This blog was begun as a 40-day project — part of my Lenten devotional for 2011 and included the entries “40 Days of Posts” which now can be found via the link “God Is Great, Now Believe” or under the Categories section to the right.
Follow current blog posts in the “On My Mind” section, and be sure to take a look at my NEW “photo blog” page where I’ll be including pix to help tell my story.
What It Is: It’s about God. And me. And our relationship, which started 45 years ago when I made my appearance in 1965. Through the years, we’ve had an on-again-off-again kind of thing going, mostly because of me. Okay. The “off again” part was all me. I think. Yeah, pretty sure.
I was raised Catholic. Plain and simple, I believe in God. As a Catholic, there is no Other, and no possibility of me thinking otherwise. I don’t imply here that God is anything other than what He has revealed to us since the beginning of time—way longer than any of us have been around—that He is who He says He is, the Great I AM, whom, as Catholics, we’ve come to call God. As such, I don’t refer to Him as “the Divine” and not as a “Higher Power.” I don’t look inside myself for “goddess theory” when I need encouragement for my faith journey. I don’t call Him Buddha, Muhammad nor Allah. He is God, and I trust Him implicitly.
Or do I?
The truth is, I waffle on this one. I want to be able to say unequivocally that I do. But it ain’t so, and I want to change that.
So, I’m giving myself 40 days. Actually 46 days, if you count the Sundays between now and Easter—40 days to come to a better understanding of the kind of trust God wants from me and what is keeping me from that.
Project christ&chris is launched. Stay tuned.
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I had some special lenten posts as well…Our life is a beautiful journey looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…
Hi Chris,
Just saw that you joined She Writes. So did I a couple weeks ago, though I’m not sure what to do there yet.
I like your blog and appreciate your honesty. We’re all “somewhere” along the journey; you’re not alone. There’s bound be someone up ahead who can offer you a hand, just as others may be lagging behind who could use some encouraging. Wherever we are, God honors our choice to walk the road that leads to Him.
I also have a blog. I hope you’ll come and visit me at http://writin4him.blogspot.com/
Take care and God Bless,
Debbie
My life imploded when my husband died and I realized that religion had taught me about a God that was not working for me. I pulled everything apart and went back to the purest place I could .. my childhood …. when I knew He was there. I pulled the one thing I knew for sure .. that He Loved me and held on to that as I slowly picked up the pieces of my life and replaced the dogma with truth. It is about my personal relationship. I no longer care if anyone else understands that … He and I are the only ones that have to be clear on who I am and who I am not.
I can’t imagine the depths of your sorrow during that time, but Ilione the strong voice of where you are now. What you say about God and you…that’s me, too. Some of the people I’ve loved or counted on most in my life have given me the greatest grief about that. Your words are a reminder that I can only answer for myself.
Thanks so much for your comment on my blog. I’m in a bit of a slump today, and should probably send out a mass apology for that post today – it was written in a completely different voice and is like my usual post. Thanks for stopping by and offering encouragement. Take care and be blessed
I fall into that rut myself ( more often than I care to admit) — no apology necessary.
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