The Long Road Home To God

This is basically the next chapter from my previous posting, and, this may continue for some time.    Over the past 3 decades I have most surely been way to hard-headed, stubborn, and way to proud of myself to even think of letting God take control over me and my life, as I came to believe that I was doing pretty well on my own even when things were going downhill, so I figured that I’d let God go and help someone else. That was being hard-headed on my part, and it was a very bad thing to do. That was also flat-out stupid on my part because I had been pretty much getting all that I ask for from God, without fail.     There I was out in Tucson, Arizona trying to find any type of employment while life was crashing down around me when a gentleman who was sitting at a bus-stop asked me if I believed in Jesus Christ as I was walking past. For whatever reason, I stopped in my tracks and told the man ( Mark ) that yes I did, but, I didn’t think that he and God had any time to worry about me, or something along those lines.     Mark then asked if I prayed and that if I did, did I believe that God would answer them, to which I replied along the lines of ‘ Sure, whenever he feels like it.’     Long story short, from that point on I started meeting with Mark and a group of people who became very good friends who were very sharp on the Word of God. I got so into God’s Word that it became my number 1 priority, even after I did find a part-time job. That is when I consider one of my first major prayers in my adult life as having been answered. I’ll tell you about that at some other time because that 1st time all by itself lays down solid proof of the power of prayer.     My walk with God and the things that I was learning got me to the point that in many cases, I would not even have to pray for certain situations to be resolved. All that I had to do was to just think about what I needed God to do, and it came to pass rapidly. That’s the power of our God!     So what happened to my walk? Bad things. 2Pe 2:20  For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.     I can most certainly vouch for the truth and accuracy of the above verse, and the end result is not a pretty picture. 2Pe 2:21  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.    Next: Entangled again with the yoke of bondage…and then some. Technorati Tags: God,Jesus Christ,Christianity,Religion,Sin,The Holy Spirit,The Bible,Prayer

The Long Road Back To God

Many Christians have a difficult time in trying to live in the manner that God has designed for them. The speed of live in this day and age seems to give us very little time to stop and think about the things that we do and in the way that we do them.     With the pressures of working, if one is fortunate enough to be employed, medical needs, and all of those other bills that have to be paid, we sometime may slip away from God. Sometimes, life's trials and tribulations become so great that we simply forget that God is on our side and we then go off in our own directions attempting to fix our problems all by ourselves. Sometimes, as in my case, it may take years or even decades before we come back to our senses, and to the God we left behind while all hell was breaking loose.     I am attempting to make my way back in to the loving arms of the one and only true God, and it has been no easy endeavor to do so. At least, not for myself.     After 3 decades of attempting to do everything all by myself, and having very little success, I am coming home to the Lord with my tail between my legs, and most certainly somewhat humbled by the experiences that I have put myself through. I may not be yet as humbled as I ought to be, But I will get there. Heb 10:36  For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.   Patience, or lack thereof, has always been a major issue for me, as I want things done now, not later on. I have the same problem with God many times as I sometime feel that He does not move fast enough for my taste. This can become a major roadblock for a Christian who attempts to make his way back into the presence of God, and who feels as if maybe God is not listening to them. I have felt that way more times than I care to admit to. There are also times when I wondered what the will of God was concerning my life when all that I needed to do was to just open up His book of instruction and read/study it. Listening for that peaceful, quiet, calm voice of His after having prayed for a sign of guidance might also be a great idea. Hebrews 10:36 Ye have need of patience - Having so great a fight of sufferings to pass through, and they of so long continuance. God furnishes the grace; you must exercise it. The grace or principle of patience comes from God; the use and exercise of that grace is of yourselves. Here ye must be workers together with God. Patience and perseverance are nearly the same.(Adam Clark’s commentary)     Next time, I give you a taste of just how complicated life can get when you decided to move out of God’s house, and into your own. It can get real messy. Technorati Tags: Christianity,Religion,God,Jesus,The Bible,Faith,Daily Living

Back Online To Bring You New Articles…

…and I am happy to be back after more than a year away.    the things of this world had gotten in the way and I am still crawling out of the gutter. Tell you about it later on.   Technorati Tags: Christianity,Religion