How my life is now in 2010
How is my life now? difficult is the first word that comes to mind! My life has changed dramatically, my children's lives and my husband's have all had a complete turn around, we are and always have been a happy family but there was always something not quite right, now I am a born again christian i find life to be a whole different world, like I have been going around with blinkers on!
Life changes for the better and also for the worse in some place's of your life, I have a very understanding family who are supportive of my decisions in life, there that good that 12 months after i was saved my mum catherine was saved, she was saved by john 3:16. I must say that some people who find out that I am religious are quite taken back, I dont think I am an average chrristian (the bleached hair an makeup), What I will say is that when some people find out they react the other way, I Had friend's who found out and no longer bother, also there are many family members around my age who when they found out dont bother, and I mean they cant even be bothered to reply to a text! It saddens me in 2 way's, 1 is that I have changed for the better but because I am not intrested in going out to the pub day or night, I am what? boring , weirdo oh and a bible basher, have to laugh at that, how these peoplle are blinded by what life has to offer right here right now, I know I have changed, I dont like going to pub's and getting as drunk as a skunk anymore, drink is an excuse for hiding what is really going on inside your heart, your job , marriage anything! it is a mask that will wear of and make you ill for days, i see no need now, as soon as I became a christian I stopped drinking, swearing and watching soaps on tv that are all about death, misery adultery, I could go on and on but you get the picture.
All of this happened to me, I loved my soaps and watched them daily but as i said something changed me, and I believe it was for the better. the 2nd thing is that the people who have drifted away from me thinking i am a bible bashing freak have lost a chance, Me spreading the good news about our saviour, I am not heavy and beat people down with religion, on the contary I am very suttle in my ways that people forget who brought the subject up!
My immediate family have changed, as my husband is a non believer my son is the eldest male in the house who believes in our lord, so at meal time's my son Jack gives thank's for our meals, the children go to 2 out of school clubs called, rock solid and hebron, these are both through the church but my children love it, I now have a study and we have a large selection of book's for children and they love to take one read it then write about what they have just read and draw me a picture to match, i stress that i do not force religion on my children, i tell them the truth and what they do with it is their will. I do pray for my husband and children that they will be saved, I tell them they need to be , but who am i in the big picture? nothing! It is up to the lord to save my family and if I cannot put my full trust in the Lord to save my family, then what does that say about my relationship with him? It would be like I dint trust in him enough, the lord says "ask and it will be granted" if it comes from a genuine heart,
So 3 years on I am still going strong with an awful lot to learn, I will carry on doing God's will, I will study, evangelise and bring my children up the way the bible tell's us to. I will have faith in the Lord and believe what he says in the bible, to stay with your partner and let them watch the change in the saved person, that is a miracle that they cannot deny!!
life on the religious side of things is better that ever, i enjoy the bible, i enjoy having to look deeper into other books so I can understand some of the bible, and I love meeting up with people who are saved, they are so full of life!!!
I would like to add that I have a fantastic vicar who is so helpful and is happy to answer any question's, let's face it we all have question's about the bible, it's a minefield of information that we will never fully understand! So my vicar is very patient, it really does help if you have that figure, person,vicar,pastor whatever, it just make's thing's easier to understand if you have that person who has spent many years in unerversity studying the bible, my vicar even read's hebrew, he is great support, he has a lovely wife and young son, to him I am truly thankful and i believe fully God led me to his church.
Because I was going to a church miles away from my home , I went there for 2 and half years but it ran through evening meal time with the children so we were always rushing to feed the children get them ready for bed, so I was looking for a church nearer to my home but i never seen any, I have one at the end of my road but they have a woman vicar of which i have a problem with due to the bible saying " a woman should not have an authorative above man in the church" so I was praying for a church, then one day darren came to my old church to speak due to our pastor leaving several month's before, He was great, very approachable for questions, very easy going and on his second visit to my old church he was rushing of to his evening service, I asked him here he preaches, I couldn't believe it, he was 7 minuets from my home instead of 25 at my old church, So i went along to his church to see what it as like and I have been going there ever since!
