This is different then my usual blogs about cleaning. A couple years ago I used to blog about my beliefs about God & I don't believe they were ever read, but I blogged anyway. They were very confidents that I knw what I was talking about. I'm not one of those people who has tons of verses memorized. I do my best but I can't always tell you where they are located. Does that mean my faith is less of someone else who can?I don't believe so. I go to church as often as I can. I will tell you that I don't remember everything the minister says & I don't take notes. I do remember being told that God is ll knowing, all loving, & every where at once. I belive these for sure.
What I don't get is how society has created their own God. Or use verses to prove their own point & not God's point. Or why people who go to church want to rugue with each other over something tirvial & miss the whole concept of love in the end. Doesn't God tell us to love our enemies? It's in the Bible, reasearch it.
I remember a lot of conversations of, "Hey, you are supposed to forgive me." "I'm not perfect so that's why I did what I did." Don't forget that others have boundaries. Boundaries I have learned are very important in relationships. I have people I want to forgive me who I need to forgive but I have choosen to from a distance because I do not want to be a doormat. Do I not still have feelings just cause you pulled out something from the Bible & used it for your own gain?
I am not in any way trying to debunk anything from scripture. I just think society verses God is a tricky subject. God's name should not be mentioned at school or inpublic places cause it's offnesive. How ever it's ok to wear a shirt with weed on it or a swear word & no one is to think twice. Throw John 3:16 on a shirt & it's about as bad as someone wearing a shirt with a gun on it.
I hear a lot about one shouldn't do certain things or support certain causees if they are Christian but so wht if do? I have made many istatkes in my life. I still ask, "God where are you?" I'm sure the story of Jesus calming the storm fits my life right now. I know He calms the winds of my life as he did for the disciples.
I just have lots of questions. I think my questions are more for society to think then for God.
Why are we so preoccupied about different religions & who is allowed to belive and not allowed to belive in the name of Jesus? Why are we so caught up in you must be have, act & think, dress & do this that or the other jump through hoops & so on in stead of just accepting? What does it mean to truly love one another? Why is it when someone tells someone no they get all mad about something instead of thinking it through? Why do we have different Gods or faiths? Why does our money say "in God we trust"& we use it every where we go but people have a hissy fit if people want the kid to say the pledge of allegience? Do you also know that some peopel who flip out knowing that I'm a woman writing and asking questions but if it were a man itd be ok even though we live in the twenty first century? Why is it that we are always stepping three steps forward & two steps back?
Why does God seem to show favoritism to people when Acts clearly states he does not. I have a deep desire to to be able to be a famous singer, dancer, painter, photographer or even a blogger. Will that most likely happen? No, does it make me of any less self worth if I can not pay all my bills right now cause there aren't enough jobs out there or I don't have the right skills? No, I don't think so. Am I any one of any significance like a counselor or pshycologist?
No, I'm just a single mom who has hard shares just like any one else. Do I go on misions over seas or have a full time job? Do I have things I'm trying to work on or people I'm trying to forgive or love that I really don't want to? Oh but of course. Does any of this infringe on my beliefs in Jesus/God (trinity)? I do not believe so. I have no idea what will happen at the end of my life but I do believe that we can as a culture come together & introduce people to others that can help us. I just get really tired of people putting limits on themselves, out casting others, & putting God in a box. God is bigger than anything & all we need to do is believe, we don't have to speak in toungues not all can only some, we don't all have to be married or successful or have emals at every schedualed time frame. We don't need to do anything but let God fight for us & listen. I just know some people are going to complain if they read this casuse I didn't use any verses. If so then you missed the whole point.
All I can say is that you are responsible for your actions and not someone else's actions. It is hard to understand why people do the things they do but I am only responsible for how I respond to what others do. Some things have to left with God,especially when it comes to changing people. Only God can change people and we can become really frustrated when we try to figure out why people are the way the are, especially if they are professing Christians.
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