Is God even real?
Posted on January 15, 2014 in Uncategorized
I’d like to reintroduce you to Paige Spencer. You may remember Paige from her guest post this summer. Paige has beautifully written about her recent experience when a friend asked “Is God even real?” Read her brave response and where the Lord took her thoughts…
Photo Credit: Bethany Fields Photography
There I was sitting at coffee with a friend of mine when I heard a question that I had never been brave enough to answer out loud. With intrigue and concern she blurted out, “Have you ever thought that this could all be fake, that God isn’t even real?” In this instance and for this situation I knew that I didn’t have to try and find the right words to say, try and sound religious, or even try to beat around the question but I knew that being completely honest with her and myself would bring about a new discovery that I had been waiting to embark on. Boldly and honestly I said, “Yes, all the time actually.”
I had officially accepted Jesus in my heart when I was six, even though I told my mom I did it when I was four, and I’ve walked with Him on a journey of mountains and valleys, twists and turns, and ups and downs ever since. And I would be lying if I said that I hadn’t asked God, Himself, if He were real many times. I’m a ministers kid, I have been since the day I was born, I’ve seen how ministry works and I’ve seen behind the front of what churches want you to see and frankly I have always understood why people didn’t want to go to church but the one question I couldn’t seem to answer was why would anyone want to turn their back on a wonderful, loving, awesome God.
It’s sad for me to hear people say that they have turned their back on God because of people in the church. Did you just read what I wrote? People turn their back on an eternity spent with God and relationship with Him on this earth because of people in the church. Does that not strike a chord with anyone else besides me? To be honest, there have been times when I have wanted to stay away from churches because I feel like at least in the world they are being real. As painful as that is to say and even to take in myself, in this world sometimes it’s true. But here’s the deal, I’m not at all wanting to throw punches at the church or talk bad about the Bride of Christ because that’s just it, WE ARE HIS BRIDE!
If you are a Christian at all and you believe that Jesus is the Son of God who came to save the world then you are apart of His Bride who’s first order of business on this earth is not to build buildings and have church services but it is to establish the Kingdom of Heaven, through the Holy Spirit inside of us (who knows and has seen what that Kingdom looks like), on this earth! Here’s the deal though, I think we’ve lost sight of the wedding day because it hasn’t come when we wanted it to so we’re too busy throwing bachelorette parties and giving our time to other things rather then worrying about the business of heaven.
I’m not married, I’ve never even been to a bachelorette party but by stories I’ve heard some of those parties can get a little out of hand. Whether you’re a believer or not there’s some things that happen at these parties that are done “in play” and “celebration” that personally I think distract the bride from what her wedding day is all about. Good or bad, doesn’t matter, but even in the midst of routine get- together do we sometimes forget why we actually got together in the first place? Maybe instead of worrying about how to plan and throw the most incredible, relevant party we should start discovering what it means to prepare ourselves for that special wedding day.
I had officially accepted Jesus in my heart when I was six, even though I told my mom I did it when I was four, and I’ve walked with Him on a journey of mountains and valleys, twists and turns, and ups and downs ever since. And I would be lying if I said that I hadn’t asked God, Himself, if He were real many times. I’m a ministers kid, I have been since the day I was born, I’ve seen how ministry works and I’ve seen behind the front of what churches want you to see and frankly I have always understood why people didn’t want to go to church but the one question I couldn’t seem to answer was why would anyone want to turn their back on a wonderful, loving, awesome God.
It’s sad for me to hear people say that they have turned their back on God because of people in the church. Did you just read what I wrote? People turn their back on an eternity spent with God and relationship with Him on this earth because of people in the church. Does that not strike a chord with anyone else besides me? To be honest, there have been times when I have wanted to stay away from churches because I feel like at least in the world they are being real. As painful as that is to say and even to take in myself, in this world sometimes it’s true. But here’s the deal, I’m not at all wanting to throw punches at the church or talk bad about the Bride of Christ because that’s just it, WE ARE HIS BRIDE!
If you are a Christian at all and you believe that Jesus is the Son of God who came to save the world then you are apart of His Bride who’s first order of business on this earth is not to build buildings and have church services but it is to establish the Kingdom of Heaven, through the Holy Spirit inside of us (who knows and has seen what that Kingdom looks like), on this earth! Here’s the deal though, I think we’ve lost sight of the wedding day because it hasn’t come when we wanted it to so we’re too busy throwing bachelorette parties and giving our time to other things rather then worrying about the business of heaven.
I’m not married, I’ve never even been to a bachelorette party but by stories I’ve heard some of those parties can get a little out of hand. Whether you’re a believer or not there’s some things that happen at these parties that are done “in play” and “celebration” that personally I think distract the bride from what her wedding day is all about. Good or bad, doesn’t matter, but even in the midst of routine get- together do we sometimes forget why we actually got together in the first place? Maybe instead of worrying about how to plan and throw the most incredible, relevant party we should start discovering what it means to prepare ourselves for that special wedding day.
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Much love,
