I've been thinking a lot lately about pure religion and the church. Although I was looking through this churches website with questionable motives, this caught my eye.
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Church Wide- Car Care Ministry - 675 E. Fifth Street
The next Car Care Ministry for single Moms and widows is Saturday, Oct. 7th. Free oil changes and safety inspections. We will meet at Old Salem Domestic and Foreign Car Service 675 E. Fifth Street. Call for appointment
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James 1:27 "Religion that God or Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

why do all the wrong people get it? ... or are they really the 'wrong ones' after-all? Why does this church of any church get it? It doesn't fit my perception of what they should do right now.

What is it that makes us 'christians'? Is the market we shop in (christian aparel, music and books), the churches we attend, or is there something more? I'm starting to think that there's something more. I'm pretty convinced right now that you can have all the right words to say and the braclets you want, you can even go to church every sunday, but if your heart isn't right with the Lord you're like a duck out of water wattling alone in the barnyard.

That something more comes from 'working your salvation out with fear and trembling', from 'believing in your heart that Jesus is Lord and confessing with your mouth that God raised Him from the dead', its 'giving a cup of cold water' and 'taking care of the orphans'. Life is a process, learning to waddle with the Father takes time, patience and trust. I'm sure there's more, but I'm still kinda new, I'm just learning that you don't have to be perfect to be a real Christian. I think that's where grace comes in.