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Whats up guys? I'm just here to share my personal experiences becoming closer to god, and how he lead me back to him, and showed me my purpose back on earth. To those who have been raised in a very strict, by-the-books, christian faith, I encourage you to read this with an open mind, I am not saying this is truth, all I know is that I know nothing, the possibilities of who we are, are infinite. We are the next generation, and we will impact our future on our mother, Gaia.

My first experience was back in October. Even before then, starting over the summer, I desired to find out who I was, what my place in the world is... In all honesty, the way a lot of people intrepret the bible, it just makes me think... makes me question... why would people use the word of god to discourage the hearts of others? (homosexuality, I believe that temptation applies to any type of sex, not sexuality, and that temptation is acted apon far too often in our society, weather your gay, straight, white, black, asian, or even muslim). My father is gay, and he isn't any different than anyone else, like me, he's all about giving back to the world. I believe that love is the dividing force that connects all of us, to the earth, and our father in the sky. But anyways, I was becoming increasingly seperated from god. I wasn't raised religious, but I can say for a lot of my childhood I held a belief that there was something bigger than ourselves out there, but seeing all the hate that people justify with religion, I was becoming rather dillusionized with god.

A few months ago, in around October, I preyed to our father, asking him to give me the strength to help humanity, to help us see who we really are, if I were deemed worthy in the eyes of the universe. A couple nights later, I found the number 53 on my dollar bill. Normally, I would not have thought much of it, but I googled its significance, and found a couple interesting articles, that set me on the path that I am on today: Number 53 Symbolism, 53 Meaning and Numerology
On the Number 53

And also, a couple more recent occurances, I was getting some chinese food a couple days ago, and I opened a fortune cookie, to get words reading "Big Changes are ahead for you" and when the price for my food came up, it read 8.88. ANGEL NUMBERS - Joanne Sacred Scribes: Angel Numbers - Number Sequences - Repeating 8's 8 88 888 8888. Again, I didn't think much of it, but the last 2 times I went to get chinese food, the 2 fortune cookies I got... the fortunes read "the hard work will get you there" and "step down from the position of power". I don't remember the last one exactly, but I percieve it as sort of a sequence, our father has given me my mission here on earth, help as many people as I can, help us become consiousness to our divinity, even jesus said: "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'? - John 10:34. I encourage all of you, any non believers, that god is out there, and he works in mysterious ways, just keep your faith and put out good into the world, treat everyone you meet with the respect that you desire, and to those who believe strictly in one god, he has helped you for standing up for what you believe in, for believing in one form of truth and justice, but just as we can express ourselves in different ways, god can as well, through different major religions through the west and the east, after all, he created all of humanity in his image.
 

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People that use the Word of God just to discourage people use it for the wrong reasons.. they should use it so that men/women would turn from their sins and follow God.

The prophets, for example, gave all those warnings so that Israel would turn away from its sins and back to God. Israel would turn, but sometimes, it would refuse and judgment would fall upon them.

You see, God is holy and perfect. He cannot stand sin, and will judge everyone according to their sins. Thankfully, He sent Jesus Christ, who died for our sins that we may live and have life in an eternal Heaven. Those who accepted Jesus Christ and followed Him soon became known as Christians.
Before Jesus Christ left earth to go to heaven, he gave us Christians one last commandment--go out into the world and preach the good news to the lost. And I say that those people did a fine job of it. This is known as the Great Commission, and Christians will always have to work to fulfill it.

I read those things you said and thought about it. Interesting they are.

But it is my faith that there is only one God, and He is three-in-one. He said in the Ten Commandments not to worship any other graven image. He also judged idolatry in the Bible. He judged other things as well, and that's only because He is a holy and perfect God. He cannot stand sin, but in an act of love, He sent Jesus Christ to die for us, that we may be saved. (read John 3:16)

This world is slowly getting worse, and seeing how God is holy and perfect, I know He will judge it. Read Revelations. Scary book. But I guess judgment isn't always a happy topic..
But I recommend studying the Scriptures, and if you are a Christian, pray that the Holy Spirit will give you understanding of the Bible.

Now, I strive to love everyone as if they were my brother or sister. I don't hate sinners, but I hate the sin. I love sinners, but I don't love the sin. (I have friends that do bad things. I love them as my own brethen, just not the things they do.)
I think it's good that you want to share the love, do good things for people, and all that.
It seems like there isn't too much people like that anymore.. But read the Bible, bro. It has some 'judgy' things in there, but it also has alot of good things. It shows the right way through life, and no Scripture contradicts another. Everything fits together smoothly. It is not meant to discourage, but to correct and show the truth.

Just like the Old Testament prophets. They were feared, and hated. They proclaimed God's word, and prophesied coming judgment if Israel didn't turn from its sins. Sometimes the prophet's message would be heeded, or it would be ignored..
They also didn't do it because they wanted to scare the people, but to warn them so that they could stop.

...oh, and forgive me if I got a little off topic in some parts. I'm very talkative, and I have trouble sticking to the same topic. I tend to discuss a range of topics at times. o__o Sometimes I end up repeating things I already said .__. lol. but yeah, forgive me.

You see, I think alot about things, too. I've had alot of interesting conversations with people I know that lasted for hour or two.. maybe three.

Ohhh my, what a long post. .__. I tend to do small posts, but this takes the cake. lol. But have a good day, bro!
 
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