Let me tell you things according to me.
My Believes (no not beliefs):
I believe people should worry about the log in their own eye before wondering about mine. Jesus talked about this frequently in and out Revelation.
I believe the “eye for and eye” won’t fly when we face judgement day.
I believe that all suffering a Christian faces in a constant battle against evil, will reap many more rewards than what can be seem here on earth.
I believe that it is not my job to cast judgement on anyone.
Here is where i differ from most so called “Christians”- I wait with open arms to anyone-gay or straight-black, white, whatever.
Jesus was to open-minded or else he would have helped only the priviledged people.
I believe that while going to church is a great way to fellowship with other Christians, you don’t hold the golden ticket into Heaven by attending.
One fill-in pastor we had in GA , basically said that if you weren’t tithing, your not receive anthing from God. Of course this is not true, because people who don’t go to church or give money to the church receive miracles-including myself.
Sometimes, I feel God is sad because of how his love for all of has been so contorted and twisted.
I don’t believe that suicide dooms us to Hell either. That is something I cannot judge on. Who knows anything about death? No One! Most of time when you die-you don’t comeback to say what the after life was like.
I think that it way wrong to have prayer taken out of schools, but I am reminded daily that this Earth is not ours. Satan was thrown here to kill and destroy.
I think that people blame God way too much, when they need to take a u-turn and place the blame on Satan. After all, he started all of this mess. With that said,
All these things lead to a not so perfect life. The closer we draw to God, the more Satan draws to you, making you so confused. Who do I blame this time?
In the Bible we see how God tested many of his followers. God in Job used Satan to cause his carnage. While Job lost everthing, and got way pissed off about it, he never uttered the phrase Satan so wants every Christian to say: “Curse God and Die!”
I think the perfect life as Christians escapes us beacause we are in a constant battle-fighting for God, while holding off Satan. We hold onto a one and true God. Just think of how we piss Satan off, because we believe in something higher and better.
I think everyone that is a believer has wished Adam and Eve had never sinned, or that Lucifer had never been boastful. I just don’t get all of his hate and evil. He is and forever wiil be a “dirty ‘old bastard”. Well from me to you Satan: I rebuke your name forever and eternity-Take that!

Tags: beleifs, Christian

Everyday, I am going to be posting a little something here in the hopes of one of two things-someone will read this or someone will like this.

I think I am gonna have to agree with most people and say my life hasn’t been perfect. I do think that some people have had nearly perfect lives, where good things happened to fall into their laps on a constant basis.

I would like to a kin to a popular bumper sticker seen where else but on the butt of an old rusty beat-up van- “Christians aren’t perfect-just Forgiven”. I would like to focus on the “Forgiven”, and the fact that I sometimes feel like that beat-up van.

First of all Atheist and Agnostics, I do believe in God and since you don’t, you probably won’t get a darn word I am saying-that is fine-I am not really here to offend-just have a moment of time for me.

I am a CHRISTIAN! I am FORGIVEN! I am God’s faithful servant. Being forgiven changed my life. I was reborn, but my rebirth has not been easy.

Unlike most people, the day I received Christ was also the day I was given a gift extraordinaire-I really have a difficult time dealing with it, and as you can expect to hear the whole “gift or curse”, no where does it apply better to me. My gift is like a shapeshifter, for it changes at will, surprising me and almost knocking me down sometimes.

I guess you can say I am a somewhat psychic, but the most of what I know is reading an energy from objects and creatures. I say creatures because it doesn’t just apply to humans.

Because of forgiveness, I am this person now. I have been revealed to be a warrior for God. I no longer fear death, nor do I feel like I will die. I feel like Jesus will return and after I am done fighting I will bathe in the beauty of God’s glowing being. You do know God is not man or woman right? He is this light and being of that light.

As bad as this might sound, I cannot speak for others. I can only hope to lead the horse to water-whether he drinks is anyone’s guess.Every parent and wife would like to think that their child or husband will greet them in Eternity, but nothing is a guarantee.I can pray for everyone, but I am only in control of my life.

Don’t get mad though, I think of myself as a very sacrificial person. I put others wishes above mine, and I go without to give them what they need. I think this is what I was supposed to do. It all goes along with the forgiveness.

Me, like any other Christian, has to be embracing a new life, so I am learning to embrace this gift that has been bestowed upon me.

May the world fall away, but I will remain, God saying come with me for your struggles were not in vain. Come my good and faithful servant-ah just to hear those words, that I am a treasure in God’s eyes.

