It is 11:34 A.M. on Wednesday morning. This morning I am anxious, depressed, bewildered, questionable, glad, happy, confused. If a person can be all of these at one time and more, then that describes me.
Yesterday I had an experience that makes me wonder just what the world is in for or should I say what the Christian's are in for, in the future. I belonged to a crochet group (CP) and had as my signature line in all of my posts,not just to this group but on all of my posts, "God is like a bar of Dial Soap, Aren't you glad you have him,don't you wish that everybody did". I was ask to remove it because of the word GOD. I refused, as nicely as I new how, and removed myself from the list or group. I just felt this was something I had to do. Not that I thought that their rules were wrong, but they were wrong for me. I knew the rules when I signed up for the group and thought it would be alright, but when faced with leaving out my signature line or changing it,because of my belief in God, I knew that I just didn't belong there.
They are a good group,especially if you want to learn the art of crocheting, and I wish them all well. But I pray for them too.
I feel this is just a drop in the bucket of things to come. I haven't studied my Bible as I should have, but I was brought up in a christian home where my parents where, and still are, active in the church. I was taught right from wrong from a very early age. Like most all young people I strayed and didn't always live the life that God wants me to. But I always found that my life was better with God in it and came back. Now that I am much older I understand the Bible more and can see that the world is getting into the shape that the Bible describes as being in, or just before, the end times.
Little by little, day by day, we are being forced to leave the Lord out of our lives. They take prayers out of our schools, out of government functions, off of our monies, so many ways, even off of our postage when we send our mail. I can almost see our world getting into that "One World", "One Government" type that is to come before the devil starts his reign. Oh I believe that the devil is certainly at work in the world today, just not as obvious as he will be on in the future.
So, yesterday I made my stand, but how long will it be until it gets more and more difficult to do so. I pray that I will always be able to be strong for The Lord. I pray that he will give me strength to do so. I know he said that he will never put on us more that we can handle. And he also said that if we deny Him on this earth that God will surely deny us in Heaven.
I pray for the people in this world that doesn't know The Lord and I pray that they will come to know Him before it is to late.
I was and still am overwhelmed with the response that I got from resigning from the group. I thank you all for the support. I just never meant to cause such a ruckus. I was just doing what I thought I needed to do. I never try to put my religion onto anyone. I fell that this is certainly the wrong thing to do. I fell that this will turn a person off to God quicker than anything. A person can't be forced to believe. They must make that decision for themselves.
For anyone that reads this: I'm not a Bible scholar. I can't quoit verse after verse to back up my beliefs. I just believe that there is a God in Heaven and a devil on this earth. Someday the devil will rule for a little while, but then God will be the Great and most Powerful ruler in the end and I pray for all those who do not belong to him.
I am not a writer either. I just needed to put down some thoughts that I have. If anyone has any comments, I certainly welcome them.
I know there is a lot more that I need to say here but will have to wait for more time. I do have a problem with getting on to the computer and not getting off when i need to.
Myra from Alabama
4 comments:
I was in that group when that happened, and I was shocked!! You are right -- we are becoming a Godless nation, and persecution isn't far behind. Karen/OR
No harm in sticking to your beliefs, I have done the same in the past, I am who I am through my Christian beliefs.
JOY C
Myra,
Good for you! Christians can't let our belief's be pushed aside as if they do not matter. Keep up the good work and I will keep reading you.
Doris W
I am not sure what you said to the group in your withdrawal text, but I am not surprised that people get confronted with something in their own life and complain when a person has God in theirs.
You made a choice to have your signature line include God and it is used everywhere you sign your notes. They have the choice to ignore it and not believe. Every person has a god - money, cars, shoes, clothes, people in their life, living or non-living objects. No need to criticize others for their use of a word - God.
I just wonder what about the use of God in your signature is so upsetting for them.
They make their choices everyday and are entitled to them - so are you.
The sad part is that others in the group that may be touched by your signature, will be missing the inspiration your signature may give them.
There is a "missing" when someone is not present.
The situation is even sadder when someone is driven out by a few and so many others no longer do not have the contribution that you bring to the group.
I hope that you would rejoin the group and that the group would be responsible adults by not judging what God means to them and allow you to have what God means to you, without letting their own "story" about your belief in God stop them from fulfilling what the group's intention is - to share something that they all enjoy - crocheting knowledge - with each other.
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