Saturday, 05 January 2008
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The New Year
Hi peoples! Sometimes i wounder why I am still on this Xanga blog when everyone else is on Facebook or myspace... Anyways, I'm back.
"Create in me a clean heart oh God & renew a right spirit within me."-Psalm 51:10
Everywhere I read or listen there is some talk about the new year; at least this past week (& I'm still holding on to the bit of Christmas that is left in my room with all the Christmas cards I have recieved)! Anyways, yesterday at 11AM our campas has caple, like we do three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) and the speaker spoke about, of course, 'The New Year'. Some parts will stuck out to me. Close to the end of him being done, he talked about a list of a couple of things and one of them was about, "If you are in the woods don't stop and sit or cry, find your way out of it," (something like that anyways). This really spoke to me because I kind of have been in the woods and have stoped in some way. Since summer and maybe a little before I have been wreastling with the SABBATH, including: When it is? Did it change days? What did the Ten Commandments say? What did Jesus do or say about the Sabbath? What did Jesus mean when h said...? Part of these questions also had to do with a book tha was dropped on my doorstep and other doorstep around me in the summer from a church that has church on Saturdays and no it's not Jahovah's winesses.
All ths just makes me question where I am with God right now. I'm kind of confussed and need to come to a conclusion. I want to know more about church history and when everyone started to go to church during the Apostal Paul's time and why. I want to know the capital 'T' TRUTH. I read somewhere in a friend's class book that the new Christians that began to go to church couldn't get off from work to go to church, so I guess they just went when they had time? I want to know the right thing... I know there is truth because God is Turth and Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me ( John 14:6)." I feel really torn and I don't want to confusse anyone else in the midst of my questioning. I have read and wrote a few things down in my devotional journal, but I think I still need more info. I know God is not the author of confussion. Plese pray for me with this, with school, family and friends interactions. I feel like I'm not being a good witness for Jesus right now because of this. I really want a renewed clean heart and a right spirit as the above verse says.
While this is all going on in my mind, I can still see God's great goodness and faithfulness through my family an friends! My mom is thinking about going to this one church called Bethel and I sure hope she does! Christy, as I said last night is doing much better and her kids are even talking about Jesus! I just hope she goes back to church even if it is just herself and I hope she does bring her kids and I just hope they get some new little Christian friends at Sunday school when they do go. There has been many things that has been going on and I've seen God giving strength and guidence to each of my family members and myself (especially with last semester! Yikes!). There are still some hard things going on with family and friends. Please pray for my Aunt Leah, her boyfriend, and her daughter Triteny.
Thanks to all of you who listen to me and any strong Chrisians out there before that have delt with these questions and got through them, please don't mind telling me what you have found out.
Oh! I also need prayer anf guidence for handing out these CD's and books that were mailed to me from my Nigeria, Africa friend. He wants me to pass them out to churches.
THNAKS!
~ Ashley
P.S.- Take a look at this cute lil girl baby that was taped. It is good humor! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_utET7TCMQ
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Comments (2)
Hello Ashley, I'm always surprised myself when someone messages me on xanga. cos so long ago. since march 2007 to be precise.. I stopped going on xanga because I felt like no one read my thingy also! I like facebook and myspace. looks like you do! .. yayyyyy!
:)
I saw your date of birth as being 1986.. does that mean your 22? cos I'm born in 1988 and I'm 19.. just asking.:)
also I think I have an answer about your questions about church.
People began meeting together to have 'church' in the early days of the new testament, because basically god told them they'd be stronger (together). Can't remember exact bible verses, but basically I think paul said that according to the lord if even just two of you meet together and agree together about things in heaven, god will answer your prayers, and amongst two people who agree the presence of the lord will be(you and one other person can have church together!). so if god will answer two people then he'll definetly answer a whole church of people.
church is more then just a building, in fact it's nothing about a fancy building or about priests wearing 'holy outfits'. in the old testament god lived supposedly in a 'tent'. people even in those days said, why does god put up with this?' and I think David said 'Lord I will build you a temple' . but god said, 'you won't, your son Solomon will. and anyway I've being living in a tent since the days of moses.' (also he's god, he doesn't need one particular place to call his home when he has the hearts of millions of believers around the world to call home.)
Finally if you are at a point in your life when your questioning church, don't pressure yourself to go to church then if your heart isn't in it. because although going to church is a strong way to grow and be in the presence of god amongst friends (in my personal opinion) god doesn't live. in just a church. he's higher and taller above the tallest church steeple. follow your heart, it doesn't mean your 'not honoring god' it just means that your not allowing yourself to burn out. because sometimes you need to change it up a little. and have 'church' at home.. and hear from god in different places. as long as you stay true to the bible.. you got nothing to loose.
sorry if I've rambled on here.. and there is probably a whole lot more I could have said.
if this helps in any way, then I'm glad to help with my two cents.
god bless ya
~katie
About your Christian walk. While it is good to get an idea of Church history and that kind of thing, I find it to be my daily walk, spending time in the Word, prayer, meditation, that brings me closer to God and better able to allow Him to mold me and make me into what He wants me to be. Blessings