Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Losing my religion(but not really)
I know it has been quite some time since I have blogged. I have felt like today would be a great time to blog and let the therapeutic flow come over me. I led worship the other morning for a church I usually lead worship for on Sundays. I am hired as a part-time worship leader for a church in downtown Pensacola. I really love the people there and feel like most of them have a heart for God but seem to miss the point from time to time. I went to one of their Sunday school classes and we watched videos on different religions. The particular religion that we looked at was the Hindu religion. The video told you a little bit about the Hindu religion and the differences between Hindu and Christianity. Our discussion basically gravitated around how sad it is that the Hindu people believe in what they believe in and not Christianity. I think it is so sad and pathetic when we get so caught up in our beliefs and perceptions of religion to think that we have it figured out over another religion. There are incredibly intelligent and passionate people of all religions. Just because my religion is different from theirs doesn't give me the right to say "aww..the poor Hindu people have it all wrong". What I believe could be wrong as well because I don't know for sure and I wont know till the day I die. I believe in a God who created the heavens and the earth and a man who lived and breathed to die on a cross for my sins. This is where my faith lies. All these people of different religions are fighting and killing one another when they could very well be serving the same God. A God who loves each and every person. The higher power I look to as God could be the same deity as Muhammad or any of the other gods discussed in other religions. I can get so aggravated over religion sometimes.
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