Tonight, I sit at the computer totally physically exhausted and in pain physically. This is common and shouldn't take me by surprise when I have days like this. However, I am excited that even though it has been a long day, coming off a busy weekend and looking to a busy weekend. I am excited that tomorrow evening after work, I will meet with friends at Darryl and Karyn's for Bible study. This is another of the steps we, along with the Bates are taking in the direction of walking away from Logan Road Baptist and all that we attempted to do, but were not afforded the opportunities to do. We are hopefully going to be able to reach out and make a difference in many more people's lives through simply being real and sharing the love of a real God. Now, don't get me wrong, we have been sharing Jesus and will continue to. The difference now is that we have no one to tell us we MUST do things a certain way at a certain time, etc. We are free to do everything we do with no time restraints or expectations, except that all that we do be uplifting and glorifying to our savior. We are hopeful that others we are in contact with will begin to experience the same love and liberty that we do in Christ. Today, I had a conversation with someone and in the conversation, we discussed the 'rules' of religion and the 'high, right, and holey' and how they think we MUST attend Sunday School and Discipleship Training because it is 'necessary'. It totally amazes me how some people can claim to know Jesus and yet feel the overwhelming need to attend services simply for the sake of doing so. It is like they think God is keeping a roll book and they lose points unless they miss for a 'good reason', which is alright for them and their families, but not so for anyone else in the church. The truth is simply this: God does not keep a roll book for church attendance. Further more, He does not care how 'faithful' you are to attendance if you are unfaithful to Him daily in your thoughts, actions, deeds, etc. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that we should have daily time with Him. Picking up the Bible on the way out the door to church is NOT the only time we should pick up His word. We should seek Him and to know Him daily. The only real way to do that MUST include being in His word more than the time you are at church. It is sad that some believe that their 'service', 'presence', or the fact that they 'have been there since...' is going to win them points with God. If our relationship with God depended upon some ritual or other thing that we did, that would mean that we could simply depend upon the Ten Commandments and Jesus would have died in vain. Well, I am here to tell you, Jesus DID NOT DIE IN VAIN! He came, He saw, He conquered death and hell and He did it in spite of anything we might do or have done, not because of anything that we have done to deserve it from Him. So, basically, regardless of how tired I am or how long the day seems, it is nowhere the day Jesus went through for me, or for you.
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AuthorMy name is Sonja. I am known as Road Rash, for obvious reasons. I have been a member of His Blood Warriors since 1996 I served as Secretary of LAHBW since the charter began in February 2002. In October, I became International Secretary and currently serve in that position. Archives
June 2012
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