Get real

I think that all that we deal with in regards to families these days are direct results of the devil's attack on the way God wanted families to be. Homosexual rights, fragmented families, divorce being so rampant, "domestic partnerships", it's all a part of Satan's plan to thwart God's intention for the family. I've dealt with yet another marriage this week that's on the rocks. Married for 15 years, 2 kids, and what gets me is that this has been going on for years and no one knew about it. They never reached out to anyone in their church or otherwise. Maybe it was because of embarrassment or maybe it's just the fact that many Christians think that they need to act like they have it all together and put on their churchy happy face when inside their dying because their marriage is on the brink of divorce. I don't know, but that's what I want to change most about Oakwood as a church of God. Let's take off the masks and be real. Let's be able to look each other in the eye and admit that we're not perfect and that God is still working on us. Let's be able to reach out to each other and help each other. Oh, that we would know that we can talk to each other about real stuff without fearing judgement or pretending. This is the church that I see in the New Testament and this is the church that, with God's help, might just save the family unit in the future. A church culture of realness...how about that.