I saw a meme this morning that said that Christianity has become a sad place where no one cares about backing up their actions with the Bible and they just follow their feelings. They don’t follow God but only themselves. It's sad that some people think this is Christianity, it's actually the OPPOSITE. To "fear" God is not to believe he will punish you if you're bad, but to be so grateful for Him and his unconditional love and grace that you WANT to follow His teachings. It is to love God before all things ( including yourself and your feelings), to pray for and take actions to be of service to others and love our neighbors and ourselves the way God would. Christianity has nothing to do with judging others, or following our feelings, or doing only what's good for ourselves. We can be the best versions of ourselves only if we use our God given talents to be grateful, take care of ourselves as best we can (because God gave us this gift of life), and serve others (our families, our friends, our coworkers, our neighbors, our communities, etc) in what's good for us AND them guided by what God calls us to do. It's not for us to just seek reward or fear punishment, any child can do that. It's kindness and gratitude applied by choice despite our anger, fear, or sinning nature to all the practical situations of life. Staying positive in the face of adversity, choosing the harder right over the easier wrong even when no one is looking, and being grateful for the life we have even with its challenges because our lives can be hard but the choices we make can make them better or harder. We have the choice to love God and his ways, or to choose feelings, or any other thing, to guide us. Each day, each minute, we choose God's way or sin. We don't always choose well, but with practice we can choose better and better each day. Christians aren't perfect. We never will be. But true Christians try to treat people as though God was within each person they meet, including themselves, because He is. Try being of service to someone today, it "feels" good because it’s the right thing to do, not just because you might get something out of it later. Open a dialogue with God by praying 15 minutes a day, then face your challenges. You'll find your choices different, the chaos in your soul diminishes, and your life improves despite the challenges we all face.