Felecia01 · 51-55, F
Its a personal relationship with Jesus christ Daily everyday we up our cross and follow him Daily he Loves us so much :)
rckt148 · 61-69, M
I spent my life hating God ,
Pentecostals on one corner and Baptist on the other and all but a few members were one thing on Sunday and mean as hell on Monday .
The "Spirit filled ones " trying to get me filled with the Holy Ghost on Sunday and cuss me on Monday and the only time the Baptist wanted me around was to clean the Church .
My Moms Dad lived next door to the pastor ,he actually donated the land for the Church as did my Dads Dad for the Baptist Church and the pastors home .
Grandma taught the GA's (a girls club) both Grandpa's were deacons ,
But the one pastor lived right next door ,but NEVER come to visit my Grandma after her health put her in her bed ,Not once ,but Grandpa went right on .
And the world would end if they didn't pay those tithe .That supports the preacher don't ya know ,
When she died and her sister in the same night ,he preached their double funeral and said he knew Grandma was a Christian ,"He often heard her whistling religious songs "but he never actually visited her ,and the house he lived in my Grandpa donated the land and had that house built .
My Mom was a practicing witch ,and it was well known she claimed to be a "White Witch " ,she cheated on my Dad ,she beat the hell out of me everyday and had me scared to death of any law enforcement ,thought my Uncle was our mayor and the local cops worked for him .
My family was the founders of our town so our name carried a lot of weight ,
unless my Mom was your Mom .but to hear her tell it EVERYONE was liars that needed to mind their own business ,,she spent 9 months having me she could kill me when she damn well pleased ,her biggest regret was the day I was born she forgot to pinch my head off ,,
and my Dad God rest his souls was a great man ,
But I hardly ever got to see him and he was not hearing anything about Mom .
I was married at 16 ,in boot camp as soon as I turned 17 and thank God now I was a long way away from her .
Divorced by 23 and my wife hid my kids from me for 12 yrs
Remarried by 26 ,,second divorce by 34 ,and I was done with pain ,I wanted to die not serve God ,,I paid $20.000 for a surgery so I could walk again ,
Major back surgery on my 30th Birthday ,on my birthday ,9 days later I am back working ,but a little spur in my shoulder stopped me in my tracks ,I can't use my arm to pick up a coffee cup ,shift gears in my truck and I sure can't work like this ,and wife number 2 leaves me .
I had used alcohol and drugs to forget my childhood and used more to ease the pain so I could keep trying to work ,and then pain pills and anything that made me feel good and enabled me to keep working ,but this spur has got me
I am not able to do anything that required skill left handed .
Cut ahead I end up homeless .
I had been dragged to a Church and God had to have healed me of my addictions
I went through no withdraw and no side effects and the desire to drink and use drugs was gone ,completely gone .
The pain from my wife leaving me was just so intense I wanted to die ,I couldn't eat ,I couldn't sleep ,people I thought were my friends avoided me ,,
Family was in no position to help me ,Christian service centers stopped helping me ,,Social security turned me down ,food stamp office said my wife and I had to many assets ,and she made to much money for me to get any assistance ,
Church's even turned me away except one ,a little church on top of "Toms Hill Mountain "they helped me ,Pastor even paid my wifes car insurance for me out of his bank account and this was a tiny church ,he was not well paid ,but he was like a Dad to us all even though he was younger than I was .
I would set out to go see friends and end up at that Church at a table reading my Bible ,,when I was reading it I was not in pain ,but when I was not ,I was dying ,
I was in every prayer line in any church begging God to make my wife come back .
I finally was offered a job washing cars for a car lot and worked my way into a lot manager position ,it was a huge lot over $25 million in just used cars .
I was offered a place to stay and soon a car and then another car and soon I had 3 ,just given to me by people wanting to help me .
But day after day I ended up at that Church reading my Bible and praying .
begging God to please give me my wife back .
Someone suggested I sow an offering so on Easter ,I put my whole weeks pay and all my tips and any money given to me in an envelope ,had it prayed for by every pastor I could get to pray for it ,,and cried and begged God please bring my wife back ,I will praise your name forever (I was trying to make deals )
But God in His wisdom let me find my kids ,not my wife back .