Tags: Christian, Teresa

While doing my research for a Fatherhood Friday post I cam across A really interesting site on Christian Family Values. As a father and husband I was looking at the Ten Commandments for Husbands:

1. Thou shalt not take thy wife for granted, but will honour and respect her as thy equal. (1 Pet 3:7)


2. Thy highest allegiance, except God, shall be to thy wife, not thy relatives or friends. (Gen 2:24)


3. Thou shalt frequently tell thy wife how important & valuable she is to thee. (Phil 2:3; Prov 31:10-11)


4. Thou shalt hold thy wife’s love by the same means that thou won it. (Sos 5:10-16)


5. Thou shalt actively establish family discipline with thy wife’s help. (Eph 6:4)


6. Remember to do all the little things for thy wife when you say you will. (Mt 5:37)


7. Keep thine eyes on thy own wife, not thy neighbors. (Prov 5:15-20; Job 31:1; Jer 5:8)


8. Thou shalt make every effort to see things from thy wife’s point of view. (Gen 21:12)


9. Thou shalt not fail to kiss thy wife every morning. (Sos 8:1)


10. Thou shalt not be stingy with thy wife when it comes to money. (Esther 5:3)

Over the next few weeks I will take a closer look at each of these “commandments” and expand on them and their importance to us as Husbands and Fathers. Join me for this little adventure into the ‘”Ten Commandments for Husbands.”

Tags: Christian, family, Husbands, ten commandments, values

This past week I took part in a discussion on Dad Blogs about the Stay-At-Home-Dad. As usual I got flamed for my traditional views of the role of men and women within a family. At no time during that discussion did i ever say being a SAHD was a bad thing. It is simply a choice some families make. Weather it is the right choice is up for debate.

One of the points made during the discussion was that I cite the bible for my views and values. That is the way I was brought up and I will continue to do that, whether people like it or not. More Christian believers need to take a sand for what the bible tells us is the right thing to do.

With those two points in mine, I want to expand on my views and the biblical context of those views. I am going to narrow my ranting today to just the aspect of men and women’s role in the family and workforce.

The first argument some people have is that women should stay at home and never work. The bible does not teach this. The bible teaches that a woman main responsibility is to her husband and raising of the family. If she can keep up a good loving home for her family than it is fine to work outside of the house. My wife does not work by choice, I do not forbid her from working. All I truly ask is that our children are cared for when I am not their to care for them. It is not a sin for women to work, feel free to have careers of your own, as long as you can maintain a loving, nurturing environment for you family. (1 Timothy 2:15) Nurturing is the main biblical role of the woman within the family. the bible does not say it is the only role.

In Genesis 3:17-19 God cursed man to work, it is our punishment for the beginning of sin. The passage does not tell us that we must work outside the home. What it does tell us is that one biblical responsibility of men is to provide food for their families. Men who do not work and toil are surking part of their responsibilities, but it does not say how you must work to provide this food. Parenting is work also, homemakers often work very hard to maintain a house. SAHDs still work for their food by the sweat of their brow.

The True main responsibility of a man is to be the head of the house and a Spiritual leader within the home (Genesis 18:19). In todays age the term Head of House is used for financial and tax definitions as the main homey maker of the family. This is not how the bible views the Head of house. As the man it is your duty to take responsibility, both financially and spiritually, for your family. No where in the bible does it say you must be the money maker. It is your job as a man to protect your family and make sure they are provided for. If you can better provide for you family by allowing you wife to be the”Bread Winner” so be it. Just remember that you. as a man, are ultimately responsable for what happens within your family.

God commands that we work to the best of our abilities, as if everything we do is done for God (Colossians 3:23–24). The bible does not truly separate men or women in this respect. Both men and women should work to the best of their abilities in whatever line of your you do. Weather you are a ditch digger or a homemaker, do it to the best of you ability.

In the end whether you are a SAHD or a working mother, there are still biblical responsibilities that should come first over all other. As a woman it is your duty to provide a nurturing home for you family. This should come before working outside the home. Care for your children. Men are given the role and responsibility of control over the house. You are to discipline your children and be sure that your family is provided for physical and spiritually.

It is not my place to judge anyone (Matthew 7:3, Luke 6:37). I provide for my family by working outside the house, and my Teresa maintains a nurturing and loving home for my and the girls. Nowhere in the bible does it say who must be the primary money maker of a family. What is does give us is the biblical primary roles of both the mother and father, husband and wife.

A traditional family places both men and women into the biblical roles, while a SAHD and working mother often reverse them. A SAHD becomes the Nurturer, taking the biblical position given to women, while a Working Mother often becomes the Head of the house taking charge and responsibility for the family. If you are a Christian and able to keep the biblical roles for men and women straight feel free to run your home how you want. If you are not Christians I will pray for you, but I will not try and correct you.

Tags: Christian, family, men, roles, SAHD, women