For the second time ever, I had an old friend send me a message on Facebook wondering how my beliefs had changed from such a strong Christian to Buddhism. I don't claim Buddhism as my religion, but I practice meditation and agree with many Buddhist teachings, so I guess it may be close to my life philosophy.
How? How did it change?
I really DON'T know how to answer that, except maybe to say "I got fed up with it all."
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Preaching in Restaurants
One of my least favorite memories of all times is cohorts preaching in restaurants. Ok, nothing is so embarrassing as being in a restaurant and having someone in your group stand up and start preaching to the people in the restaurant. I almost can't even write about it...
Why would God want you to stand up, embarrass yourself and your group, irritate the whole restaurant, and make Christians look crazy!? If there was one person in the restaurant that needed to 'hear the good news' then why wouldn't God just send you to that table?
Why would God want you to stand up, embarrass yourself and your group, irritate the whole restaurant, and make Christians look crazy!? If there was one person in the restaurant that needed to 'hear the good news' then why wouldn't God just send you to that table?
The Mother.
I had MANY prophesies said over me in bible school that I would be a mother in the natural and the supernatural; that I would be a mother to children that were not my biological kids. As a child care provider I have become just that. I am a second mother to eight kids (eight wonderful kids), and also to my own three biological kids.
I spout these days that I don't put much stock into prophesy, but there is something about prophesy that I find intriguing. Perhaps it is the times that prophesies have been right. I don't think that prophets are making things up or guessing correctly. I (currently) believe that they have a deeper intuition than the average person. I myself am a people reader and I am very intuitive. Would I call myself a prophet? NO WAY! But one of the gifts of my personality is people reading skills. I think that prophets are people with those intuitive skills. Is that a supernatural gift? Not in the common way we think about supernatural. I think it is the result of evolution. It is a gift or skill that some of us have adapted.
I spout these days that I don't put much stock into prophesy, but there is something about prophesy that I find intriguing. Perhaps it is the times that prophesies have been right. I don't think that prophets are making things up or guessing correctly. I (currently) believe that they have a deeper intuition than the average person. I myself am a people reader and I am very intuitive. Would I call myself a prophet? NO WAY! But one of the gifts of my personality is people reading skills. I think that prophets are people with those intuitive skills. Is that a supernatural gift? Not in the common way we think about supernatural. I think it is the result of evolution. It is a gift or skill that some of us have adapted.
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