Super Intellectual Witty Banter......

I read a blog written by a gentleman whose purpose in blogging is to disprove God. He's an athiest. I would give you the name of the blog, but no. 8-) He commented that if he could get even one Christian to doubt what they believe then he would be successful in his ventures. Here is what I don't get. If he doesn't believe at all that God exist, then why is he investing so much time in who God is? In my experience, the few true athiest I have met don't really invest any time in God because they DON'T BELIEVE HE EXIST! Not that I have met a whole lot of true athiest. Most people who say they don't believe in God have been burned by the church or someone claiming to be a Christ follower. Anyway, the blog was chocked full of really "deep" way "intellectual" totally confusing picking apart of everything that a Christ follower might stand for or believe. I recently had a conversation with someone about what is known as "fashionable doubt". It has become trendy to doubt God and to disclaim faith. Here's what I think. The world has gotten TOO BIG FOR IT'S BRITCHES. Everyone is too smart for there own good. We have become so smart that we're stupid. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Even Christ followers are trying to prove God. Don't get me wrong. QUESTION EVERYTHING! SEEK ANSWERS FOR YOURSELF. DON'T LET ANYBODY SPOON FEED YOU WHAT YOU BELIEVE. I believe it's necessary for everyone to discover God on their own. Otherwise their relationship with God isn't PERSONAL. The thing is that I believe that there is only ONE TRUE GOD, and HE IS EVERYTHING! I can't however prove to you in a logical way WHY HE IS ALL THAT HE IS! If I could do that then I would be God, and let me assure you that I am not. But it's not my job as a follower of Christ to prove to you who He is. He is perfectly capable of doing that on His own. I can share with you what I believe based on personal testimony. I can love you in the way that He has shown me how. I can pray for you fervently that you may find God where you are right now. I think it is necessary to speak TRUTH. It isn't necessary to argue FAITH! Arguing FAITH always brings about the opposite effect that we as Christ followers should desire. Arguing drives people away. You will never prove God by arguing with anyone. You can only show them God by loving them right where they are. THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM, and it drives me crazy when people who claim to be Christ followers wimp out and say that they CAN'T say that Jesus ISN'T the ONE AND ONLY WAY simply because they don't want to offend anyone. That too is a bunch of POO because their not standing up for Jesus has NOTHING to do with not wanting to offend and EVERYTHING to do with not wanting to be unpopular. SELFISH! WIMPY! STAND UP! BE PROUD OF THE ONE WHO DIED FOR YOU! But please, if you are a follower of Jesus, don't fight to prove who He is. Let the Holy Spirit speak into the lives of God doubters and you share when HE wants you to. He isn't insecure in His Godliness. He doesn't look in the mirror and wonder who He is. Just demonstrate who God is by loving people in His name, sharing truth, and accepting that along with faith and perseverance will come PERSECUTION. The Bible says it's so. When they beat Jesus and mocked Him for claiming that He is the Son of God He never argued once. Could He have proven Himself? I feel quite certain of it. God doesn't just want us to believe He exist. Satan himself believes that God exists. God wants us to LOVE HIM WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, ALL OUR SOULS, AND ALL OUR MINDS. (Matt. 22:37)

Anyway, that was long and I do apologize for the ranting. I at least hope that it makes sense. If it doesn't I have at least purged my mind of the madness. 8-)

All My Love,
OriginsPink.

There's no going back......

I was reminiscing yesterday. Thinking about that past 8 years of my life. Getting married. My sweet babies and what it was like to look at each one of them for the very first time. I thought about God, and the journey I have been on with Him. About 5 years ago we began speed walking. 8-) I have been a born again Christian for 23 years, but it wasn't until about 5 years ago that God became my EVERYTHING. A few years ago I was involved in a small group that changed my walk with Him COMPLETELY. God taught me how to be intimate. He showed me what true fellowship looked like. He showed me what a real Godly woman looks like, and what can happen when a group of them sit in a room and truly seek Him. You see, I had always thought that a Godly woman was a woman that really followed the rules, and always got it right. All these years I had been so discouraged because I was always messing up. As it turns out, Godly woman mess up sometimes too. A Godly woman is one that loves God with all her heart, soul, and mind, and who's desire is to be truly intimate with Almighty God. I sat in the midst of some of the Godliest women I have ever known. We laughed a lot, we cried a lot, we shared the most intimate details of our lives, and in the living room of a tiny apartment opened up to us by a Godly woman desiring true fellowship and prayer with other believers, God moved. After about a year, our group changed. God called some of us to different things, but in looking back on that time in my life I began to get sad, and to grieve the fact that it is over. I miss it. I miss those women. I miss our conversations. I miss the power of God moving is that small little living room. For a few minutes I wished I could be back in that place in that time of my life, but then God showed me that there is no going back. He never wants us to move backwards. He calls us to move forward. To go deeper, and that always means moving. Sometimes I get so caught up in holding on to what I know or to the things of the past that I forget that the only thing I should be holding on to is God and where He is calling me now. However, my memories are precious, and the time I spent with the "Thursday Night Girls" was priceless. I am just pray that God allows me to experience such a time as that again.