Loving Each Other in the Light of God!

 As I stood in the praise pit listening to Toby Mac last summer I got the message of what it was like to be in the Light of God. I could feel the spirit filled praise and worship. The Arena was filled with Christians of every denomination, and we came to worship God together.

It seems so sad at times to me that Christian's can be so divided amongst themselves. Until recently I could never figure out why I didn't feel right in churches in my small town, and basically I came to the wisdom and understanding that I had been to a few different churches with completely different views.

For me personally when I worshipped at any church I believed we were worshipping the same God, and using the same bible. The message should be the same in each bible about the same God. I would go to church off an on through out my life, and did enjoy the worship and fellowship with other Christian's. The thing that always turned me off was what ever church I went to someone had something bad to say about another church or pastor.

I really didn't pay attention till lately really that Christian's were divided and separated in their own sects and denominations, and even if they claimed to be non-denominational, on the backward end of it, they were really following on theory or another that man had created as he they branched off to all these different churches.  Man divides us and it shouldn't matter what church you go to, we should understand that we are always disappointing God when we insist on our own way of converting someone to our own form of Christianity.

God rather just have us live in peace, harmony, and unity. He rather have us all fellowship together just like at the concert with Toby Mac. What holds me back with worshiping with God was always the fact that I was reading the wrong christian book, or using the wrong bible, or I was going to the wrong church, or I wasn't supposed to be reading any books but what the priest said, or the minister, or people in the congregrations said.

Someone always seems to think they have the absolute truth about who god is, or absolute wisdom of God. I live in such a divided world of views and perception of who God is, and they can all be right and wrong. They just refuse to try to look at it from the others perspectives.

It's almost like being in a war among christians and religions. It's almost better to me sometimes to believe the only one that can truly be responsible for my soul is myself, and God.

I've got more out of watching Life TV.Church and Joyce Meyers than I did at a church in my own home town, just because I didn't have to listen to other fellow members gossip,or get in cliques, or argue over who is right or wrong, or tell me how to worship God. Than it's supposed to be my own personal relationship with God. Well that would be between me and my maker.

I can totally like a pastor or priest or christian leader what they preach, but at the same time, I've learned to have many teachers that are ministers, because God doesn't favor one pastor over another one. I learned this from a priest in my community that I dearly love with all my heart. He was a popular priest, but he always encouraged you listen to other ministers as well.

I could talk to this priest about anything and if I was misguided he would correct me, but never tell me I was reading the wrong book, or listening to the wrong minister or pastor. He never told me I was reading the wrong bible. He only cared that you were praising and worshipping God.

Of all the Christian Churches I've gone to, always seems like I always return to the lessons that were taught to me at the Catholic Church growing up. Even though I have experienced some of the same problems there.  I was taught there to respect any Religious Leader, and never talk bad about them. I learned to respect my brother's and sister's in life, to love my enemies.

I learned this lesson in 4th grade as my teacher made us hold hands all day long, eat lunch together, sit in church together, and play on the playround all day long. We were at odds with each other, but as we had to do everything together for a full day we both had learned the lesson well, and two years ago I talked to him the first time in years. He remembered that lesson as I did, and we laughed about it, and it was amazing still we reflected on it today.

It makes me wonder if there was an assembly and you had one leader from every christian denomination, and religion together in one room for a day, would they learn that lesson, or just break out in a war?  With the Love of God in my heart I just had always had this lesson in my heart, and when I see my brother's and sister's in action doing this all over the world, it really disturbs me.

I just will always pray that people will learn this lesson all over the world whether they are christian based or not. Peace be with you all!