do the splits

something is wrong with this conversation:
"i can teach you how to speak in tongues."
"tongues are not teachable"
"oh, i'm pentacostal."

mm, ok so since you are pentacostal that totally means you can warp the bible. gotcha. good to know...
why do denominations split people so heavily? jesus' love should not be contained to "oh, i'm pentacostal, i'm christian, i'm lutheran, i'm methodist." when people divide based on matters of importance, then they are saying my way is better than yours so i'm just going to go do my own thing since its the best and leave you there to be worse than me. clearly, god loves them more.

.barf.

get over yourself. you are not better, higher, smarter, wiser or holier. you are selfish, arrogant, cheap and loud. darkness encompases our thoughts because our nature is to conquer and divide. so, i guess it makes sense that divisions occur. instead of dealing with deeper matters of the heart, people push them aside and go for what they have justified as a viable reason for splitting god's name. confusion begins with these words: essential and important. two words that have assumed an interchangeable definition in the english language when in fact they could not be more opposite.

essential: a basic, indispensable, or necessary element
important: of much or great significance

i'm not even sure where these thoughts are coming from. last night at loveHOP people were praying over divisions. that the love of god would push through the barriers created by human callouses. then this morning my voice was oddly shot and sharon and josh (people i work with) asked what was wrong. i told them i went to a prayer house. immediately josh mocked my god and says, "i can teach you to speak in tongues: want a honda, buy a honda. want a honda, buy a honda." then sharon adds, "what? did you forget you spoke in tongues last night? that's why your voice is gone." they both were laughing and i was hurting. that gave me even more drive to die to myself. i have never wanted to mean those words, "die to myself" more than i have in the past few days. god is conquering my soul.
AGAPE ECCE AETERNUS - Love is eternal.