"I never knew Christians could be so good, but so miserable at the same time." I had someone express this to me as they told me of their overly-strict upbringing. My heart broke that somewhere in his life, that is what the church allowed him to see. When I talk of my faith and my convictions with people so many times the conversation of the "can't do's" comes up. "So, you can't get drunk?" "So, you can't watch horror movies?" "So, you can't wear ripped jeans to church?" "So, you can't have piercings or tattoos?" or when I dyed my long blonde hair bright pink I got the question: "Your dad allowed that?!" So from that pierced, ripped jean wearing, crazy cut/colored hair girl that has watched horror movies in her life, wants tattoos, and whose dad was a pastor for 30+ years, I have felt more freedom walking with Christ than I have felt walking away from Him.  No, I don't get drunk.  Will I dr...

My heart has always broken for those who think that their sins are unforgivable. I've thought, "How can someone think that the all powerful God can not do something such as forgiving sins?" And then someone said, "It's not so much that He can't,  it's that He won't ." It's funny how we have the mindset of, "My sin isn't that  bad compared to this person", so we can justify and continue to walk in the sin that we know is wrong but when we are given an opportunity to find forgiveness, all of a sudden our sin this the worst thing in the entire world.  I'm trying to think of the concept of God's forgiveness from an outside perspective. Why wouldn't God forgive my sins?  1) What I have done is so much worse than what others have done.   -Alright, let me start with this: my pastor of 6 years is an ex cocaine addict.   -Jesus hung on the cross betrayed and beaten and told a criminal , who was rightfully on the cross next to...