The Start of a Relationship...

 

Start of a relationship.

It has always been challenging for me to understand how Christianity is different from Religion. To really understand God outside of culture, experience, church and again religion. We are institutionalized (We learn customs and practices) the moment we arrive on earth. Our families are the first to introduce us to anything we will use as a foundation. What we learn daily becomes our point of reference and it is from this, that we either build on, or choose a different road once we are introduced to a different school of thought.

God.

Who is He?

I have been a Christian most of my life. Grew up in a catholic church until one day I went to a different church, a Pentecostal church. I was too young to honestly understand the difference, it was just another church. My fascination with knowing God and understanding this awesome creator was so deep I did not mind going to church twice or three times daily. And I did. I was drawn in by the message of the day at this Pentecostal church, themed: The fatherhood of God. I listened, something inside me agreed, I attended the alter, and everything was just different. I wanted to know more, and wanted more, I still do.

I do not know how to answer the “who is God” question. Why does He not stop all the evil, why did He put the Tree in the garden in the first place, because Him being all knowing means He knew this was going to happen. I DO NOT have the answer. But I also cannot shake this internal zeal and belief in Him. Something about reading the bible and hearing a worship song that just creates a different atmosphere. For me that is what happens when you are in a relationship with someone. It is the feeling, something you feel inside that sometimes it is not easy to explain to the next person. Some Scholars argue that religion/ belief in a deity is used by poor (financially, sick, frustrated, disadvantaged) people looking for an escape from the reality of life. Some say it was introduced as a control measure as people were hard to control. So, knowing you will be punished for your sin created some discipline. See a lot has been done in the name of God so much so that being a Christian is not always attractive.

Does that change who God is?

Not a chance. We did not make him God, our lack of understanding and misinterpretation and abuse of the Christian life does not, in any way change who God is. I am going on a few dates or a lot dates to make sense of my relationship with him. I would love to learn who He is, How He communicates, His love languages, Personalities, Power, all that. 

Its a love thing...

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