In Reply to: on another note posted by Acheick on February 10, 2005 at 10:28:29:
...your kids don't have your history previous to having them. That, in itself, could explain some of why you strayed. How much, too, is in your family of origin. How were you influenced there? It can be multigenerational. Some of the things that happened to Grandma affected mom, affected you.
As a teen I strayed too. I had to be born again to see the kindgdom of God. Up until then (being born again) I knew nothing about the spiritual other than what I got in church as a little kid - confirmation, etc... Even at that, I knew nothing, really. Again, when I had the HG fall on me, I wasn't asking for it, nor was I asking to be born again - in other words, what? What's this all about? All I was doing was asking for was forgivenss. I guess I kinda got the whole deal in one big package. But it took a backsliding and an in depth search of the scriptures, years later, to put it all together.
"Oh so that's what the HG is. Oh, so that's what being born again is. Oh no, look at me now. I'm hopelessly backslidden. Better get that straightened out. Not long after, I joined the Family. I wonder what's next now?