Sick Day

I'm at home sick today. For those of you that know me, you know that I have chronic sinus problems that I deal with pretty much daily. This is one of the bad days. Sitting at home sick, gives me time to think. Something I don't know that I really want right now. I'd rather keep my mind occupied at the moment. You see, I'm getting ready to leave my home church that I love very much. I know what you must be thinking; 'If I love it so much, then why am I leaving?'. Well the past few years I've been part of the United Methodist Church. When I first started attending there, everyone just made me feel so welcome. They made me feel like family and to this day, I love several of them just like family. The thing is though, the governing body of the church at the highest levels is supporting agendas that go against my beliefs. They support allowing things into the church that go against the Holy Bible, against God's Word. This grieves me to my very soul. My faith is most important to me in life. Though I am compassionate toward people who are dealing with problems in their lives and those who are living different lifestyles, I'm also very hardedged about my beliefs. I believe to love the sinner, hate the sin. If someone isn't trying to live a Christlike life, I can still show them love even though I don't agree with how they're living. On the other hand, I don't believe in changing the church to accomadate a lifestyle contrary to biblical teaching. Either you believe in the bible in full or you don't believe in it at all. You don't put aside parts of it in order to make the church 'more inviting'. When you do that, you adopt a false religion. That is something I will not be a part of. Aside from that, I just don't feel I'm growing spiritually in the place I'm at right now. It quite simply is time to move on. A season of my life has ended and a new one is about to begin. It's time to once more step out of my comfort zone and follow the calling that God has placed on my heart. I'm still affiliated with several ministries, including my own, so I won't be out of church. As far as what I will call my home church, we'll just have to wait and see. I hope this hasn't discouraged any of you my friends. I hope it encourages you to take steps toward your own spiritual growth. Maybe it's time for you to begin a new season in your life as well. I'll leave you with this scripture. Ecclesiastes 3 New King James Version (NKJV) 1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; 3 A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; 7 A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; 8 A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace. God bless you my friends, Pete 4-30-12

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