I have beliefs as well as many others do. We could have the same views or the same beliefs as each other or they could be completely different. Today, I wanted to talk about the Lord. I have never been very spiritual and open about my views about church or about God. I was born into a Catholic family and baptized Catholic, yet my dad is a Protestant. Since moving to California, I have been to mostly Christian churches due to being invited by friends, so I have become very influenced by the Christian beliefs. Even before I went to a Christian church, I had not been so fond of the Catholic views. My reasoning for that would be their views on being accepted into Heaven because of your sins; as a Christian, you are accepted for who you are regardless of your sins and your well-being, yet as a Catholic, you are not accepted into Heaven with open arms by the Lord because of your experiences or your sins. I open the Lord into my life with open arms more than before and I have always had the Lord by my side whether or not I have gone to church, prayed at night by the bed side on my knees, or just thinking about Him. Another reason would be the views on both sides of being Catholic and Christian about their gay views. I accept everyone just as the Lord shall accept anyone and everyone regardless of who they love or who they are not.
You should be accepted by the Lord no matter who you are, who you were, or who you will become. Heaven is a place to go when you are laid down by the Lord and taken in because He decided it was your time. I will always follow the Lord's path for me. God is my savior and I have made that choice last year. I am amazed by His choice to be there for me and His sons and daughters.
Over the past year, I have gone to TN which is a Christian church in my area. They are interactive and very influencing and they know how to make the Lord come to live in a room. I have cried each and every time I have gone to the service. My favorite of church would have to be worship. The songs are so empowering. During service, I use the Bible on my phone and I also go into my notes on my phone and write down the passage that we are talking about and what we learn that day. They are so great and I love that church because I have come clean to being Catholic. They accepted me with welcoming arms and I am apart of the High School Ministry. It feels amazing to be apart of something so powerful and amazing. It's because of God and His love for me. He has reached out to me and made me who I am now in 2016. He is the cause of my change.
It is God who made me join this church. He brought me this church through my friend and I got to experience the most beautiful thing with my best friend. She invited me to her baptizing ceremony and I saw many others get baptized and they had said their name and why they chose to let God be their savior that day and forever on. It brought me to see that God is the one I want make my own savior that day, too. I did not get baptized again that day to convert to Christianity, but I will be Christian in my own ways, starting with my beliefs and the choices I make. :)
Thank you God. You are my savior and to this day, I shall not forget how much You love me. <3
-the writer
