The Church Poem by Rayline Nathan

The temple of the living God
A shelter for the lost
For the broken hearted
Protection against the evil world.
Protection?
I think not.

It is a place of safety
A home for the homeless
A lighthouse for those trapped in the dark
Safety, lighthouse, a home?
I think not.

If the church is a shelter, it means I’m left in the rain; lost and alone.
If the church is the one that protects, than why am I left bruised, deeply scarred and betrayed?
If the church is the place where people that are lost run to from a world that hurt them,
Than I pray to God to help me. I pray that He should find me a refuge.
For where am I to run to?
For it is the church which is that world that hurt.

Where am I to go? I’m lost.
I’m left disgusted by “the church.”
This is not what Jesus meant when he died for the church on the cross.
So tell me what went wrong with “the church”?