My Bible Blog

My family:

Most religious kids I know grew up in a religious home. They attended church every Sunday, maybe even twice a week, went to "bible bowls", and were constantly surrounded by religion. Whether this is a good or bad thing, I cannot say, but it was not my experience at all. 

As awful as it sounds, I was ashamed of my family. I mean, I was baptized, and we went to church sometimes. But we just weren't "church people" They went to church because they believed that it was the right thing to do, not because they had any particular affliction to it. 

For my eleventh birthday, I was given a bible. I opened the pages, along with my heart, and was amazed at what I saw. For once, I felt accepted. I felt loved, and I felt like I had found something I could "belong" to, just like the kids at church always seemed to "fit in" together. 

I became a Christian, but I had no idea what was in store for me. 

"Oh, she's in a real religious faze right now," I'd hear my mom say. "It'll pass."

However, unlike the stomach bug, my faith did not pass. Instead, it grew and blossomed. Yet, some small part of me always felt ashamed of that. I couldn't help but talk to my family about my new discovery, and I could tell that it made them uncomfortable. 

They tried to support me, but they did not understand why I begged to go to church every week. 

It made them feel that I was looking down on them "Preaching" to them. I know it seemed that way, but all I wanted was for them to experience the love and acceptance that I have. 

That is why I was afraid of openly discussing my faith on the internet. I was scared of offending people. I was scared of making people feel inferior and shamed for their beliefs. So, I state openly now. 

Read this book if you'd like, but you are under no obligation to agree with my beliefs. I have no intention of shaming, offending, or harming anyone. My word is not God; I am a nobody as much as you are. A flawed human with many faults and who is still learning. 

If you do not believe in Jesus, you are welcome here. If you do, you are as well. Any gender, any race, any religion, any sexual orientation, any background, any human being is welcome. But there is one thing that is not.

Hate. I will not tolerate it. Share your opinion, correct me, debate me, disagree with others, but do not hate. If you are here to mock religions or to bring people down, please stop reading. That isn't the purpose of this book. 

I leave you with a bible verse. 

1 Timothy 4:12 states "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity."