Hello Kit-teas

I love tea puns. Really. Can't you tell?

So it's Sunday Morning, just after 9:30 am, which means I should be either getting ready to head out the door, or should be already at church in my Sunday School class, but I am not. I am at home. I woke up, took my thyroid med and waited the allotted time. I'm sitting here with my tea, read my daily quote, wrote in my daily Austen Journal,  and started listening to my worship music. Now I'm writing on my blog for my kit-teas to read. lol

Why am I not at church this morning? Well it's not secret that I'm not cut out of the same mold as a lot of Christians, a large majority of them I don't fit in with. I'm one of those Christians that gets the weird looks for having a different belief system. Don't care. I listen to the Spirit as He guides me, not the whisperings of my "Christian family" and they condemn me.

There are two types of Christians specifically that I'm thinking of today those that go to church faithfully every Sunday that think if you miss a Sunday you must have fallen away from God and need their prayers. The same people that freak out because you no longer take communion since you are allergic to gluten so you MUST be struggling on your Christian walk... Something is wrong and if they don't pray for you ALL is lost!

Then there are those that have been hurt by the church the ones that hold the following quote by Gandhi near and dear: "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! OUCH!!!!

I fall closer into the second category. I have been so hurt by so many Christians who THINK they are doing right but end up just... not being like Christ at all. I'll be honest, I've also been that Christian. Not moments I'm proud of but they've happened. Anyway, the point is... when you are hurt by the church you don't want to be part that community. I've become very hard and closed off towards the church. I still go because Going to church isn't about the other people for me, It's about God, it's about "Being the change I wish to see in the world" another Gandhi quote. It's about being an example to others, to be a Christian who is Christ-LIKE which is what a Christian is supposed to be.

When you recognize that you've been the Christian you shouldn't be proud of, apologize and make it right.

Remember it's okay not to go to church just keep yourself and your relationship with God in check and witness to others, in other places. Be the Change. Be the Christ-like Christian.

Signing off for now,
-Tea Lady Lynnea.