I have finally put my life in the hands of the Lord

[BK_Adores_Chase]

I used to think my Mom was crazy when she said she talked to God and he gave her visions, ect.  My Mom has been a christian her whole life and I remember going to church with her although I hated going in the end because it was boring.  I have always questioned whether God is real and how do you know if he is real.  The other night, I was going to bed, and all the sudden he spoke to me.  I wasn't looking for him, I wasn't thinking about him...he came to me on his own.  I don't know why this happened, part of me thinks it's because I know my Mom prays for me all of the time.  I understand, "nothing compares to the promise I have in you" now...I understand everything my Mom was talking about all this time.  It's nice to know that I can talk to her about what I'm experiencing because I know she knows exactly what I'm talking about.  I think it was Gods gift to me to have me think my Mom was crazy before he called me back that way I can see Christian experiences through a non-believers eye and know to be careful what I share and when.

It's like the things I have been trying to change for YEARS he changed in a matter of minutes.  I never want to go back to how I was.  I feel so much joy, peace, love, confidence, I'm like the person I've always wanted to be and MORE joy is pouring out of me.  I just want the whole world to feel the joy that I feel in God.  I feel like he is always with me guiding me through the day, I find myself naturally thanking him throughout the day and I even downloaded music that I used to think was so goofy when I was a teen but now I just want to sing out to him.

I can't thank God enough for revealing himself to me and changing me.  I will never forget the night that he spoke to me and changed my life.

 

[jcribb16]

I am happy for you for your decision for the Lord.       Thank you for sharing about your peace and joy with this!  {{{Hugs}}} 

[falcon9]

I used to think my Mom was crazy when she said she talked to God and he gave her visions, ect.  The other night, I was going to bed, and all the sudden he spoke to me.  

While anyone has the option to have, or not have such superstitious religious beliefs, there is no valid evidence to support the attribution mentioned to a supernatural egregore.  Instead, such relies entirely upon "faith" and 'religious testimony'; a dubious subjective basis upon which one could claim anything.  If such were kept to oneself, it wouldn't become some sort of 'mind virus' spread by not keeping it to oneself.

"I suggest that the anthropomorphic g-d idea is not a harmless infirmity of human thought, but a very noxious fallacy,
which is largely responsible for the calamities the world is at present enduring."
-- William Archer

[dmahoney]

Im glad you found such joy. Try not to let anyone steal it from you, because you know they will.  God Bless. 

[falcon9]

Encouraging blind faith isn't a good thing because it discourages rationality and reasoning and promotes superstitious self-blindness.

Im glad you found such joy. Try not to let anyone steal it from you, because you know they will.  God Bless. 

I am happy for you for your decision for the Lord.       Thank you for sharing about your peace and joy with this!  {{{Hugs}}} 

[jcribb16]

Encouraging blind faith isn't a good thing because it discourages rationality and reasoning and promotes superstitious self-blindness.

Im glad you found such joy. Try not to let anyone steal it from you, because you know they will.  God Bless. 

I am happy for you for your decision for the Lord.       Thank you for sharing about your peace and joy with this!  {{{Hugs}}} 

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God. 

[falcon9]

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God. 

Encouraging superstitious religious self-delusion isn't doing anyone any favors.

[jcribb16]

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God. 

Encouraging superstitious religious self-delusion isn't doing anyone any favors.

For you?  No, it's not.  For others who believe in God - there are no favors being done when their decision is already made.  They joy in sharing and others share in her joy. 

[falcon9]

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God. 

Encouraging superstitious religious self-delusion isn't doing anyone any favors.

For you?  No, it's not.  For others who believe in God - there are no favors being done when their decision is already made.  They joy in sharing and others share in her joy. 

That's encouraging blind faith and superstitious self-delusion.  In the past, such "beliefs" lead to the xtian-instigated Crusades, Inquistions, witch hunts, assimulation of native american tribes and Westboro baptists.

[jcribb16]

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God. 

Encouraging superstitious religious self-delusion isn't doing anyone any favors.

For you?  No, it's not.  For others who believe in God - there are no favors being done when their decision is already made.  They joy in sharing and others share in her joy. 

That's encouraging blind faith and superstitious self-delusion.  In the past, such "beliefs" lead to the xtian-instigated Crusades, Inquistions, witch hunts, assimulation of native american tribes and Westboro baptists.

That is not being done by genuine Christians, like myself, and others on FC, and around and about.  Those in the past were wrong and the Westboro Baptists of today are rotten and using God's name to further their hatred of certain groups and ideas - God does not promote what they are doing to others - they are wrong, dangerous, and make genuine Christians/believers look bad.  They will be held accountable for their hateful and inexcusable actions. 

[falcon9]

Thanks for your concerning advice, but since we differ in what/how we believe/dis-believe, I will stay with my belief in my Lord, and am happy for her choice when it obviously gives her joy, peace, and confidence in God.  

Encouraging superstitious religious self-delusion isn't doing anyone any favors.

For you?  No, it's not.  For others who believe in God - there are no favors being done when their decision is already made.  They joy in sharing and others share in her joy.  

That's encouraging blind faith and superstitious self-delusion.  In the past, such "beliefs" lead to the xtian-instigated Crusades, Inquistions, witch hunts, assimulation of native american tribes and Westboro baptists.

That is not being done by genuine Christians, like myself ...

Irrelevant; it was done by xtians who believed in the same religious beliefs which lead to those things as "geniune" xtians today.  Those xtians also self-declared as "geniune" so, there's no real distinction when the superstitious religious beliefs are exactly the same.

Those in the past were wrong and the Westboro Baptists of today are rotten and using God's name to further their hatred of certain groups and ideas - God does not promote what they are doing to others - they are wrong, dangerous, and make genuine Christians/believers look bad.  They will be held accountable for their hateful and inexcusable actions.  

Same religious beliefs, same potential for atrocities.

[tuscarorarain]

Do you know that Jesus Christ came down from heaven in a fleshly form being born of a virgin? He died on the cross for the payment of our sins and rose from the dead. It is us putting our faith in what He did to save us from our sins that grants us salvation from hell and everlasting life in heaven. I beleive Jesus told Sual, "14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
 
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
 
16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
 
17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
 
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." from Acts 26 KJV Bible online
 

[falcon9]

Do you know that Jesus Christ came down from heaven in a fleshly form being born of a virgin?

No, and neither does anyone who makes such a claim based upon religious blind faith, ratehr than substantive evidence.  Such is an, (empty), religious belief because it rests entirely on "faith" and a lack of evidence.

[Phx0808]

It so nice and uplifting to read these like-minded posts without the rhetoric of the people I have ignored.
 

[falcon9]

It so nice and uplifting to read these like-minded posts without the rhetoric of the people I have ignored.

It may be even 'nicer' to not read posts passive-aggressively talking about people supposedly being ignored, (but then, that's ignorance for you).