In Reply to: Suggested book posted by Alan on January 08, 2004 at 11:21:02:
Thanks, Alan. I've read so many books, I'm exhausted. I just go by my experiences, instinct and common sense that God gave me. Even today, my hubby was getting into the Left Behind stuff again and all I do is cringe. He has been into it since the books came out and he started reading them. It gets him all worked up in a frenzy and then we sit around and wait for the end. You should see the stuff we bought for Y2K - but I didn't believe any of it - does that make me unbeliever like the people in Noah's ark day?
Everytime he starts reciting proof for this and that, I just want to scream. The latest is that Israel is building a wall and shutting out Palestine, the world, etc. and that this was prophesied in the bible as one of the last events of the end time. Apparently, there are 5 things that have transpired this year as being part of the process of fulfillment. maybe so, but guess what - I don't care. What is the whole point - that's more important to me.
But you misunderstand, Alan. I'm not saying the bible is not God inspired, it probably is - and who am I to say anyway? I just think it's been so tampered with and misunderstood, that most people aren't getting it right.
I've been so convinced without a shadow of a doubt that I let things slip by my better judgment. I'd just rather not do that now. I know if there is a God that he loves me otherwise he would be no God - so I'm not worried. Don't worry either.
I was so convinced I was in the endtime and I wouldn't live past 30 and here I am nearly 53 with 6 grandchildren. I had scriptures up the ying yang to prove it. I argued bible scripture with people for hours on why the bible is inspired by God. yet everything I did was wrong, terribly wrong. How could someone so convinced be so wrong for so long? Because I didn't get the spirit of what was being said. I didn't listen to my own common sense.
This has nothing to do with whether I believe certain characterizations out of the bible. I still believe in God, that has not changed. But I know I do not understand him/her or what it's all about. Believe it or not, Alan, I still pray. Why I still prayed mightily when the dentist was pulling out my tooth the other day. It gave me more peace when I prayed - I believe it calls God to comfot us when we pray. It also releases chemicals in our system that calm us. There is a plan, somewhere.