how dare we...

I hate the church.
not the Church as in the body of believers who have asked God to forgive them of their sins and are living to serve Him, to follow His will in loving and serving others. I LOVE the Church! but I hate the church. The church building where the Church meets along with people who think they are the Church, or really doesn't care but they want others to think they are of the Church. People who have served God for years and now they just want to lay back and enjoy the rest of life, don't come near them if you see things any differently than they do.
I totally believe that the Church is just a body of sinners saved by grace, but we shouldn't remain there. If all we are doing is going back and forth to the starting line, we'll never finish the race. God loves us enough to take us just as we are, but He also loves us too much to just leave us there. we should be growing, learning, loving; if we aren't doing that then what's wrong with us? and the first step in change is to admit that there is something that needs to be changed!
I have known too many people God loves and longs to use for His glory, but they fall away from because there have been too many people in the church who refused to be changed. we are loosing people God died for, He loves, He longs to use, they are full of potential and we know this because we can already see God using them. We are loosing these people because the church refuses to change, we are too comfortable just the way we are.
I hate the church, but if things are to change, may God start the change within me