What I didn't say about my trip over here was how much it hit me when the orthodox Jews started praying toward Jerusalem. But they weren't just praying, they were bowing and reading from prayer books facing the wall. It seemed almost cultish. Then, when I think about it, and after seeing all of the dedication to religion here in Jerusalem itself, it worries me in several senses. One, it worries me how people can get so caught up in their "sacrifices" and miss the mercy aspect (Matt. 12:7/Hosea 6:6). Do you get what I'm saying? So many people here are pouring themselves into the Pharisaic idea that they must follow of these commands, and they miss the ideas behind the commands. It saddens me. But, what worries me just as much is how we Christians can complain and struggle with so little in comparison to the energy and time and devotion that these others pour in to their false religions. What is wrong with us? How can we, the only ones with the TRUTH fail to put our all forward. This has bothered me since I arrived here. How can I, one who has full capability to be used by Jesus Christ, not spend as much time as possible developing my relationship with him? I understand the gospel, yet I do not let it consume my life as the Muslems let the worship of Allah consume theirs. Perhaps that is what I am here to learn, the passion of one who knows the truth. We shall see.
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