<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397947" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Experiences at church</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the city I witnessed some men<br>going to church trying to follow God<br>with a true passion, a true commitment<br>to finding a blessing<br>and weary old ladies, children<br>and some men were bringing offerings<br>of money, action and time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and some just went there to express<br>how by wealth they have been blessed<br>gathering in cliques in little groups and circles, <br>discussing business, pleasure <br>and inconsequential things that are of interest to them</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I have witnessed other people, <br>who saw no need for churches <br>or for the services rendered by them, <br>any other than as places for<br>grand weddings</div><div style="margin:10px 0">or to serve God or any higher being<br>as if they in the image of God<br>had become gods<br>and the whole wide world<br>belonged to them to exploit<br>and even other people<br>have got to serve them<br>and now that the church<br>to which they did at a time belong<br>had lost its power<br>with which it governed the country<br>from religion they were totally free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even if other people were gathering<br>for self serving reasons<br>I went to church<br>to get some kind of blessing<br>from the presence of the One<br>from whom all love comes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397947" data-title="Experiences at church de Gert Strydom" data-description="In the city I witnessed some men going to church trying to follow God with a true passion, a true commitment to finding a blessing and weary old ladies, children and some men were bringing offerings of money, action and time and some just went th..."></div> </div> </div>

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