Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. 2Cor 6:14 ~Today's Daily Bread
yes, I know Yoke/Yolk totally different lol
Solomon associating with women who were not Christian led to him to follow other gods. The story holds valid points. It's important to surround yourself with other Christians for many reasons and I think a great reason is because you share your love of the one true God. Do not push away those who are not Christian or are "confused" about religion for we need to tell others the GOOD NEWS!
I was blessed to have always been surrounded by Christians. God found a way for many Christians to walk through my life and guide me towards His true Word. I can go back to when I was a child and tell you all the wonderful stories, but i'll just start with adulthood.
One of my first jobs was working at Church of The Master in Perrysburg. I was the nursery teacher. I loved my job, I even got a $1.00 raise every year! After a few years I began to have this urge to be part of the congregation. I would try to listen to the message but I was distracted by the children and I left work every day feeling empty, like something was missing or just not right. I ended up quitting the job so I would have time to go to church on Sundays.
I ended up hurting a few people when I quit which distracted me from feeding the desire to hear and understand God's Word. Seeking a deeper meaning to life, I strangely turned to Spiritualism. I learned how to read Tarot cards, I went to psychics, had a batch of worrymen all ready for my pillow and had a worry stone too! Oh yeah, don't forget my health/safety crystal that I couldn't leave without for it protected me when I was traveling and in case germs were comin' to get me sick.
My next job was the salvation army, which is a church. Lucky for me my position allowed me to sit in and listen to the kids devotions, this eventually led me to attend church there on Sundays. I loved it! The best part was Tracy. She led me to take a giant step towards trusting God by getting me to leave behind my "junk" and rely on prayer and God to get me to travel from Ohio to California...sounds ridiculous I know, but it was a step that she got me to take and I learned that trip to trust God with everything, not a silly stone.
Another person God surrounded me with was Pete. We sat one night while I was telling him about my mixup with Spiritualism and we talked about Tarot cards. It was a fun night. He laffed at me, I laffed at myself and we ended the night with him promising to help me understand God's Word and my promise to be open to it.
So, the point to this blog, definitely surround yourself with Christians like yourself, but also take every moment to share the love of Jesus with everyone you encounter.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
There's no business Like your business its the best business I know....
I'm starting this off frustrated, but I have no business being frustrated as everything thats annoying has NOTHING to do with me! So, i'm just gonna vent and get it over with :)
OK, so in the past week I have stopped being friends with three people, more than likely we will get along again shortly but for right now, we're not talking. I am blaming them since they are all guys, they must all have something in common and doing something wrong lol it can't possibly be me lol
So, D is mad at me b/c I didnt go to a friends wedding. I felt uncomfortable going without Pete and Wyatt and it was two hours away, and didnt feel like taking the drive. This would also make us push back some priorities that Pete and I had planned to take care of the same day. He'll get over it, I think he already did as he has texted me while i'm writing this.
K is ALWAYS mad at me, and i'm finally done. Just let me say, that if you do a favor for a friend, you need to make sure you're doing it b/c its something you want to do, not b/c you're expecting the world in return.
OK, now on to my biggest annoyance!!!
My friend we'll just call him 'B' for right now, recently moved back to Toledo. Why would he do this? He left his wife of 8 years, her three kids, to come back here for another woman! None of my business right? RIGHT! But its bothering me b/c he asks my advice/opinion I give it to him, then he does the opposite and doesnt like it when i tell him what a wrong decision it is. So, I know I should just mind my own business lol I have no clue why i'm letting this bother me so much. Maybe I feel sorry for his wife b/c he left her without a warning, without an explanation....
I should keep my opinion to myself, when my friends ask me for my opinion maybe I should just tell them that if they need someone else's opinion then they need to rethink what they're about to do since they are not confident enough in their decision.
ok, boring post....i know...but you got stuck reading it and I feel better :)
OK, so in the past week I have stopped being friends with three people, more than likely we will get along again shortly but for right now, we're not talking. I am blaming them since they are all guys, they must all have something in common and doing something wrong lol it can't possibly be me lol
So, D is mad at me b/c I didnt go to a friends wedding. I felt uncomfortable going without Pete and Wyatt and it was two hours away, and didnt feel like taking the drive. This would also make us push back some priorities that Pete and I had planned to take care of the same day. He'll get over it, I think he already did as he has texted me while i'm writing this.
K is ALWAYS mad at me, and i'm finally done. Just let me say, that if you do a favor for a friend, you need to make sure you're doing it b/c its something you want to do, not b/c you're expecting the world in return.
OK, now on to my biggest annoyance!!!
My friend we'll just call him 'B' for right now, recently moved back to Toledo. Why would he do this? He left his wife of 8 years, her three kids, to come back here for another woman! None of my business right? RIGHT! But its bothering me b/c he asks my advice/opinion I give it to him, then he does the opposite and doesnt like it when i tell him what a wrong decision it is. So, I know I should just mind my own business lol I have no clue why i'm letting this bother me so much. Maybe I feel sorry for his wife b/c he left her without a warning, without an explanation....
I should keep my opinion to myself, when my friends ask me for my opinion maybe I should just tell them that if they need someone else's opinion then they need to rethink what they're about to do since they are not confident enough in their decision.
ok, boring post....i know...but you got stuck reading it and I feel better :)
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