Let's see, not mainstream. Well, neither are mine. I find one Christian in 100 that I can truly talk to. Perhaps we are all the same in that respect. I believe God designed us to talk to Him, and maybe that's why talking to each other often leads to nothing but silly
dispute.
Mainstream is this: Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments. Ah. Sounds hard. What are His commandments?
That I should love the Lord my God (The Father in Heaven to whom Jesus daily looked to for His every action) with all my heart and mind and strength. And then, when I did that properly, I should also love my neighbor as myself. That's interesting as there are things about me even I 'm not that crazy about, nor is the Lord, but I certainly have been assured that both He and His Father love me without qualification.
Then the Lord asked us please to go tell others about Him, the Son of God sent to forgive our sins by His own death and resurrection.
That's mainstream to me. The rest doesn't matter, unless the devil is really jerking you around and you don't even see it. You might ask the One True God if this happens, and if so, what can you do to stop it. Then you may become even more mainstream than you care to be now. I believe we have our boundaries. Even St. Francis, sent to the lepers, was at first utterly repulsed by the sight of them. But,
that seemed to not last long, and although it is beyond my understanding, there were beautiful whole people under all those sores that only Francis could see. That's interesting to contemplate. The life of Francis. You might find it utterly amazing..
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