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Blogs > believingHim75 > Believing Him: A Faith Journey


believingHim75
(Temesha C) 49F
5 posts
2/7/2006 3:25 pm

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3/5/2006 9:29 pm
I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. (2 John 1:12)

This blog was born out of a crisis of faith and out of a desire to leave something with eternal value. I was saved at the age of nine, but I now realize I have spent the last twenty years believing in God, but not believing God. I believe that God exists. I believe that Jesus walked the Earth, died on the cross, and rose on the third day. I believe that only Jesus’s sacrifice made me right with God.

Believing in God for salvation has never been a problem for me. Where I have struggled is in believing God’s promises. For example, in Jeremiah 29:11, God says, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Somehow I have gotten the idea that God’s plan for me won’t make me happy because it will require me to sacrifice my own dreams. I did not understand that God loves me and has given me special talents that align with His plan for me. So, whatever his plan for me is, it will be something that satisfies and fulfills me.

I have to confess that the source of my doubt in God stems from the fact that I don’t really know God. Oh, I know about God. My family with all its ministers made sure of that. But I don’t really know God. I haven’t developed a close, intimate relationship with him.

And so, I have set out to make my relationship with God my first priority. For me, connecting with God has worked best through the written word, by me reading and studying the Bible and by writing out my prayers to God. I have also been helped by reading strong Christian authors such as Beth Moore and Max Lucado.

God constantly reveals new things to me about His character and how to live my life as I study the Bible. I would like to use this blog to share some of those insights. From time to time, I will also share how a book or sermon has impacted me. My sincere hope and prayer is that chronicling my journey (by being real with my struggles) will help someone else in their journey.
Please note that I am neither a minister nor a Bible student, though I have taken some theological classes from a Christian university. I am just a of God who wants to know her Father’s heart.

Dundeal
(William Watson) 68M
18097 posts
2/7/2006 10:08 pm

 God bless you sister, thanks for sharing, cheers
May the Lord bless you and keep you




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