Church is hard

CHURCH IS HARD.
Church is hard for the person walking through the doors, afraid of judgement.
Church is hard for the pastor’s family, under the microscope of an entire body.
Church is hard for the prodigal soul returning home, broken and battered by the world.
Church is hard for the girl who looks like she has it all together, but doesn’t.
Church is hard for the couple who fought the entire ride to service.
Church is hard for the single mom, surrounded by couples holding hands, and seemingly perfect families.
Church is hard for the widow and widower with no invitation to lunch after service.
Church is hard for the deacon with an estranged child.
Church is hard for the person singing worship songs, overwhelmed by the weight of the lyrics.
Church is hard for the man insecure in his role as a leader.
Church is hard for the wife who longs to be led by a righteous man.
Church is hard for the nursery volunteer who desperately longs for a baby to love.
Church is hard for the single woman and single man, praying God brings them a mate.
Church is hard for the teenage girl, wearing a scarlet letter, ashamed of her mistakes.
Church is hard for the sinners.
Church is hard for me.
It’s hard because on the outside it all looks shiny and perfect. Sunday best in behavior and dress.
However, underneath those layers, you find a body of imperfect people, carnal souls, selfish motives.
But, here is the beauty of church—
Church isn’t a building, mentality, or expectation.
Church is a body.
Church is a group of sinners, saved by grace, living in fellowship as saints.
Church is a body of believers bound as brothers and sisters by an eternal love.
Church is a holy ground where sinners stand as equals before the Throne of Grace.
Church is a refuge for broken hearts and a training ground for mighty warriors.
Church is a converging of confrontation and invitation. Where sin is confronted and hearts are invited to seek restoration.
Church is a lesson in faith and trust.
Church is a bearer of burdens and a giver of hope.
Church is a family. A family coming together, setting aside differences, forgetting past mistakes, rejoicing in the smallest of victories.
Church, the body, and the circle of sinners-turned-saints, is where He resides, and if we ask, He is faithful to come.
So even on the hard days at church—


All reactions: i copied this from face book and yes it holds true
 
What does being perfect look like anyway?

I kind of wonder why church is so hard when it could be soft. Like you could have a church picnic or a day at the beach, and everyone is relaxed and we all get baptised in the sea, and someone does a sermon off a fishing boat, and we all practice walking on water.
 
What does being perfect look like anyway?

I kind of wonder why church is so hard when it could be soft. Like you could have a church picnic or a day at the beach, and everyone is relaxed and we all get baptised in the sea, and someone does a sermon off a fishing boat, and we all practice walking on water.
why does it? each one of us look in the mirror. we make it hard even the early Church was not easy
 
Yea reading the NT they had fights like who was eating first at Lord's supper and not waiting for the others but then others waited too long and got hangry.

You see it in school, everyone wants to be first in line. I guess it's human nature and hard to change. I often wondered why people don't take their shoes off when they meet at church, but then what to do about the pile of stinking shoes by the door?
 
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