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I used to share a lot of your opinions but i am beginning to kinda get it. The church should never be where you get your meat and potatoes. Its more of a hands in/break that you see before a game. To touch base and restore the tank surrounded by like minded people and just have normal conversations from a similar foundation. Now i am in no way saying that any church is perfect, far from it, they are flawed just like the people who sit in them. Believe me, i was right there with you with the criticism, but as i learn about grace, i am realizing that its not just grace to the sinners, its about grace to those who know not the muck and the mire, who have never stepped out of line far enough to feel immersed in sin. I have come to see that their struggle is very real and quite different from mine. I know what i left behind, but they will always have that small voice asking"what if?" As for those spilling blasphemous doctrine, they will be judged harsher than the rest of us, so i am trying to learn to have grace with them too. Think about the times anybody ever changed your heart or mind, was it with the judgment of the first testament, or was it with the heart of Christ in the new? All along we have asked for examples, we got kings, but they, as human, also fell short, so our Father sent the ultimate example. I admire your ponderings and the way you phrase the wanderings of your mind. Thank you for writing

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In all this i agree, the pursuit of the Father is a deeply personal one, if the only place you get the word is at church, it is easy to be led astray. Something seen in the catholic church of old, which preferred its "AIPs" didnt read it for them selves. Ultimately i just wanted to say that you are a raindrop created by God and sent to the earth to ripple the pool of other raindrop sitting stagnant, and we never know who those ripples will touch, what waves they will make. Often times its not the one being spoken to, but the silent bystanders. As you mentioned your walk has become a lonely one and i guess thats why i even bothered to comment in the first place. Alas i still have hope, that you may not feel so lonely and that the people being led astray could turn back. God forgives the humble and maybe some of these people in churches have had it easy, or as i like to call it, spiritually priviledged in as much as the Father will not give them more than they can handle. My super power is that i am pigheaded and need to suffer much to learn and so i just cant lose hope for any lost soul out there, because that couldve been me

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