Ohhh England, England, England, the land of tea and cake, the land of brick houses, the land of beautiful green hills, the land of the comfortable church.. The land of the lonely people with nobody to share with, the land of the elderly people dying in their houses completly un-noticed by society, the land that is crazy to save a tree yet does not have a problem with killing an unborn baby..

This country is in such a messsss, yet the church is sitting so comfortably! Too concerned with politics to notice the people crying out for something real! The church in England needs to learn to not be afraid to confront people.. I know it is so important to show love and grace, but also it is important to help each other when we see that people are struggling, that after all, is love. The church is slowly dying, and is full of Christians who just like to go on a Sunday, but don't like it when Christ tries to be a part of their everyday life.. Why are we so desperate not to offend, and to keep the few remaining people in our old churches? What are we afraid of? I know for a fact that people are searching in this country, but people are searching for something that is truth. They are not finding it. Why do they not find Christianity? Because we do not act as if this is the truth! Maybe if we really spoke out about the things we wanted to, then people would see that Gods love is something that is powerful and compels us to action! Why are we so afraid to offend?

Smells.. Paul talks about us being the "fragrance of Christ" and this means so much, it means to be love.. It means to be abundantly loving. To love to the extreme. To love even when it hurts. To love even when it is spat back in your face. When buying a perfume, people do not search for an odourless brand.. there is no point in it! Why would you put on perfume if it did not smell of anything? Why would people turn to Christ, if the Christians are no different? We may defend ourselves saying that we are not "bad smells", but we may as well be..

I hope that you are sitting there nodding your head. But I hope that you do not forget this in 5 minutes.. I hope I can shock you a little.. Christians in England.. please.. rock the boat.. wake up.. at risk of sounding super cheesy YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU!!!

Ohhh, church, I pray for you!