Not Religious, Just True

I was just journaling for a little while and the following post is reflective of that time...

This current life is depressing. The current church (mainstream Christianity, NOT Jesus) is a sham with the majority of people comfortable on the surface or caught-up in minor debates that don't include sanctification and freedom, but things that enable a finger to be pointed at others for their wrongs.

Presently, there are no real solutions for the hurting world past accepting Jesus into one's life - which is invaluable, but there is more that is needed along with that inward choice. By no means are we saved by works; but if we love God, why aren't we looking past our own agendas and selfcenteredness? It's a shame how we're a body that can't love anyone but ourselves or those who somehow benefit ourselves. Jesus loved radically meeting all the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of those He came in contact with. Those of us who have been walking with Him for years should be ashamed for the lack of fruit we yield. We should be ashamed for the lack of real love we give to Him and to others. Yes, we need His help, but we show lack of discipline and obedience in abiding in His help.

He leads us to the waters and we marvel at their beauty, but our mouths are dry and our bodies dehydrated. We don't know how to drink and we don't know how to walk. And it is pride that keeps us from admitting the truth to ourselves and to Him. And it is fear that keeps us from telling others.

We feel "free" without true accountability forgetting that the life He lived was ultimate freedom and have come to accept a mere shadow of truth. We allow ourselves to be deceived and ensnared...