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We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. J.K. Rowling
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Sometimes I wish I would have been brought up in Church, but getting saved later in life seems to have its advantages as well. I guess because I was not raised to believe one way, and one way only. I have the ability to see others points of view and not be so dogmatic in my beliefs. Even as a teenager, I had this unique ability to adapt. I think it was because I refused to be labeled. Like any other high school, we had the jocks, the straight laced kids, and the hoods (troubled kids). But, I had friends in every group. I was an athlete, who hung out mostly with the troubled kids, yet my best friend was pretty straight-laced. So, I could hang with any group and not feel completely out of place. This gave me a firm foundation to what I feel strongly about today; to help unite us as one. As Christians, denominations have a way of labeling us, causing automatic division within the Body of Christ. I live on a highway about three miles from town, and there are seven different types of Churches in between; and that’s just my road alone. So in this small town of a little over 4,000 people, we couldn't be more divided. This is one reason you will never see me post, promoting one group over another. As a Christian Studies major in college, I have studied most denominations, and I know what each believes. Some I agree with more than others, but as long as we agree that JESUS IS LORD, you are my brother and sister in Christ. I promise you, when we make it to the other side, none of these petty things we disagree over, will make one bit of difference.
One of the things I have loved the most these last few years, since the roll-out of Facebook, and other social media sites, has been reconnecting with old friends. I have seen so many old classmates, who came out of a similar lifestyle as mine, who Jesus dramatically changed their lives as well. Many spend their days here spreading the message of what Jesus did in their lives. It's because, once we've experienced the amazing love of Christ, we just can't help but to share it with others; It becomes a part of who we are, Christians! Not Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, or whatever label man may try to give us. We are simply children of God, and that is ALL the world needs to know. May we never forget, JESUS is the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6); and it is He, and He alone we should be promoting. If we will remember that, we will not have time for our petty differences, and He WILL unite us as one.
From my heart to yours!
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