I'll take a Venti cup of Faith with Some Sugar in the Raw...

So I went to a single’s ministry last night with Steve Canipe called 97 West. As much as I wanted to come with no expectations, you all probably know that my bar was high. So Steve and I went to meet up one of his friends, which by the way made the night a whole lot better...and we headed to the service. I wondered…is this going to be as strong and as sweet as the original or just watered down with some sugary substitute?

We arrived and I had an instant whiff of familiarity. I had a sense of comfort. I had 20-somethings worshipping God for who He is! After worship, we sat and listened to the Pastor speak about being "salt". He referenced Matthew 5:13 –"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” He proceeded to say that we needed to love by example. We need to show those who are not saved or even those who are believers, who God really is...by who we are. My neck started to hurt for nodding up and down so much! There were some things I didn't agree with, some things I did, some things that made me question his message and how he was tying it in with scripture. But are having questions wrong? If I have questions about faith does that make me any less of a Christian? It makes me think that I have questions because God allowed me to have them, because the scary thought is to NOT have any questions. An even scarier thought is to think that we know EVERYTHING. Maybe I’m spoiled by having an amazing pastor that knows that we DON’T have everything together and that we need to "figure this whole life thing out together". Or maybe having questions is all a part of everyone's spiritual maturity phase. It makes me wonder sometimes we tend to say we worship God, but we tend to consistently worship the bible. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love reading the Bible just as much as the next person, but what about knowing who God REALLY is and what He stands for…and then emulating THAT. Because I think that when we go up to heaven it’s not that he’ll say, “Well done my good and faithful servant. You effectively answered everyone’s question by referencing it out of scripture.” but I think the reason why he gives us questions is because he wants us to seek out the truth…because that means we are seeking out HIM.