The Bible Teaches Us to Praise God

As Christmas time nears and families draw closer together lets take a moment to give thanks to God for the wonderful days and night he has gifted us with. Let us praise him for it is he who one day will take us home to that glorious Heaven in the sky. It is God who gives us hope and faith in something unseen and who holds our hands as we walk through the tragedies in our lives.

Most people realize that there strength comes from God but there are those that don't believe in God or choose to believe in a God of their own choosing. In the Bible there was only one religion and that was catholicism and now today there are so many different religions that people are confused as to what or where to practice there faith. I too have had those same concerns as well as my husband, we wonder why every church has there own beliefs, there own way of nit picking through the Bible and taking what they believe to be true.

My own church chooses to take scriptures to hold true from 1 Corinthians 14:34 that women shall not speak in church. Otherwise women shall not preach in church. When I found out about this, it infuriated me to think that some men just don't get it and that its a prejudice way to believe. My own bishop said at a conference that he got up and walked out because a woman was about to preach.

I don't believe God was a prejudiced person, I believe that the Bible has been written over and over so many times that now no one really knows what God wrote. God didn't write Corinthians Paul did. There are other things Paul wrote such as a person should not marry so that he can devote his time to God but if he does marry let him stay married. Those were his words not Gods.

If you go to church you notice that most people dress up to go to church but in the Bible it says not to dress up or wear makeup, but no one listens to that. They nitpick their way through the bible for their beliefs. This year has been a tragic one for the families and soldiers of Fort Hood because of someones beliefs. It is sad when people take something so beautiful and make it ugly by turning what God said into a tragedy.

There are so many kids today who don't believe in God just simply because they were never taken to church. They miss out on the family feeling you get when you are in church and the peace and comfort you get when you go. God said for every two that believe there will be three that don't in a family. And even with my own family that is so true.

There are so many churches out there that preach that the end of time is near yet in the Bible, God states that no one will know, not the hour or the day or the minute of when it will come. So how do these churches think they know this? My own church preaches this not only in church but in bible study, yet they too believe that time is near because of all the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I believe families need to encourage their children to go to church by going themselves and maybe the youth of today will be more respectful. I watch the children in our church and they are so loving, their parents are involved in everything they do. Our church has strong family ties and recently we had a church member pass away unexpectantly. the whole church was there to say prayers for this family all thru the week.

For years my husband and I didn't go to church because of something that happened in both our childhoods. For me the preacher belittled a single mom who couldn't come to her sons baptism. It was uncalled for and I left the church and didn't go back until this year. It wasn't Gods fault so I continued to praise God at home. Still today churches are still doing this, judging people which in the Bible its says your not suppose to lest you be judged by God. When is the nitpicking going to stop and the families of God come together and unite and praise God in one religion? I know it seems as if I am rambling on but these are the thoughts I think about everyday. As Christmas nears lets say prayers for our young men that are in Afghanistan and Iraq and pray that they make it home safely. My daughters own boyfriend and friend are also in Afghanistan and I pray they come back home safely not only to their families but my daughter. Have you told God thank you today for the snow we are receiving today or the wonderful meal you had on Thanksgiving or for your children for they are Gods greatest gift?