I really am glad. I'm not a religious person, and I can't dedicate myself to a God like that. I was raised Christian, and tried to go to church and pray to God like everyone was saying I should do, but I just don't believe in stuff like religion, I guess. I'm a little bit sorry, because from what it seems people who do believe strongly get a lot of happiness from their faith. But, it sounds selfish to want to have a religion to just be happy. I should want to dedicate myself to a God completely, and that's not me. I would be happier living a life that's free from having to do things for the sake of a higher being.
So, I've found my own path in life, with my own inspiring quotes and music for when I get down. I've set my own hopes, dreams, and goals, and that's what keeps me going and encourages me to be a better person. I think that everyone should have something - whether they're trying to be better for God, for a family member, or for some other reason. I think that once you find something you can truly dedicate yourself to, then you can be happy, even if things aren't going so well in your life.
I'm glad that you were able to find religion and helped you get through hard times. I wish you all the best of luck in your faith.
You're so sweet! And you've got a really good point; I bet your poetry and music is amazing!
I would just like to point out that Christianity is not a religion...it's Jesus making a way for us to communicate with the One to made all of creation!
And one of the benefits of having a really close friend like that, to talk to and turn to for advise, is a joy! Joy is just a result of this wonderful two-way friendship!
But without Christ, saving us from slavery, we really aren't free...and we are slaves to sin. No matter what, everyone belongs to either Heaven or Hell, and there's no in between. I know that if you don't believe in the Bible, verses might not matter to you, but these are a couple that will better explain what I'm trying to express.
--Romans 6:7-11
"for one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus."
--Romans 6:14-18
"For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness."
This is what I believe, and I would not ever judge, or treat others differently, by what they believe!
...But because of God in my life, I to have purpose, goals, hopes, dreams, contentment, and security in who I am, what life is all about, and I'm enjoying it with every step!