So between the study of the Bible making me forget pain ,and now I know where my kids are that have been kept from me 12 yrs ,God was getting my attention .
I have stories on my profile that say why I now love God .
This is to say I was not raised a Christian ,I had no faith in anyone who said they were ,I had no use for church's and I sure as hell was not brain washed .
This is how my life and relationship with God began ..
His word eased my pain ,so I have hours upon hours that turned into years in the Bible ,not a few chapters as day ,a Sunday service and a weekly service and thats my study ,I put years into nothing but work ,the few hours of Church and back into my Bible ,,I have a bone disease also eating my spine .
I found out not only is the Bible good medicine for a broken heart ,,it also makes you forget physical pain as well .
I have had 3 visions and years of playing church ,that prepared me to finally meet Christ ,,I am not sure of the exact date like the night I was healed of my addictions ,but somewhere in a 2 year ,,self imposed prison ,somewhere around 4 yrs ago ,I was actually Born Again .
In my home ,just God and I and His Word in my heart ,He finally got my full attention and I actually heard His voice and He was mocking me .
He gave me a vision to save me from pain I put myself through ,and protect my ministry but I didn't listen ,,so this is what He said
"The next time I tell you No you will listen "
And He is right ,now He has my full attention and I am thankful for His grace and mercy and forgiving me for cussing Him and telling everyone He sucks .
He is awesome ,I just had to get it ,He don't make deals ,nor is He obligated to do anything on my time or my way ,He knows whats best for me ,
I caused most of my problems myself ,and Mom her own ,but He is good at making us look back and see it was Him who always saved us ,and He knew like He knew one day Saul would be Paul ,He really is working to make it all work out .
I am thankful now I went through it ,,all of the pain made me who I am
A tested in the fire born again son of God and I don't care who mocks me .
I know who will cry ,when I should be getting the last laugh ..
They can't help they are ignorant any more than I could .
Sometimes you have to lose everything you love before you see .
You caused most of this ,God wanted to help you ,but you had to have it your way
But He is God ,He does not have to make deals with you ,
He wants to be first ,Then and only then ,will He give you the desires of your heart
I have testimonies on my profile in stories
To many things have taken place since 1994 for me to ever doubt God again .
I have seen miracles and His hand move mountains .
Some really dumb people have said "If you can't see Him He is not real .
you can't see air but you can see its effects ,you can't see the parasites on and in your body either ,but they are there and some would scare you to death if you could see them ,the dust mites on your pillow or the deadly bug in the blood of some ,,,if you are that ignorant to base God on that ,then I can't help you anyway ,,but I do know my Lord ,He is very real and He is coming to get His .
I am not mocking His word ignorantly saying it a book written by man anymore .
It is the source of power ,that is why King James wrote his ,he wanted to control it ,,,its not like that ,,its only effective when its in your heart
Then you can expose satans lies and know truth from Error and that is where you will find Christ ,,He is the key ,He is the door ,want to find Him ?
get into His word ,He is not lost ,He just wants to know how willing you are to look for Him ,,He is not lost ,,We are ,,He is the light ,His word is the lamp that lights the path to show us the way ,,so simple ,but not to the blind
They can't see anything ,,,God is not logical ,He is God
Pentecostals on one corner and Baptist on the other and all but a few members were one thing on Sunday and mean as hell on Monday .
The "Spirit filled ones " trying to get me filled with the Holy Ghost on Sunday and cuss me on Monday and the only time the Baptist wanted me around was to clean the Church .
My Moms Dad lived next door to the pastor ,he actually donated the land for the Church as did my Dads Dad for the Baptist Church and the pastors home .
Grandma taught the GA's (a girls club) both Grandpa's were deacons ,
But the one pastor lived right next door ,but NEVER come to visit my Grandma after her health put her in her bed ,Not once ,but Grandpa went right on .
