Radiant

So yesterday, I went to Radiant Church here in Visalia. Ironically, I had honestly never heard of this church until about two or three months ago. Okay, first off, I love stepping out of my comfort zone, and going to a new church is definitely out of my comfort zone. But it was exactly how a church should be.

After stepping away from my church about a month and a half ago, I've been trying to find something that I fit with. I tried out one that I had heard nothing but good about, and it was good, but it wasn't home. It didn't fit. I didn't fit. It just wasn't right.

Radiant was definitley what a church should look like. It's just a normal building, filled with people from all different backrounds who are simply there to love God and worship him. There was no structure, no instructions, and no pressure. I didn't feel judged. I didn't feel the pressure that I had to stand when worship started. I wasn't told that if I was a Follower of Christ that I had to take communion. It was just there. There was invitation to join in, but it was not as if it was wrong if I didn't do what everyone else was doing. It was just a raw, real, authentic service. Like church should be. It felt like what the original church would have felt like. Just people getting together for community and to learn and hear about God.

And the list keeps growing of reasons for me to stay in Visalia.