E, May peace reign in your house. I mean no intrusion but, wish to try and answer your questions to Chris. Some of the blessings, and feelings one gets from a close communion with God, and Jesus Christ, are difficult to describe. They are felt within the heart and soul and most words are not sufficient to describe them.
From my own experiences, I was, in my darkest days, a reprobate, to use a kind word. I found myself, face to face with the devil, and was on the brink of stepping into hell. I can not explain what happened then because it was a sudden and mighty yank that took me from that precipice, threw me to the ground, and reversed the thoughts in my brain. Even though, I was 700 miles away, I was prompted to call my first ex-wife, who I had been divorced from for 24 years, and had not spoken to in all that time. The melding together into one, was almost another shock to me because I was sure that she still hated me. I had seen very little of my two sons in almost as long. To make a long story short, we have been remarried, my sons, who had strayed away from the family came home, and settled down near by, and my life has been happier, and more fulfilled than ever before in all of my life. Some have tried to attribute these events to circumstance, but I know it was the intervention of God.
I do not have anything to do with denominational Christian churches because they are what drove me away from being a Christian the first time around. The human meddling in, and revising of, the Bible to suit their human agendas, aggravates me. A fairly small group with the same feelings, gets together to read the Bible, and discuss the meanings there in. The group is large enough for a small band and we make a joyful noise unto the Lord with songs of praise and joy. They are not like a lot of the old hymns sung to the dronings of an organ, but are up-beat, and happy.
I know you wonder how some one with this attitude can engage in such a heated discussion as has just ended (I hope) between us. I am a changed person but, I am still a human being with emotions that can come near to a boil at times. These same emotions, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, can also cause me, almost, delirious joy, and warm feelings of contentment which I could never experience before. ~H~ |
