WELCOME! I don't know what this blog will contain except that whatever I'm thinking at the time I'm thinking it. I had a great time this past weekend with my very best friend and she asked me several times over the weekend to write her a book... so this isn't really a book.. but here you go Lynn... here are my insane ideas and thoughts, ENJOY!
May 15, 2011
Is faith in the bible?
I was at a meeting for the kids youth group today and there were some guest pastor speakers. They were fantastic but they made me question some things. They said we should have unwaivering faith and we must read and follow the bible and the rules of the bible and god will give us the everlasting peace that he died for us to have. This poses questions for me? I believe in the ideas of the bible; Love one another/ take care of one another/ turn the other cheek/ etc.... and I wake up everyday with the intention of being a good person and doing the right thing. I try to help others and I try to love every day with all my heart but I'm not a bible reader... I have some versus I like that I've heard, I've been in bible studies but I do not sit down and read the bible as a book. Does this mean I don't have enough faith, does this mean I won't be a good christian. Must we read the bible and go to church to have faith and be a good christian? I believe god is with me and loves me. I also believe that god will not always give me what I want but he will always give me what I need. I believe in asking god not to fix things but to give me the strength to work through things. I try to ask him for the wisdom to say the right thing when it needs to be said the the wisdom to hold my tounge when it needs to be held. I don't raise my hands in church and yell "hallelujah", I don't preach to my friends, I don't forward jesus emails, but I share what I have with whoever needs it, I stop to help someone when I can, I try to do what's right even if I don't "feel" like it. but am I a bad christian and is my faith lacking because I don't read the bible and follow the rules as laid out. Does anyone? Well here is my answer,,, yes I have faith... it may be different from yours or his or hers, but I have faith. I have my own faith and to me God is private. I am a christian and proud of it.. but my relationship with God is more private than public. I don't read the bible and don't know all the books of the bible but I know right from wrong and I love God with all of my heart and when I meet him in heaven I'll ask him if I should have read the bible!
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