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Someone said to me when I was a High school " those people who always go to the church who've done always ungood things are better to those people who sometimes go in the church who've done a lot of good things ". I answered, " I think so, the important for me is I am asking forgiveness and I am doing what's good". I think she told that to me because I sometimes go to the church.

I was a little bit confused to what she'd told me. Because of deeply thinking, I come up with a good realization that even I do good things I must go to church for me to strengthen my faith more and to help others also to strengthen theirs.

When I was high school I go to church if I feel to go and if someone invites me.
I think the reason why I sometimes attend the church is because I am confused where is the church that I must attend. And maybe because of the people who are attending mass always but I don't see it to themselves how they live their faith, they've heard a lot of sermons by the pastors, by the priests but they fail to apply it. I observe that when I am attending the mass there are people who clothes unmannerly, they look saints but deeply their purpose is just to show to other people that they always go to the church.

Even there are a lot of distractions I sometimes go to church with a good purpose in my heart.

Going to church always does not define you as a good person... what defines you as a good person is how you live the teachings of the church and you always rely on your father in heaven for everything that you'll do in your life.

Elder Uchtdorf said " the Church is not an automobile showroom- a place to put ourselves on display so that others can admire our spirituality, capacity or prosperity. It is more like a service center, where vehicles in need of repair come for maintenance and rehabilitation."

As what he said the purpose of the Church is not to put ourselves on display because we have something to prove to our brethren the purpose is to change our lives ( we cannot turn back time for us to correct things that we have made but we can start now, today to change )and to help one another to keep on progress of their faith.

I conclude that the church is a place where we can water ourselves and those who are drought in spirit.

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