I love this church and I cry everytime I go. A good cry becuase I feel the love and when I leave there, my soul is full - just like when you are done eating and you have the full feeling. I was raised catholic too and had issues with the practices and never felt a relationship with God. I am from Southern California and in Sept of 1991 I lost my two beautiful children in a house fire. People thought I was going to go crazy and for that first year I was. I read the entire bible looking for answers to all my questions. The very people who tried to save my kids to me to a church - it changed my life. Many people thought "how can you love God after what He let happen?" and I wasnt really sure how to explain it. But this tradgey changed my life in so many ways and strengthened me too. I move up here in 1992 to start my life over and Ed Cortese introduced me to this church and I just loved it. I am not as active as I would like to be and the times I do come it was from a strong yearning to feel that full feeling. Funny thing is - everytime I go - it feels like you are talking about my life and what is going on with me. ITs like God is pulling me there by my soul and helping me, once again.
Another thing I love is that there is humor, real life topics, and the relation of the bibles teachings to fit into today. I love that it is casual and comfortable and I love that when I am hungry for Gods help I can go there and get full. Thank you.
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