I find it hard to make new friends at Church. There I said it.
I spent so much time in my life seeing everyone try and appear perfect at church and turn around and live secret lives. Like a big elephant in the room. So many put on Christ like a sweater. A sweater they take off when the church eyes are not around.
I never realized I was like that until recently and I found I could/can make Christian friends at work or friends in general outside the church because there is not pretense there. They are more real because their guard is down. It's sad really. I'm working on the making friends at church thing. I think it's an ugly thing I didn't know I had. Something I need to repent of and try and give to God.
I can't begin to tell you all the things I have seen. Pastors fall....Lay people fall. People just caught up in the appearance instead of focusing on God.
Can we not reach the world with our humanity. Our faults. I think that is the only way we will reach humanity is if the Church stops being fake and starts being Genuine. Then they will see us for what we should be. A people fully devoted to following Christ despite our short comings. Over comers... Doers of the word not just Sayers of the word. FOCUS
