God has been giving me some very uncomfortable assignments lately, and this post is one of them. I trust that obedience is better than sacrifice.
The Pope’s recent visit to the States got me thinking about my own journey with God and organized religion. {I was really tempted to make a Grateful Dead reference but thought better of it}
I left the church when I was very young. I held a lot of resentment against God. At least I thought my anger, frustration, and disappointment had to do with God. It turns out that all of the things I didn’t like about church were things that weren’t in God’s Word. Well, some of them were, but they were antiquated practices that we could let go of because we were under the new covenant. Again, I did not learn this until I was much older. After I had stopped running from God and was simply too tired to be mad at Him anymore.
I share all this because God put it on my heart to do so. To say that it’s great that the Pope’s visit stirred up some feels in lots of people. And to say, be aware of the feels. If someone, anyone, says something that stirs up feelings of shame, guilt, or condemnation, check what they said against the Word of God. If His Word supports what they said, that’s called conviction. If it isn’t, that’s from the enemy.
And on the flipside of that, if someone says something that stirs up feelings of “I can do whatever I want”, check what they said against the Word of God. If His Word supports what they said, walk in that freedom. If it doesn’t, be wary of the enemy luring you into sin like the pied piper.
Remember, God is the ultimate authority in our lives.
Faith Fitness and Mommy Stuff 
Amen!
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