Deeper than the freshly Fallen Snow...

At times I have definitely felt like there is something missing in my life and I have tried to fill that gap with other things in the past. What I have discovered is that those other things only seemed to provide a momentary distraction/relief and eventually wore off. I think the true key to filling that gap is genuine happiness; from love, spirituality and living a positive life.

I think just a few nut-jobs have given Christianity a bad name, with their over-zealous lifestyles and belief-systems.  It seems very hip these days to keep God at arms length and to write-off Christians as "Jesus freaks." I know there are plenty of people out there who ARE Jesus freaks, but it doesn't mean normal people can't have Christ in their lives or at least live a spiritually driven life.

Everything swings on a big proverbial "pendulum" and right now, religion is very 'out there' partly because it has become a partisan issue in the public eye (in my opinion). Eventually the pendulum will swing back, religion will shake this "extremist" reputation (in the states at least) and it will start bringing more and more people together- as it should. What people need to remember is that just because we are christian (or religious) doesn't mean we are automatically 'good' people. Spirituality should bring out the best in us and help us deal with everything else in us that isn't.

So yes, everyone will struggle and no one will be a perfect christian, that doesn't make us hypocrites for attending church or wanting/trying to be better people- it makes us human. If religion can bring out the goodness we all have in common as people and help us to accept all the other flaws we may carry, it could (and has, and will) unify vast amounts of people- that's an incredibly powerful possibility- excites me even to think about it.