Ok Lets try this again!

Now that I have a few minutes, notice I said a few, I will try to get a posting up for you but if the sentence suddenly breaks off with no warning, it means I simply fell asleep at my computer. 

Things have been really busy lately. The message boards that I like to visit and where I have made many friends have been down for a week and Michael keeps telling me that I am going through withdrawals. Thanks Michael. 

I have had an interesting past couple of months. I was sick 6 weeks out of 8 since January but lucky for me, it was only thru Jan and Feb and now that its a day away from being June, I have not been sick since. And I dont plan to be.

I am finally in the 3rd trimester and baby Noah is getting bigger which of course results in me getting bigger as well. Oh, and I have NO SWOLLEN ANKLES! Knock on wood.

I have been so tired since going back to work as I lost my job but got it back. That is an entirely different story which I will save for another blog.

In the meantime, I have felt a strong desire to get back into my Bible reading and have spent the last hour or so perusing sermons by Pastor Dave Most which you can find on www.sermonaudio.com. All sermons are free and all they ask is that you register your email for updates which can be helpful in finding just the right sermon for what your heart needs. My heart needed some encouragement today after something I saw.

I got online and went to a certain site. I saw a message that someone wrote about something and how it made them want to vomit. Then another person commented on the original statement that basically stated how you couldnt expect less and Christians are scary. I felt very hurt. Last year I opened my heart to the Lord and asked Him to give me a love for others that He would want me to have towards them. He answered that prayer and I started really having compassion for others.

I guess what hurt the most about what I read is that the original poster has very different views than I do and has openly slammed my views and my faith in front of me. Yet if I were to do the same thing, this person would be down my throat quicker than someone could say SLAM. I began to think about it and I knew that according to the Bible, I may be able to say hello or how are you to this person and show them the love God would want me to, but to have a friendship would be impossible because of our differences. I looked it up in my Bible and found a verse that really helped me make this decision. 

I Corinthians 2:14,15

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."

This tells us that those out in the world who have not accepted Christ find it difficult to understand the faith of a Christian. They dont receive things of the Spirit of God. They find it foolishness or in other words, silly or lacking in sense. In reality, it makes perfect sense, but again, those without Christ will not be able to understand it. Verse 15 really opens the eye for us. It states the those who consider themselves spiritual are judgemental. I have seen this with the person who wrote those hurtful words.  Now first lets look at spirituality. What is it? Its an adverb that means pertaining to. It does not necessarily refer to religion but most of the time, people use the word in reference to their religion. For example, people who love animals are very spiritual when it comes to animal rights. In the case of this person, they are very spiritual when it comes to their religion and they have slammed my faith repeatedly in front of me. They have judged my faith but at the same time, they have the "right" to slam my faith, my marriage, and other things I hold dear to me, but if I were to try to open up the Bible and show them in God's Word what God Himself says about their views, I am discriminating against them. I am not allowed to "judge". This is a perfect example of "he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."

All I can do is pray for this person. I can share my faith but it is clear that my sharing of it has been rejected. All I can do now is step back and pray for this person. Only God can work a miracle in this person's heart.

Now that I have given a bit of a devotional, I will say that all is well. I have a baby shower coming up which I am very excited about and even if some people dont come, I feel blessed knowing that someone considered me to be a friend in that they would host one for me.

I would like to write more but I think I will sign off for now and say good night because I am really ready to fall asleep at my computer.

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