The Whole Church

         "You, Christians." Never thought I would hear those words in my life but I was oh, so wrong after yesterday. Sadly, it came from a person that I work with. I won't tell you everything about her but she seems to be really doubtful of Christians. She even told me once, "I believe in God but I don't go to church." Now with the response she made yesterday, I can see sort of why she doesn't go. She shoves it off like it is no big deal but to me I think it really is to her. She is different when she comes to her beliefs about things.
            She dinfantly does put all Christians in the same group. She doesn't understand that not all of us are the same but yet if she was let down by one Christian then she is let down by all others. I don't know her full story on why she doesn't go to church but the more I talk to her the more it seems like she is feels like she is being judged by the Church and that is not how we are suppose to treat anyone that wants to come and know Christ or testing Him out.
            I thought I was only at my job and that my passion was children but the more and more I see different nationalities and beliefs the more and more I become worried about the future of this world and that is not good for me. I know I can't take on everything but I'm the kind of person who tries because I have that big of a caring heart. I got asked the question by her that I never thought I would get ask or that I would be having a talk about.
            The question or statement was, "So you Christians don't believe in or like all this certain stuff, do you?" I hate it that she does it during the job because I feel like I have to give a sort answer because you can't go deep with those kinds of talks at jobs so I gave her a fast answer. The answer was, "We don't believe in it but it doesn't mean we won't be friends with you or not talk to you." I hope that was a good and fast answer that maybe got her thinking just a little bit.
            I will say that I didn't like how she put me with the Whole Church. I was kind of scared to answer her question and that is just honesty. I have been taught to like everyone for who they are while growing up mainly by my parents. That is just something that they taught us. I have been around enough "different" people to love and talk to anyone. God has given me those chances with missions trips and such so I don't really put much thought into how different people are. It doesn't bother me. When you put me with the Whole Church of today, that did make me feel kind of shameful and really open my eyes up to how much we have gone down as a Whole Church of the Nation.
           In a way, I wanted to be apart from the Whole Church when she said it like that. I don't want people to think of me as a shameful and unloving person. Although I know I am not perfect and never will be, I just want to send a Godly message to those kind of people and today the Whole Church is really not doing that. It is not showing what God's Love can and does really look like. I will say that this girl's nationality is Mexican, which makes me glad because I have been to Mexico before on a mission trip. If it comes down to it, I can talk to her about that to open doors.
           Maybe thinking about this situation was part of the reason that I kept waking up every hour, it seemed like, last night? God was trying to tell me something and He did and it is all written out for others to see. Think about what I just wrote.


Are we really being the Whole Church like God wants us to be?