people are people

My dad raised me to not step on people when they're down... EVER. It didn't take a church building or even a church for me to learn that~ but I've come to find that for many people it does take a church and a gathering place for people to learn that. I've also come to know that there are many people who can't get there~ to the building~ to learn that you don't step on others when they're down but that the Lord will lift you out of every circumstance...and I've also come to know that there are many people who aren't raised with loving parents like my own. So, today, I am urged by the Lord to share with everyone who is reading this to stop seeing people as "church" people and/or "not church people." Myself included. My mom just last week told me so. I live between both~ most of my friends aren't Christians. Most of my family doesn't go to church. Most of the people I gather with do both. Many long to be Christ-like. When people ask me where do I go to church I'm stumped that I am to identify with just one church and rather say, "I'm a follower of Christ." When there is division between church and people I believe that's caused by Satan. There are many hurting, lonely, grieving, lost people in buildings, homes, churches all over this city and on the streets. It is them that I long to gather with and share the hope that comes from the Lord. So, please consider today, to GO4GOD and be a follower of Christ~ find yourself not only in a building worshiping the Lord, sharing the gospel with another or lifting someone up in prayer~ be a follower of Christ whenever and wherever you are! Dear Jesus, forgive me. Forgive me that I long to be understood even when my words don't come out right and you already know me inside and out. Help me Jesus. Help me to see others as you see them. Help me to be more like you and less like Satan. You are who I seek. My heart aches for many today. Thank you that there are many in my life who declare you above all names to be holy. Help me to not differentiate between church people and non-church people~ so as NOT to offend a brother or sister who's in church or never been in one. Help me not perpetuate the lie that just because you go to church you are more worthy than another who can't make it there~ we are all sinners~ and help me not perpetuate the lie that if you go to church and sin, you are a hypocrite~I thank you that the reason JESUS died on that cross isn't so that my mission is to go to church~ I thank you that the Bible tells me otherwise, that JESUS is bigger than church, HE loves the church and my mission is to GO and tell others of the good news of salvation, not to tell them about church. AMEN