Took my nephew to visit his great garndparents (my grnadparents) in Nashville today. Then it was back to Murfreesboro, my house for a while, and then off to church. While we were in Nashville my fmaily got back from Chattanooga. When I left my house was nice and quiet. I returned to the usual chaos.
I just spilt coke on my computer keyboard (whoops). I wonder if it was going to mess it up if it would have done it immediatly or might it happen later? Hopefully the fact that it still works, means it will keep on working. It is a bit sticky though.
Tonight at Church my class talked about Forgiveness, which has been the topic lately. We also discussed some things about other denominations. Most of us feel that it doesn't matter how you worship or where, as long as you are Worshipping God. That it is more inportant to be a Christian that to be "Church of Christ" or "Baptist" or "Catholic." To be able to honestly say that you believe in God, and that he is the only God, and that you believe Jesus was his son, sent to save us from our sins. Those are the things that are important. Not whether you worship with instruments, or acapella, or whether you worship at one church or another.
I have an example of this is my family. I have a 3'rd or 4'th (not sure which) cousin who recently got married. Her parents are very conservative Church of Christer's (is that a word?) He is another denomination. Because of this, her parents basically disowned her and she had to be given away at her wedding by her uncle. His parents paid for the wedding. That just made me sick when I found out. How can you give birth to a child, and raise them and love them only to turn your back on them because they chose to marry a Christian man who was not a member of the Church of Christ? She could have chosen a lot worse. They will never know their grandkids and basically now have one less child. How anyone could be so close minded I don't know. God is Love. The Bible tells us we are supposed to love Everyone. The Bible does not give us step by step instructions on how to worship. The Bible does not instruct us which denomination we are supposed to be. This is because denominations were created by man, not by God. The idea that someone would not go to Heaven because they choose to worship God one way over another is wrong. If I turned my back on everyone who made a decison I did not agree with I would be sitting in a box all by myself somewhere. I guess I would have to disown myself also, since I have made some bad decisions myself. The Bible orders us to love our children. I think as far as one's own children are concerned, you love them unconditionally. You don't stop loving them because they sin, or because they get a tattoo, marry the wrong guy or even if they commit a terrible crime. They are still your children.
Anyway, I needed to get on my soapbox tonight. I'm just really bothered by this particular situation.
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