No matter who we are, our lives here on Earth are a Journey. Those of us who have met Christ along our way and decided to let ourselves be joined to Him and follow Him in His Way have all experienced things, both good and 'bad' that we never would have dreamed we'd experience on the other side of our decision to follow Him. Its my desire in this blog to be honest and transparent about my experiences of my own personal Journey since I recieved Christ and accepted His rich, deep and abiding personal Love for me. As per His call, I have joined Him in His mission to Love every one of His Beloved Creation. No matter what has ever happened, and no matter how disillusioned I have ever become in the wake of my decision...one thing has proven to remain true...no matter what I experience in my Journey with Christ...its all worth it to be joined with Him.
As God calls us to go out as His ambassadors of His Life saving Gospel, we would find that if we take the message of His Grace to a little known tribe in a remote region of Africa we will certainly meet with a different mindset that will need to be lovingly confronted for the sake of their souls. It is equally important for us as individuals, to remember that everyone we come into contact with in our own daily lives here in America have not heard the exact same things we have personally heard in our lifetimes. Our experiences are not all exactly alike.Throw in different personalities, giftings, strengths and weaknesses and our differences can seem staggering.
I am not trying to make us feel as if we are all so different that we never could seem to connect at a heart level or be able to see eye to eye. Quite the contrary! Its very important to understand that one of the best ways to promote our commonness is to highlight our differences. God is brilliant in that He created a human body out of many different parts so that each one does something very different for us. Yet, for all of our very own differing body parts they make up one person...us! So having differing conclusions about life is, if you think about it, one thing that we all have in common. Our individual contribution of real Life-giving Truth to one another will come only as we truly learn it. And when do we really learn something? Want the answer? When we learn it! Until then, guess what? At best, its a journey 'to it', which, for many of us, resembles a maze, complete with many experiences we could put under the heading of...'Well, THAT certainly wasn't 'The Way'...along the way! There are many stops and starts,twists and turns, dead ends and road blocks and I'm thankful to say, in alot of cases, ' right of ways' when it comes to sorting out all that we experience on our Journey with Christ.
Differing mindsets are not to be a surprising aspect of our daily lives as human beings, much less, as Christians. In fact, we would be better off and more mentally, emotionally , physically and spiritually stable if we would learn how to accept and incorporate that fact into our own mindset as part of what we are going to be dealing with every single day of our lives.When you take a Gospel that rightfully claims that It is the One and Only Way to have Eternal Life, that automatically creates a huge margin for error. Have you ever thought about that? Its One to__________. You see if you can fill in the blank! You'll be a basketcase if you're going to try and figure out every other 'gospel'. All else that purports itself to be 'the way' can, and has, for many of us, 'muddied the water' on any given day making it hard for us to tell what is and is not The Truth. Keeping abreast of the fact that we are all still learning will go a long way in helping us to be patient with ourselves and with ohers in this process.
I am looking forward to spending many more days with you sharing The Truth as well as the ponderings of my own faith. I admit that in every single aspect of my Journey I have had to first crawl and then walk. As an encouragement, I am happy to report that, in more instances than not, I am now STANDING in my Faith. Its as natural as breathing for the body to edify its other parts, so in that way, I am sharing how our Father has helped me to understand my faith through the years complete with many of my mis-takes that precluded my victories. This I will do with as much transparency as possible in order to strengthen myself and inspire you in your own Journey of faith with Christ.
Blessings, Susie
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