Leaving the church to find Jesus

I was raised Christian. I was taken to church on a somewhat regular basis. I was involved in youth groups. Much of this was very much against my will. I found very little of God in any church I attended. I was lost in a crowd at Grace church and God felt vague and distant. I felt that God loved me as a christian and a person, but not as ME. At Catholic mass, faith felt mechanical. Being a Christian felt like a job, doing as you're told to somehow earn salvation. At Living Faith Church, I finally saw people who seemed to embody this supposed love of God, but the church itself was a business and God was a marketing tool. I did some denomination hopping and found some fatal flaw every time. Some churches were interested in attendance, others in tithes, others only spouted basic truths of the salvation of Jesus but failed to encourage us to grow beyond that first step. Furthermore, I watched Christians publicly preaching hate for doctors who perform abortions, homosexuals and other "unchristian" people. I couldn't see God in Christianity. Discouraged, I left Christianity behind.
It would be more accurate to say I left the Christian church behind. In my heart, I felt that God couldn't possibly desire this of his people. Longing to find what I was missing, I did what any sensible Christian would do. I opened my Bible. Naturally, I had no idea where to begin. I simply began turning pages. I stumbled upon Micha. In this book, a prophet tells God's people what God wills of his people in no uncertian terms. Micha 6:8 says "He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." In one verse, I found God. I moved hastily into the teachings of Jesus and found a message I had not had the luxury of hearing before. The life of a Christian, a person who lives with a great love of the lord, is a life of love overflowing. We do not sit in judgement. We do not condemn the sinful. These things are for God alone. We also must not isolate ourselves from the world. Jesus did not preach from high upon a stage or behind the safety of a fence. He walked among the crowd. He embraced the sinful. He befriended the wicked. In this way he changed the world.
I did not see these people in the church. The people I saw were quick to judgement and quicker still to anger. They only kept "good Christian" company and boasted of their faith and good works. I found God in a church parking lot. Outside of the constructed religions of men, but not far from His sight.