The Ideal Church.......

I live in a fantasy world where everything is ideal:

Ideal School
Ideal Girlfriend
Ideal Family
Ideal Friendships
Ideal Marriage
Ideal Career
Ideal Church

And I wonder why i am so easily discouraged. My idealistic way of approaching life has allow bitterness and anger to creep into my life. Don't get me wrong, i believe that things can be better, but lets keep it real.

The concept of the 'ideal' was thrown out the door when the first man and woman decided they new better than God and took of the forbidden fruit. I forget this all the time that i am a fallen person, living in a fallen world that operates on fallen principles!

The Church although composed of Christians, are fallen people. I am not making an excuse for the church saying it is ok for us not be 'good'. All i am saying is that the church, although not ideal, is to be loved because Christ loved and died for the church.