The Milkshake

So I came up for the weekend holiday. Easter. (one of my favorite holidays). It is one holiday that i feel is the most important other than Christmas. Growing up as a kid, I regularly went to church every sunday. We belonged to the Deforest Evangelical Free Church. There I along with my family was very knowledgeable about the bible, and the church. Now you are probably thinking that my family and I are the "curchy" type who have to be perfect. We are no where near perfect, but yet we still feel that it is very important to have this part of our lives. My family is super fun and crazy to be around. We know how to have fun, and still have God in our lives. We pray before every meal, and i also say the prayer i have said all my life before i go to sleep every night, even when i am away at school.

Some people do not get why people take the time to be religous. They feel that people who are religous are wasting thier time. By growing up in a family who went to church, you learn to form your own beliefs. Not once was i ever told that i HAD to go to church or that i was going to think a certain way. That was the great thing about going to church with my family and the people around me. They were always very open with different thoughts and beliefs. I feel that there will never be one belief that is right or wrong. That is why there are so many different religions. Each religion has their own beliefs and feelings about certaing things.

A good example of this is a conversation i just recently had with my boyfriend Kyle. We have been together a little over four years now, and have always been open with discussing anything. We were on our way back to the dorms from bayshore mall, when we got talking about the topic of communion. I had gone down to Illinois with him to visit his family, who to is very religous. They are Catholic, and i am not. With that said, Catholics take communion every sunday. They have their own beliefs about the reasoning behind it and why it is done. Well with my church background, we only take communion once a month, but we feel that any one is allowed to take communion. god excepts anyone. Little did i know, Kyle had told me that techinically i should not have taken communion in his families church because i was not catholic and did not share the same beliefs. I was shocked when he told me this because i was raised and taught that anyone who believes in God, can take communion where ever.

Now the point of my venting is that everyone is taught differently. Whether that means educationally or religously. Everyone grows up to have there own thoughts and feelings about different topics. No matter what though, we are going to be supportive of other people. Even if we dont believe the same things. That is the great thing about being able to think in your own way. Even if that means learning the ways of others.