I am a Southern Baptist

I am a southern Baptist because the Baptist beliefs, I feel follow the word of God more closely than other religions.  Now I'm not knocking anyone  religion.  You can believe however you want to believe.  There is only one way to get to heaven and doing good works, or helping people is not the way.  Those are things you do need to do to be more Christlike, but that is not the way to get to heaven.  Believing that Jesus is the son of God, born to a virgin, died and was resurrected, and that He did this for you, is the way to get to heaven.  Now I know it is a little more than just those things, but that is the general gist. 

I don't apologize for my beliefs.  I don't believe that Jesus meant for everyone on this earth to be well all the time, or have riches beyond beliefs.  I don't believe that all believers possess all the same spiritual gifts that the apostles had when they walked with Jesus.  I do believe that Jesus has been with God since the beginning of the world.  When the two angels appeared to Abraham, I believe that the third being was Jesus.  The bible says that no man has seen the face of God, so it couldn't have been God that stood before Abraham. 

I know that God has a plan for everyone.  I use to think that God wanted me to be a missionary and minister to people in foreign lands, but I've not received a calling to do that for God.  I do think that God has a plan for be to be involved with a church, or a religious entity.  I'm not sure what that is yet, and I'm pretty sure that this title, is not the right one, but it is the one that came to mind. 

There are a lot of people out there in the world who believe in the wealth and prosperity preachers, and that is okay, if that is how you want to believe.  I can only stress that you should read the Word of God, and don't take the verses out of context.  You need to read what is before and after the verse to get the true meaning of what God and Jesus are telling you.

Have a blessed and beautiful, Awesome God Filled Day! 
Love,
L

My Letters For Recovery

Okay so I think I mentioned that I was going to write the letters to those I need answers from and either asking for them to apologize or seeking forgiveness.  Right now I have just started writing down questions and I am not really addressing it to a particular person, just kind of getting my thoughts down.  Some of it is not worth a whole letter and those are the things that I will address directly with the person or the people involved.  However, there are a few things that might need a letter of three or four pages, but that's okay. 

There is still the issue of whether or not I will send the letters to the people or person, or just hold them, and leave directions for my daughter or husband when I'm dead and gone.  I don't know how this is going to work exactly or if it will even help.  I have discovered though that it is not so much in the front of my brain any longer.  I'm not sure if that is because I'm occupied with school, work and the house, or if I'm making progress.  Whichever it is, God is the one in control. 

One of my devotionals this week was titled, "Truth Is Important".  The bible verse that it used was Proverbs 12:22.  "Lying lips are abomination to the LORD; but they that deal fairly are His delight. 
The title struck me and it made me think about what I say and how I say it.  There have been some times that people or a person has done or said something, and then asked if that was okay or say things like I hope I didn't hurt your feelings.  I have always just said that's okay and brushed it off.  However a couple of times, it wasn't okay.  The particular instance made me feel unimportant, and not cared for, and at the same time made me angry. 

I know that we are not suppose to do this amends or make amends if it is going to hurt the other person.  So I'm trying to keep that in mind, but isn't it hurting me by not addressing it? 

God Bless You All,
Love,
L