Made a compromise and went to church this morning

I was raised in a Christian home. Mom would say "put on your glad rags"! In Pennsylvania, we went to the Otterbein United Brethren. I accepted Christ as my savior when I was 13 years old. About the time I got my driver's license, I quit going and my parents didn't push.

I believed and lived my life like I did, but didn't attend church much until my wife left and I became a single parent of a 6 year old boy. I wanted my son "raised up in the way".

Now 24 years later my wife and I are raising a grandson (her son's son, not mine) and we are active in church.

I can feel the presence of God in the church we are members of. I drink, sometimes more than I should!! I curse occasionally, I'm a sinner...but I try very hard to treat people the way I want to be treated.

Yup, lots of hypocrites in church. Funny story. The last church we were visiting for six months when I caught a deacon checking out my wife's ***. oh yeah, he was definitely checking her out. Bent over and everything. Then he had the nerve to walk over to where we were sitting to greet us and said "the Lord is going to be here today". I responded, "the Lord is already here". When I mentioned it to the pastor, he totally stood up for the guy. We never went back.

I can live without going to church and know I'm a Christian, but feeling God's presence in church is worth it to me.