Title: Something to consider Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Apr 18, 2011 Author:sneakypete Post Date:2011-04-18 20:37:59 by sneakypete Ping List:*Religious History and Issues*Subscribe to *Religious History and Issues* Keywords:None Views:7418 Comments:10
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And now we come to the musical part of our sermon,brothers and sisters! A word to the wise. You know who you are.
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Well actually I am not closed minded at all. I have lived a very full life and experienced many, many things. I have even given up on God and gone prodigal when I was younger.. and explored other religions and schools of thought and even Wicca.
I choose to go back to Christ and I am happy. I have peace like a river. I am not arguing about anything at all, actually.
You are free to fuck yourself up, but you should know that there is a better life- if you want it.
Whatever you choose - you should be perfectly happy and peaceful about your choice as well.
When i was in my 20's and for a very short period in my life, yes I was. Not something I am proud of, but something that I am willing to disclose about myself, in hopes it might help people see that I am in fact a sinful sinner and God STILL forgave me, accepted me and redeemed me.
God surely did not fuck me up- but I fucked myself up for a while.
Truly the period of my life when I was involved in witchcraft was a very low time in my life.
I have been neglected and abused most of my life- and the weight of that all sort of hit me in my mid 20's. I really was looking for a way to make sense of my world- and followed along with a friend who was experimenting with witchcraft. And it was very seductive, esp for someone who was so broken as I was.
I had accepted Christ when I was very young, like 5-6, but I was forced to stop going to church when I was a young teen- and then did not return to church until I was in my 30's.
At that very dark time in my life with other witches, I can remember really bad things happening to me, and I would pray to Jesus to help me- and he did help me- but I would mess it up again..
I developed some addictions, I developed a heart of distrust and I was always surrounded by the spirit of confusion. That is what happens to people who have been abused and lived in darkness for so long. That is what happens when we try to control our environment.. it just never works out.
I would turn and run away from God by not acknowledging my own part in making more and more sin in my life. I was doing it to myself!! BUT that is a very hard lesson and painful thing to see. I was doing so much of it myself!
In a way I see that darkness as an opportunity that came from God- but it took me years of working to come to peace about the things I did.
God forgave me LONG before I forgave myself for the stuff I did.
