What happend to my home?

If you've ever gone away to college or moved away I'm sure you will understand what I'm going to talk about today.

CHANGE:

Everything is different now. Since I started college, my home isn't my home any more, my friends are not my friends any more, my church is not my church any more... at least its not what I left. And at times my family seems like strangers.

At first when I realized this I was completely confused and felt even more alone. But as I prayed and thought about all of this I understand that this just what happens in life. "Season Change" and some things are only meant for a little while, even if they are great memorable things, some things cannot last forever.

All throughout high school my church was my solace. One of the only places I felt free, safe, and where I learned the most. I hate that my church has since lost that appeal. Over the course of 3 years the church got a new pastor, youth pastor, and sent about 20 kids to college. With all of these changes our church body has also changed. There are many new faces and families that have taken the place of my past.
This past Sunday I decided to leave "my church". I am going to find a new church to call my home. I left the service with tears in my eyes and angry. I don't agree with many of the things the church is now doing and saying. Most of it just doesn't make sense, and when I ask questions I cannot get an answer. I feel as if that church is only for show now, and people come because they 'want something to do' on Sundays or because 'that is where they have always gone to church'.
Going to church has become a tradition more than a necessity and the church has become solely a source of entertainment and a social gathering. People weren't the only ones not at church on Sunday... the sense of peace and the presence of the Lord was also absent.

Change can be a good thing but it can also be a bad thing.