I serve God not man. I'm going to worry about whether or not i'm pleasing him. I get my information from the bible, not only choice verses that sound good. I'm perplexed at how the unity among Christians is almost non-existent. I saw this at a bible study recently. It was very disturbing. I was on the verge of tears seeing the anger in peoples eyes when their ideas got stepped on. The love that christians are supposed to possess was very low, and the willingness to listen to scripture read was appalling. The reason we're not unified is because we are not reading our bibles all the way thru and taking it for what it says, instead try to explain away the parts we don't like. How can people read the same book and get a totally different view. Read the same verses and just ignore them? I don't think people have a genuine fear of God anymore. I've read scriptures point blank to people and heard them say, "Well, it's all a matter of opinion" when the scripture was so clear. God help us. Why don't Christians have the power they used too. Apostles performed miracles , Enoch was so holy God just took him, Elijah, Elisha,...etc. They had God listening to them. God protected his people, he showed his mighty power to their enemies, God was evident in their lives. It has waned off. We are weak. We are cheesecake Christians, we're soft, we melt easily. God is love, he sent his son so we're good to go. This is all people want to hear anymore. Does no one want to be righteous? It really doesn't look like it. Christians getting tattoos (a pagan practice and forbidden in the bible, Leviticus) piercings all over the body (also a pagan practice), living in adultery, fornication, the list goes on. So we're 'salt and light' huh? We're a 'set apart people' huh? If someone saw you pass by or me, would they think, that is a servant of God, Christian? I'm not talking about your cross necklace, 50 Cent (a very vulgar rapper) has one too. Please don't flash your religious tattoo's either. God said,"My people perish for a lack of knowledge." And we are perishing, there are buildings on every corner supposedly serving Christ, yet our communities rank with wickedness our government is sick. Churches practically beg for money so they can build bigger churches. People inside the church look down their noses at you because they "think" you don't give money. We have lost it. I am not despairing at the the things i see, God is still God. There are people who still want to serve God with their lives and live righteously. I'm sure you will say I'm judging you,well, so are you, your judging me judging you. I'm just putting down the things I have seen. I know what the bible says, and  many things are not lining up with how we live our lives. I have been honest, I have spoke from the bottom of my heart, the things i see bother me so much, I'm just a person, what about our holy God? How much we must Grieve him. I stand in awe at how long lasting God's mercy is towards us. Get the mud off your light bulbs and SHINE for god. Live for him, hold nothing back.