a choice

i just read an ad that said "do you pick GOD or satan; if you haven't picked one then you've made your choice." right to the point isn't it? i've been reading this crazy book about a town that always chose sin. they did whatever they wanted and then ignored the consequence of their actions. they buried their sins deep inside themselves, so they could forget what they had done.

there is great freedom in accepting GOD and giving your burdens to HIM. there is a great burden when we don't deal with our sins. catholics believe in confessing their sins to a priest. i can understand that. you can go in and verbally say what you have done by speaking with a confidant. there always seems to be a great release of your heart and mind when you confess. my friends and i do this with each other - it is a great comfort. it is a great comfort having an "honest" conversation with GOD. "the truth will set you free."

sharing the joys and hopes of what GOD promises is by far one of the greatest gifts HE gives. in all of HIS love HE challenges you to live a better life; a more complete life. i really do believe that in your journey with HIM you only grow with more wisdom and understanding. hopefully we grow with more humility than pride in our journey. writing the blog about my journey is a release for me to confess my demons. some say that it should be kept private, but i'm still learning from HIM that we must share our journeys.

i have begun to question my journey with GOD in recent days. i have begun to question whether or not i should write this, but i always at some point feel led to. it's a miraculous gift when GOD changes your heart; it's eye opening. i am struggling right now with issues that i will have to let go of, but i'm not ready to give it to HIM. HE hasn't stopped teaching me yet and i pray that my heart never hardens to the point where i don't trust HIS love or guidance.

" To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— 2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:

3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.

4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.

7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.

12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

13 The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings." 2 john