leads us to the right path, it just sometimes takes detours. There are times when I have to ask why are you doing this to me, why are things like this happening and why can't my life go the way I want it to go. It's because God has a plan for me and it may be different then what I want it to be. He sometimes has to show us the painful things to get us to where he needs and wants us to be. We are sinners, we do bad things and God is trying to show us the right way so sometimes he has to take the long route to get us where were going, so that we have a reason to have faith and believe. If we have faith and believe we'll always get to the place we are meant to be. All of us are going to have times in our lives where we ask why and wonder why it is the way it is. But God does have a point. He knows we aren't perfect, but he wants us to be, so he trys to get us as close to that as possible. It's out jobs to let him and try to live life the best we can, which means trusting him. It's hard sometimes, but who ever said it was supposed to be easy?
We are all going to be challenged every day in our lives and it's time to take the challenge.. he knows we'll mess up, but he'll keep challenging us along the way and when we make the wrong decision he will lead us back to the right path, but we have to learn. So sometimes we're going to get depressed and lonely, and so far down we won't think things will ever change, but that's when it will all come clear and things will start going in the right direction. It's all about having faith and believing. Even the most faithful people have doubts about things in their lives, but that doesn't mean they stop believing. God expects us to have questions, if we didn't how would he ever show us what he wants us to see?
I am no where near where I need to be. I have times of loneliness, depression, and despair and my life is pretty easy and simple, but I still ask questions. I am still waiting and letting God take me where I need to go and it's an on-going process, no matter how "good" we think we are we'll never be perfect so we have to turn to God to get as close to perfect as we can. I make so many mistakes, but I know that no matter what I do God will always love me and lead me, he may let me do stupid things, but in the long run it will teach me and has in so many ways already. Every situation I go thru I have taken something from it and have applied the lesson to life, trying to become a better person. And I will continue to make mistakes and continue to learn and continue to grow.
Sometimes people you are close with are hard on you because they think you can always improve and be better, they push you to do your best and sometimes they come across in a negative way, but they really mean well. Well God is that ultimate someone. He is going to push us harder then anyone or anything we will ever know. He is going to show us the good, the bad, and the ugly to get us to where we need to be. So when times are hard just look at it as a growing experience and put your faith in God because he knows what he is doing. We will get hurt along the way, we'll suffer, we may even lose faith, but God is always right there to pull you back, you just have to be willing to let him. Bad things happen to good people all the time. He'll test us so be prepared to let him. It won't be easy, but when things in life are easy we tend to get bored.. so bring on the challenge!

I try to convey what the messages from church means to me and sometimes I am way off and sometimes I am right on, but lately what is being said really hits close! I am wondering if it's because I am getting older and I am realizing how important church is or if it really is just the person speaking. I think it's a combination of both, but how the message is delivered makes such a huge difference. If your interested in listening to the sermon they are on Podcast on ITunes, I'm not sure what it's under, but the name of my brothers church is Legend Community Church... They are small and just getting started, but the messages they are talking about really can hit home if you listen!