And the world would end if they didn't pay those tithe .That supports the preacher don't ya know ,
When she died and her sister in the same night ,he preached their double funeral and said he knew Grandma was a Christian ,"He often heard her whistling religious songs "but he never actually visited her ,and the house he lived in my Grandpa donated the land and had that house built .
My Mom was a practicing witch ,and it was well known she claimed to be a "White Witch " ,she cheated on my Dad ,she beat the hell out of me everyday and had me scared to death of any law enforcement ,thought my Uncle was our mayor and the local cops worked for him .
My family was the founders of our town so our name carried a lot of weight ,
unless my Mom was your Mom .but to hear her tell it EVERYONE was liars that needed to mind their own business ,,she spent 9 months having me she could kill me when she damn well pleased ,her biggest regret was the day I was born she forgot to pinch my head off ,,
and my Dad God rest his souls was a great man ,
But I hardly ever got to see him and he was not hearing anything about Mom .
I was married at 16 ,in boot camp as soon as I turned 17 and thank God now I was a long way away from her .
Divorced by 23 and my wife hid my kids from me for 12 yrs
Remarried by 26 ,,second divorce by 34 ,and I was done with pain ,I wanted to die not serve God ,,I paid $20.000 for a surgery so I could walk again ,
Major back surgery on my 30th Birthday ,on my birthday ,9 days later I am back working ,but a little spur in my shoulder stopped me in my tracks ,I can't use my arm to pick up a coffee cup ,shift gears in my truck and I sure can't work like this ,and wife number 2 leaves me .
I had used alcohol and drugs to forget my childhood and used more to ease the pain so I could keep trying to work ,and then pain pills and anything that made me feel good and enabled me to keep working ,but this spur has got me
I am not able to do anything that required skill left handed .
Cut ahead I end up homeless .
I had been dragged to a Church and God had to have healed me of my addictions
I went through no withdraw and no side effects and the desire to drink and use drugs was gone ,completely gone .
The pain from my wife leaving me was just so intense I wanted to die ,I couldn't eat ,I couldn't sleep ,people I thought were my friends avoided me ,,
Family was in no position to help me ,Christian service centers stopped helping me ,,Social security turned me down ,food stamp office said my wife and I had to many assets ,and she made to much money for me to get any assistance ,
Church's even turned me away except one ,a little church on top of "Toms Hill Mountain "they helped me ,Pastor even paid my wifes car insurance for me out of his bank account and this was a tiny church ,he was not well paid ,but he was like a Dad to us all even though he was younger than I was .
I would set out to go see friends and end up at that Church at a table reading my Bible ,,when I was reading it I was not in pain ,but when I was not ,I was dying ,
I was in every prayer line in any church begging God to make my wife come back .
I finally was offered a job washing cars for a car lot and worked my way into a lot manager position ,it was a huge lot over $25 million in just used cars .
I was offered a place to stay and soon a car and then another car and soon I had 3 ,just given to me by people wanting to help me .
But day after day I ended up at that Church reading my Bible and praying .
begging God to please give me my wife back .
Someone suggested I sow an offering so on Easter ,I put my whole weeks pay and all my tips and any money given to me in an envelope ,had it prayed for by every pastor I could get to pray for it ,,and cried and begged God please bring my wife back ,I will praise your name forever (I was trying to make deals )
But God in His wisdom let me find my kids ,not my wife back .
So between the study of the Bible making me forget pain ,and now I know where my kids are that have been kept from me 12 yrs ,God was getting my attention .
I have stories on my profile that say why I now love God .
This is to say I was not raised a Christian ,I had no faith in anyone who said they were ,I had no use for church's and I sure as hell was not brain washed .
This is how my life and relationship with God began ..
His word eased my pain ,so I have hours upon hours that turned into years in the Bible ,not a few chapters as day ,a Sunday service and a weekly service and thats my study ,I put years into nothing but work ,the few hours of Church and back into my Bible ,,I have a bone disease also eating my spine .
I found out not only is the Bible good medicine for a broken heart ,,it also makes you forget physical pain as well .
I have had 3 visions and years of playing church ,that prepared me to finally meet Christ ,,I am not sure of the exact date like the night I was healed of my addictions ,but somewhere in a 2 year ,,self imposed prison ,somewhere around 4 yrs ago ,I was actually Born Again .
