Church is a difficult topic for me right now. I have attended several churches here in town, but I haven't really liked any of them. I always come away feeling frustrated; usually, I don't agree with the teaching. Because I leave church more frustrated than I came, I have started staying here at school, reading my Bible and doing homework. However, my friends give me a guilt trip because I stay here, so now I feel pressured to go somewhere- anywhere- to make them happy. But then I'm not happy. I would much prefer to stay in my room, having devotions and doing HW. And it's not like I never do anything "spiritual:" I go to chapel, I have a Bible class, and I do daily devotions. But now I feel like a heathen for not wanting to go.
I don't know what to do. This is all so irritating. Ashley said that she's going to drag me to church next week (well, the next week that we're here at school- next weekend is Columbus day! Woo hoo!). So I'll probably just go to the church they go to. *sigh* I hate for church to be a chore. I wish I could do Sunday School with my parents at EVFree and then meeting, and then be back here at school. Oh, to be able to travel at the speed of light... =)
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives... To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord... to comfort all who mourn... Giving them… the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. -Isaiah 61:1-3
2 comments:
Meh. You shouldn't have to go because you feel like your friends are making you, you do have the right to say no. But it would be good to have something other than chapel and alone time. Maybe just find a place that you mostly agree with--sort of compromise?
I think you should go somewhere.
"And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
-Hebrews 10:24-25
You don't have to swallow the sermon hook, line, and sinker, but you can at least enjoy Christ and His work with fellow believers. Read Ephesians 4:4-16. Christ gave gifts to the Church, so that through the Church His Spirit could perfect every member. There may be (and certainly are) weaknesses in a particular local gathering of the Church or the leaders there, but it is still His, and He is still able (until He removes the candlestick) to shine through it.
I know an older lady (Sarah) who rejects the writings of Paul as Scripture (she likes John, though). Some of what she believes is a bit screwed up, yet we are still able to enjoy fellowship in Christ.
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