tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post2156328341587986066..comments2024-01-27T23:26:35.301-08:00Comments on Live with Flair: Hobbling AlongHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289182682225179442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-8827603392027792952012-04-02T06:58:21.992-07:002012-04-02T06:58:21.992-07:00 Thank you for these thoughts!!! Thank you for these thoughts!!!LivewithFlairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-14665623156656246152012-04-01T15:49:09.514-07:002012-04-01T15:49:09.514-07:00I have a couple of thoughts on the topic. Convers...I have a couple of thoughts on the topic. Conversely, I wish people would make the Church feel more welcome. Church - the noun - the building or establishment, takes such a beating because of the behaviors of people not the organization itself . People from many circumstances, come into these 'buildings' most likely led by the compassionate spirit of God and are abused by the immature, self-righteous, (have to protect God) people. Wounded, insulted, dismayed, feeling better off in the world; these poor, unfamiliar people, blame the building or Church as it is called. This in turn, gives the body or Church people a bad name. I have much to say about this<br />but I believe that if the Church was welcomed by people as a place to worship God and to learn about not pointing the finger and forgiving<br />one another, leaving the behaviors of the world outside the doors,<br />people would feel welcomed by the Church when they enter it.<br />The irony of the matter is that there are people in the world who are not judgmental and are both giving and forgiving, who walk into a Church and are chased out by people who are not. It puts a question into the think tank: " Does God reach people who don't go to church or claim to know Jesus?" Can He use these people to reach others with <br />love and forgiveness, if they don't go to Church? What about the Jew? They seem to be doing very well with Godly and family and social issues. Something to think about..Markssong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com