In my home ,just God and I and His Word in my heart ,He finally got my full attention and I actually heard His voice and He was mocking me .
He gave me a vision to save me from pain I put myself through ,and protect my ministry but I didn't listen ,,so this is what He said
"The next time I tell you No you will listen "
And He is right ,now He has my full attention and I am thankful for His grace and mercy and forgiving me for cussing Him and telling everyone He sucks .
He is awesome ,I just had to get it ,He don't make deals ,nor is He obligated to do anything on my time or my way ,He knows whats best for me ,
I caused most of my problems myself ,and Mom her own ,but He is good at making us look back and see it was Him who always saved us ,and He knew like He knew one day Saul would be Paul ,He really is working to make it all work out .
I am thankful now I went through it ,,all of the pain made me who I am
A tested in the fire born again son of God and I don't care who mocks me .
I know who will cry ,when I should be getting the last laugh ..
They can't help they are ignorant any more than I could .
Sometimes you have to lose everything you love before you see .
You caused most of this ,God wanted to help you ,but you had to have it your way
But He is God ,He does not have to make deals with you ,
He wants to be first ,Then and only then ,will He give you the desires of your heart
I have testimonies on my profile in stories
To many things have taken place since 1994 for me to ever doubt God again .
I have seen miracles and His hand move mountains .
Some really dumb people have said "If you can't see Him He is not real .
you can't see air but you can see its effects ,you can't see the parasites on and in your body either ,but they are there and some would scare you to death if you could see them ,the dust mites on your pillow or the deadly bug in the blood of some ,,,if you are that ignorant to base God on that ,then I can't help you anyway ,,but I do know my Lord ,He is very real and He is coming to get His .
I am not mocking His word ignorantly saying it a book written by man anymore .
It is the source of power ,that is why King James wrote his ,he wanted to control it ,,,its not like that ,,its only effective when its in your heart
Then you can expose satans lies and know truth from Error and that is where you will find Christ ,,He is the key ,He is the door ,want to find Him ?
get into His word ,He is not lost ,He just wants to know how willing you are to look for Him ,,He is not lost ,,We are ,,He is the light ,His word is the lamp that lights the path to show us the way ,,so simple ,but not to the blind
They can't see anything ,,,God is not logical ,He is God
i think its more about, that theres more to this life than all the chaos you see. ive seen ghost like things before so i believe there is more out there. now what happens after death idk. but for me science hasnt gotten to the point to where it can determine anything. like where everything came from. i dont think it ever will. the universe is a living entity as well. made up of matter and anti-matter. to say things just exist because it just does seems kind of weird. life can be pretty bad. a lot of bad things happen. humans cause a lot of bad things to happen. they are the ones destroying all life on this planet. but for me knowing everything one day will perish. everything dies. we die, animals die, plants die, planets die, suns die. stars die. everything dies. an existence and an end. but i do believe that theres something more after death. the matter that we are made up of will fall back. from dust we came back to dust we will remain. were did conscience thought came from? things are highly complex, yet all science can say well it takes millions of years for it to happen. yet they are surprised it even happened at all.
GwydionFrost · 56-60, M
Like Thomas Jefferson, I've found, philosophically, if you remove the superstitious claptrap, and apply the correct lens (define "righteousness"), you will discover a hidden narrative that actually weaves through most religious and philosophical works.
Religion is the ritualization of belief. It removes you from the equation, and dictates the answers to you. In fact, to be a part of a religion, you must adopt their beliefs, even if your own heart tells you otherwise.
Religion is the ritualization of belief. It removes you from the equation, and dictates the answers to you. In fact, to be a part of a religion, you must adopt their beliefs, even if your own heart tells you otherwise.
DarkSillyArtistGamerGeekdddddd · 31-35, F
Actions are more significant than beliefs & words. They truly show someone's character. I believe everyone is a sinner & all can be redeemed. I have an appreciation for various beliefs. Its called ominism.
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Graciebaby · F
Now your asking for trouble ,lol.
hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M
Logic.
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