Getting Started

Ever since I was a little girl, I have had something to say. Ask my parents, they will support this statement! I was known to get into trouble at school for talking when I should have been listening. Plenty of teacher conferences were focused on this very fact. I love to talk. I love to exchange ideas, share discoveries, and laugh at funny stories. Never mind the fact that I like it best when I am the one talking! LOL

However, there comes a time when you either have to change the behavior or accept it for what its worth. Well, changing the behavior was just not an option for me so I chose to accept it. It wasn't a hard decision! ;) But, little did I know, God was about to get involved in all my talking. So, now instead of my voice, I prefer the voice of my Father. He tells me what to say and when to say it. He, also, scolds me when I say what I shouldn't or when I don't say what I should. If this sounds like someone familiar, yes, I do relate to Paul in many ways. In Romans chapter 7 Paul says this about his desire to do right:

"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do......For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do - this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it." Romans 7:15, 19 & 20 (NIV).

One can say that Paul was very distressed when he wrote this. I know and understand his frustration for I have lived this very same thing. The idea out there that Christians are to live this perfect, free from struggle and mistakes, life is absolutely not the truth. In fact, it has been my experience that the complete opposite is true. The more a person seeks a closer relationship with Christ, the more conflict occurs. This is why people will stop seeking. They don't understand that this road to be like Christ is not a straight, evenly smooth, path. It is a hard, crooked road that has many bumps, pits, and cracks. Just like the roads in Des Moines, Iowa after a hard winter. (Sorry, couldn't avoid the comparison!). And if people say they have found a way to "spirituality" that is smooth, even, and blissful, well, I would have to question as to whether or not they are on the right path.

This is a good starting point for my blog. Explaining why the best path is the hard path. In my life group ministry - "On Eagles Wings" - I not only work to explain but my ultimate goal is to assist others in managing the bumps, pits, and cracks. For our very reward depends on how well we accomplish that task. Let this blog become an addition to the work I do. I pray that those I talk to on Facebook will read it to gain a better understanding of me, my relationship with God, and why I feel it so necessary to post Scriptures and warnings about sin. I pray that those who attend On Eagles Wings Life Groups will read this and that whatever God places in my heart to say will motivate them to continue on the right path. I pray that my Christianity 101 Class and Bible Discussion Group will find information here to add to their daily learning. (Yes, I said daily - have you done your homework?). I pray that my family and friends will read this and see what God is doing in my life.

I pray that through my words - God's words coming through me - you will find that most precious relationship a person could ever have in this life. A relationship with Jesus that surpasses all of our understanding and expectations of a perfect relationship. And that you will be able to learn how to deepen that relationship so when life gets hard, you will know how to lean on Him and just breathe.

Love to all,

Debby