Too often people see the church as an emergency help organization or another agency to work among the poor or marginalized. In one sense, this is true, however, if that is all she is, there is a great bit of truth missing. The cross, suffering, sin, and the whole idea of God's Kingdom and eternity. I read these words this morning related to this:
Flannery O’Connor said, “I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but I can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. What -people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.”
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