Er, if I may ...
You not only may but are humbly requested to into my life, as long as I live.
Of course . . . I may not always jump 100% on your bandwagon! LOL.
The rest of the post, greatly agree with.
And truly, I do not expect you to agree with me 100%. God did not create "cookie cutter" Christians.
To me, He is much like the master artist making a living masterpiece to reveal Himself to us. Our differences add beauty, depth, contrast. What could He say if He mixed all the colors into one on His palette?
I believe this was the message underscoring Christ selecting twelve very different apostles. Peter was not like John who was not like Thomas and so on. It is also the message in Revelation 2 and 3, the churches were different, the assemblies of believers faced different problems, had different strengths, different weaknesses, different goals.
Altogether, it is beautiful and speaks to me in ways I cannot express in words alone!