I may be abnormal to you then. I believe that whether the world is good or bad, that I am to be thankful to God. I don't believe that God is trying to test us in bad times, but I believe He is continually making himself known to us all in those times.

I believe that in many of the problems in our societies that the church is to blame (that includes me) because we should have a different standard. I believe that because of our disobedience and lack of Love we have so poorly demonstrated what it means to be a believer to the point that it has almost lost its meaning. The church, by faith in scripture, is given the duty of loving and supporting the people in our communities. Our standard of service should be higher and that our responsibility is to God, our communities, and our families and then ourselves.

Most importantly I believe that God is constantly giving us grace.

Please don't judge believers by what they do. The very nature of being a christian is that we admit that we are completely faulty and that we will do wrong and we are not able to live up to God's standard without his redemption. There are many fake christians and any believer that cannot admit their faultiness and claim to be good are either not believers or they are very very confused on the gospel.