Monday, January 14, 2008

Fundamentalist Christian?

A Fundamentalist is someone who believes entirely in the Bible and takes it literally. Some people believe that they don’t have to be this and can still be a Christian. This made me ponder somethings when someone told me this. Should Jesus really be taken as lightly as so many people take him? Why is this happening? So many people have told me that “things change” and so many times I want to tell them, “Yes, things change, time changes things, people change, but God never changes and He never will.” The same person that told me that they don’t need to be a Fundamentalist to be a Christian also said that they are still the same person and they aren’t going to hell for doing something that they want to do so badly. Why do we do things that our Heavenly Father doesn’t agree with? I mean, so many of us, I admit, myself too, have done things that hurt our Father and yet we say, “Well, He’ll forgive me…I won’t go to hell for it.” We say those things but we don’t realize that we’ll never really be walking with him in His Kingdom while we’re on this planet when we do things that go against what our Father says not to do. We’re all sucked into believing that living our lives the way we want is ok and a little sin here and a little sin there is ok. It’s not. Is there such thing as just a Christian? Does God really want us to be just Christian? God wants us sooo much to believe whole heartedly in His word and not just to take it lightly. I adore those who live simple lives. I would think that most people that live simply, live by the word of God because His word is very straight forward and not filled with clutter and sin. I would love to live like that for a few days or even weeks. I would love to go somewhere with only the essentials and my Bible and live for weeks without any TVs, phones, or computers. What would life be like for us if we only had what we God knows we need, and what we want was never accessible and we never knew it even existed? Would it be easier for us to want His desires to become our desires? 

Woman of God

I love my life! Most people wouldn't believe me when I say that but I really do. I'm so blessed. I use to be a student at Alfred University but I stopped going to school after the Fall of 2007 semester ended. All I want to do is be a stay at home wife and serve my future husband after we get married. I attempted to get a job, or at least go to an interview yesterday but, my car had some trouble and I couldn't drive it. I think that was God letting me know that I didn't need to go. I do have a job on Friday mornings for an hour and half. I babysit for a Bible study group down the road from my house. I only get paid $2.00/per child per hour. They were really good kids too so I can't complain! This is what I want to be practicing for, to be a mom. Although, can you really practice to be a mom? Probably not, but I'm going to try putting myself in places where I can interact with young children. I thought that it may have been the best idea to get a job, you know weekdays, some weekends here and there but, I just don't think it's going to work. I pray that the girl that is going to look at the Gardner's room is going to take it because then I think I'll be getting $900 back. I just have to give all of this to God because I know that's what he wants. So many people think that I should be getting a 9-5 job at least until I get married, but it may be that that's not what God wants. I pray that I can babysit for my cousin this fall when she starts going back to work. That would be the best! So until then, I will just be babysitting a few hours and doing housework for my parents. :)