I have the honour to have fellowship with such lovely people, always have faith, life is like a test, dont fail! pass with flying colours with Jesus right there with you!
Life changes for the better and also for the worse in some place's of your life, I have a very understanding family who are supportive of my decisions in life, there that good that 12 months after i was saved my mum catherine was saved, she was saved by john 3:16. I must say that some people who find out that I am religious are quite taken back, I dont think I am an average chrristian (the bleached hair an makeup), What I will say is that when some people find out they react the other way, I Had friend's who found out and no longer bother, also there are many family members around my age who when they found out dont bother, and I mean they cant even be bothered to reply to a text! It saddens me in 2 way's, 1 is that I have changed for the better but because I am not intrested in going out to the pub day or night, I am what? boring , weirdo oh and a bible basher, have to laugh at that, how these peoplle are blinded by what life has to offer right here right now, I know I have changed, I dont like going to pub's and getting as drunk as a skunk anymore, drink is an excuse for hiding what is really going on inside your heart, your job , marriage anything! it is a mask that will wear of and make you ill for days, i see no need now, as soon as I became a christian I stopped drinking, swearing and watching soaps on tv that are all about death, misery adultery, I could go on and on but you get the picture.
All of this happened to me, I loved my soaps and watched them daily but as i said something changed me, and I believe it was for the better. the 2nd thing is that the people who have drifted away from me thinking i am a bible bashing freak have lost a chance, Me spreading the good news about our saviour, I am not heavy and beat people down with religion, on the contary I am very suttle in my ways that people forget who brought the subject up!
My immediate family have changed, as my husband is a non believer my son is the eldest male in the house who believes in our lord, so at meal time's my son Jack gives thank's for our meals, the children go to 2 out of school clubs called, rock solid and hebron, these are both through the church but my children love it, I now have a study and we have a large selection of book's for children and they love to take one read it then write about what they have just read and draw me a picture to match, i stress that i do not force religion on my children, i tell them the truth and what they do with it is their will. I do pray for my husband and children that they will be saved, I tell them they need to be , but who am i in the big picture? nothing! It is up to the lord to save my family and if I cannot put my full trust in the Lord to save my family, then what does that say about my relationship with him? It would be like I dint trust in him enough, the lord says "ask and it will be granted" if it comes from a genuine heart,
So 3 years on I am still going strong with an awful lot to learn, I will carry on doing God's will, I will study, evangelise and bring my children up the way the bible tell's us to. I will have faith in the Lord and believe what he says in the bible, to stay with your partner and let them watch the change in the saved person, that is a miracle that they cannot deny!!
life on the religious side of things is better that ever, i enjoy the bible, i enjoy having to look deeper into other books so I can understand some of the bible, and I love meeting up with people who are saved, they are so full of life!!!
I would like to add that I have a fantastic vicar who is so helpful and is happy to answer any question's, let's face it we all have question's about the bible, it's a minefield of information that we will never fully understand! So my vicar is very patient, it really does help if you have that figure, person,vicar,pastor whatever, it just make's thing's easier to understand if you have that person who has spent many years in unerversity studying the bible, my vicar even read's hebrew, he is great support, he has a lovely wife and young son, to him I am truly thankful and i believe fully God led me to his church.
Because I was going to a church miles away from my home , I went there for 2 and half years but it ran through evening meal time with the children so we were always rushing to feed the children get them ready for bed, so I was looking for a church nearer to my home but i never seen any, I have one at the end of my road but they have a woman vicar of which i have a problem with due to the bible saying " a woman should not have an authorative above man in the church" so I was praying for a church, then one day darren came to my old church to speak due to our pastor leaving several month's before, He was great, very approachable for questions, very easy going and on his second visit to my old church he was rushing of to his evening service, I asked him here he preaches, I couldn't believe it, he was 7 minuets from my home instead of 25 at my old church, So i went along to his church to see what it as like and I have been going there ever since!
I have the honour to have fellowship with such lovely people, always have faith, life is like a test, dont fail! pass with flying colours with Jesus right there with you!