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God’s Bride

Just recently I listened to a podcast that had me doing a lot of questioning and thinking about going to mass, listening to the gospel and needing it to always feed me. It was a very interesting perspective that really pushed me to think. In this podcast Dr. Bob Barnes talks about a situation in which he tells a friend that he didn’t feel like the pastor of their church was feeding him anymore. His friend response was, “Maybe it’s about time you get out of the high chair and start feeding yourself.” This was very eye opening for me because there are times I have felt this way. When maybe the point wasn’t for me to be needing to be served but the other way around. The church is God’s bride. The love that God has for His bride is something to be revered. In this place you truly disconnect from the world and spend time in His love with your family and community. As for me I know for sure there have been times that I go to church and do not get much out of it, but…

Love Them Anyway

“People don’t need information; they want examples” Bob Goff You know those times that you feel like God is trying to challenge your heart? You read things and you hear things much like our church sermon recently, and it’s God trying to reach you again. This has happened to me recently, and I am no longer trying to run and hide from this. I am going to accept His challenge for me and work towards it. Over the last couple of months I have started reading this book; Everybody Always by Bob Goff. It is incredible; the challenge started with this book and it continued with my bible study and with hearing from God in multiple different settings. This book is about encouraging you to love difficult people, the creepy ones, the rude ones, and the not so loveable ones; to love them anyways because ultimately it is what Jesus has called us to do and it is what He did. He did not just choose the good people or the easy ones to love. He loved us all the same. I am not going to lie to you this task is a little…