And she's off...
22 years of being fenced in within the bondage of religion can really take its toll on a gal. "Don't do this...don't think that...don't drink it...don't go there...don't say that...on and on the list of don'ts goes. Now that the gate has been swung wide open...I'm not sure how to leave the confinement that I have once called my holiness. "What if I mess up? What if I get myself adicted to something that is really harmful to me and my family?" But the grace of God is with me and that grace has such a power, doesn't it? It gives me the courage to try things even if they end up being the wrong things...because I know that I will learn from my mistakes and go on by that very same grace. Forgive me if I stumble out of the gate...my muscles are weak...I'm not sure which direction to go...but I know that it's time to "head em up, move em out!" Religion is safety...liberty is only for the daring.
posted by Diana at 7:52 AM
5 Comments:
It's by grace we are saved anyways, that of faith and not of ourselves - I think God loves us more than religion can ever really tell us - it's just kind of boxes us in. I say live and find out what God put out there in life - mistakes we will make - but a mistake is only horrendous is we can't learn from it. I think live life like God is there for everyone - and things can change drastically.
I agree with Jason! Go for it, Diana!
Merry Christmas, Diana!
I totally understand the fear you are feeling. Have been there and often am still there. Very unsure of myself, but totally sure of Christ. I have linked some scriptures together to make a little note to you from God:
"Take courage, be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.
Christ in YOU is the hope of Glory.
Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
There is now therefore NO condemnation for those who are in Christ."
Finding Grace and freedom does not mean that we will automatically gravitate toward every evil & unhealthy thing. If we have seen the love of God, then we love ourselves and can truly love others. Love does no harm to ones self or others. When our actions stem from love, there is no fear.
Hi Diana,
Another musical piece composed by you! WOW you write with such raw honesty. It's so refreshing!!!
It's not easy to go against the 'Christian norm'.
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