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

[remediagirl]

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.

 

Thank you so much for sharing your testimony with us! It feels so good to be full of God's love. It makes being in this mean ugly world a whole lot easier! God Bless you! May your light continue to shine!!   

[falcon9]

Promoting and encouraging blind religious faith is promoting ignorance and encouraging self-deception.  These things are vehemently opposed because they're the same superstitious nonsense which lead directly to the xtian-instigated dark ages, inquisitions, crusades, pograms, native american and other tribal/pagan assimulations and sundry atrocities.

Thank you so much for sharing your testimony with us! 

[JediJohnnie]

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.

 

I'm very happy for you! No one can ever rob you of the joy of knowing Christ as your Savior.

[falcon9]

No one can ever rob you of ...

No one robbed you of the ability to reason because apparently, you never possessed it.

[dmahoney]

I think the ones who dont believe are the ignorant ones and should opens their hearts.  , but you keep trying.....just wasting your breath.

[JediJohnnie]

I think falcon posts just so Jcribb will reply to him.Most people have put him on ignore by now.

[falcon9]

I think the ones who dont believe are the ignorant ones

Such an assertion is illogical and without merit.  Reasoning isn't "ignorant"; blind faith with evidence, (and even despite the lack of evidence), is willful ignorance and self-deception.

... but you keep try.....just wasting your breath.

The objective is not to 'unblind' the ones willfully self-blinded by specious religious superstitious faith.  Were such able to *see* using reason, teh objective wouldn't be 'hidden' to their self-blinded eyes, (and specious speculations). ...

[falcon9]

I think falcon posts just so Jcribb will reply to him.

As usual, a faith-blinded fundie's specious speculations are far off the mark.  The cognitive problem lies in the contradiction inherent in the first two words of your sentence.

Most people have put him on ignore by now.

How would some faith-blinded fundie know whether "most", a few, some, several, or a bunch have done so without access to FC records?  In any case, what's it to some religious gossiping zealot whether or not an FC member is ignored, replied to or given chocolates?

[lackeyk]

Thats good you turned your life over to god. it is normal to have these doubts but yes, He is real. Think of it like this... if you get a car, how did that car come into exhistance? Did it just pop out of no where? No. It needs a creator. It's the same concept with people and the earth, universe, and everything else. We wouldn't be here without God. You want to know the truth? No one is good. No one. The only way we can become "good" in a sense is to follow God and live through him.

 

Church and Bible (reading the bible and going to church can really help)

[falcon9]

Think of it like this... if you get a car, how did that car come into exhistance? Did it just pop out of no where? No. It needs a creator. It's the same concept with people and the earth, universe, and everything else. 

It's not the same concept, that's a false parallel error in 'reasoning', (to apply that term loosely to the specious religious premise repled to). 

First, the parallel implicitly suggests "people and the earth, universe ..." were built from parts, (like a car is), by a 'builder', (religious adherents would say, "creator"). This premise does not logically follow since the argument is sophist; arguing backwards from the conclusion of 'creation' to the premise of 'creator', (premise comes before conslusion, unless one is an irrational holder of superstitious religious faith).

Secondly, several central religious mythologies claim that everything was not built from parts but, 'created' in a "pop out of nowhere" sense disaparaged by the OP claimant. Given the mutually-exclusion a priori premises; they invalidate one another - no 'pop-outta-nowhere' creationism and no 'built-from-spare-parts' like cars.  Creationists seem to prefer such sophist 'arguements because they can point out that "cars" didn't evolve so, (speciously and incorrectly), neither did anything else.  This is an irrational argument of the excluded middle and relies upon false assumptions - just like religious beliefs do.

[anitaraemillspalmer]

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.

 

Amen sister...we think it is so hard to do but turning our life over to God is the best thing you can or will do in your life

[falcon9]

...we think it is so hard to do but turning our life over to God is the best thing you can or will do in your life

Compared to what, a pre-frontal lobotomy?  Abdicating personal responsibility to a hypothetical supernatural egregore isn't the pinnacle of reasoning.

[queensurvey]

good choice, I share your joy!

[timvolley]

i am happy to see you you put your life in the hands of the Lord.

[falcon9]

i am happy to see you you put your life in the hands of the Lord.

Why, were you religious adherents running low on superstitious and faith-blinded cohorts?