This
past Sunday when I was in church listening to Vicki’s homily I heard something
that really took me by
surprise. She talked about a few
different things that day but one of them was statistics of religion in
general. She told us she was in
Boston with her husband and son having dinner when her son asked her if she was
worried about the espicipal church. She told us, she told him she feels we are
just fine. She however told us
that the most growing rate of people and religion right now is, “none”. More and more people may believe in God
she advised but they aren’t choosing a religion or attending a service. Now as a single father and blogger I
don’t push religion on anyone, but how ever I do like to talk about it. I always felt that even though I am a
Christian all religions are very important and good. We have the right to choose our religion in this country, a
gift that not everyone in the world has.
Even though the different religions have some variations I always felt
the one common goal was to bring mankind together. I always felt even with our differences then end is always
to be kind to earth other and to make the world a better place. Prayer, no matter the language or to
whom you are praying to is about helping.
We may pray differently but we pray to help others, to end suffering and
we pray to make this world a better and enjoyable place.
In
life I always feel that people that don’t go to church or believe in God will
one day believe. I tell people
that everyone will pray one day, I think that many sometimes wait till their
last breaths but when they know the end is near they start asking for
forgiveness. Maybe because they
know its almost over, maybe because they truly start to feel the faith. They say it’s never to late to ask for
forgiveness. I do feel
however how this world has changed and become more commercialized it is harder
to go to church. Most stores are
now open on Sundays and people are working more on those days then ever
before. I do feel we are getting
to busy and the days of just sitting back and relaxing usually don’t come to
often, or they come because you are recovering from the night before. What ever the case is one of the
reasons I love church so much is because of how good I feel when I leave. I feel better, happier and just over
all a sense of peace. My church is
one of my favorite places in the world to be. I often go when its empty or quiet, I listen to the walls
settle and the wood creek sometimes.
I believe there are spirits there and when alone I have felt a presence
of them. My church has helped me
get through some very dark times, and sometimes go when its quiet to pray,
think or even talk or yell. No matter
what I do I always leave with more peace than I had.
The
other thing is how much my daughter loves going. We wake up and now I don’t even have to push her to go. She gets dressed and we head out. She is so excited to see Vicki our
minister that she will not leave until she gets a hug, she will open up her
arms for Vicky even if she is 30 feet away! I’m so very grateful to have such an amazing minister
in our life. I have met many
religious leaders and they all have this special gift of being amazing people,
but Vicki has something more, she helped me through my time of darkness so she
is just that much closer to my heart.
The fact that my daughter absolutely loves her also makes me feel so
special. When the week is done and
you see how much your child loves to go to church school and come up after with
her crafts makes the emptiness of that week without her melt away. Even tough I don’t see her everyday the
joy of her running in and jumping on me while we sit and listen to the service
makes me smile. The church gets
loud for a second as all the kids hurry to find their parents and hug
them. Showing them what they
learned and made in class. I guess
I was surprised that the growing population for religion was “None”. I however didn’t want to blog to say
join a religion but to say think about the good they bring. You don’t have to finish reading this
and feel I pushed anything on to you, just remember that most people sometime
in their lives will find them selves praying or asking for help. If anything always try to do good and
pass it along…
Always remember,
You are never alone…
Love,
Christopher
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