Studio Church

No, you’re not alone. Many of us have doubts about our faith too. “If God loves me, then why am I... or why doesn’t he...” That part of our faith journey is *f up, I’ll be first to admit. But the love part? The reality that I still love Him anyway, and I know he loves me back too, no matter what I do or don’t do? Well, that’s the part that is unexplainable, supernatural, and oh so cool.

We all are ~ We’re all f’ed up in some way or another. Each and every one of us. Yea sure, maybe less than some, but also more than others. Besides knowing that reality when we look in the mirror, we also have that confirmed by God in his book when he uses terms about us like “as filthy rags” and “all have sinned.” The sooner we realize that he’s talking about me and you, the better. That “trying to look and sound perfect” thing is a terrible way to live life. Why? Because it puts extra pressure on us to perform, and live up to someone else's expectations of us, and of course, we can never do that. Freedom in this life comes from just that, being free. Being free to be the f’ed up person we really are, is a great place to start.

Boxes are a terrible thing. Small. Confining. Not much room to breathe. Especially when we try to put other people into ours. Grace on the other hand is open, wide, expansive. It gives people room to be just who they are, today, in this moment. Until we unconditionally accept people as they really are, they won’t care too much about who God is. Kind of works the same for us too. We will guide better, and love better, without the box. :::