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               When               I               became               a               Christian               as               a               teenager,               I               had               this               feeling               that               God               was               going               to               immediately               zap               away               all               of               my               problems               and               that               all               of               my               temptations               to               steal               and               have               sex               and               hang               out               with               the               wrong               people               would               vanish.

Boy,               was               I               in               for               a               surprise.
               Nothing               around               me               changed.

My               parents               kept               drinking.

My               father               kept               molesting               me.

I               did               not               stop               my               old               behaviors.

I               just               felt               a               bit               guilty               for               what               I               was               doing.

The               only               thing               that               did               change               was               the               fact               that               I               read               my               Bible               and               prayed               every               day.

It               wasn't               something               I               felt               like               I               had               to               do.

I               really               wanted               to.

I               felt               peace               in               the               words               I               read.

And               I               always               felt               God's               presence               with               me.....even               during               the               bad               times,               and               even               when               I               knew               I               was               not               living               as               He               wanted               me               to.
               I               think               the               problem               was               that               as               much               as               I               wanted               to               walk               on               a               Christian               path,               I               truly               had               no               idea               how               to               even               start.

None               of               my               friends               were               Christians               at               the               time,               even               though               they               went               to               church.

So               I               had               no               support               system.

There               was               nothing               to               replace               my               negative               behaviors               with.

And               being               a               rather               shy               girl,               it               wasn't               like               me               to               go               on               a               big               search               for               new               friends.
               The               day               came               for               me               to               leave               for               college               and               this               was               life-changing               in               many               ways.

In               a               sense,               I               felt               like               I               was               getting               let               out               of               prison.

I               was               free.

But               with               freedom               comes               great               responsibility,               and               I               did               not               do               so               well               with               it.

My               old               ways               began               to               manifest               themselves               more               intensely....only               now               I               had               absolutely               nobody               to               hold               me               accountable.

I               stopped               going               to               church               at               all.

I               pretty               much               put               God               by               the               wayside               unless               I               really               was               having               a               problem.

I               practiced               my               Christianity               when               it               was               convenient               for               me               to.

And               I               spiraled               deeper               and               deeper               into               a               hole,               still               trying               to               fill               it               in               the               wrong               ways.
               A               couple               of               years               into               college,               I               met               my               husband.

And               he               became               a               Christian               not               long               after               we               met.

We               became               engaged               soon               after               that,               and               that               brought               its               own               dilemma.

You               see,               my               husband               was               a               Catholic               and               I               was               a               Methodist.

At               the               time               I               had               no               idea               what               kinds               of               issues               this               would               bring.

But               I               was               in               for               a               very               rude               awakening.
               To               get               married               in               the               Methodist               church               would               mean               that               our               marriage               would               not               be               recognized               by               the               Catholic               Church.

Therefore,               since               we               would               be               "living               in               sin",               my               husband               would               no               longer               be               able               to               take               communion.

Also,               his               family,               who               were               devout               Catholics,               refused               to               believe               we               were               "truly"               married.

But               I               had               no               desire               to               become               Catholic.

And               even               if               I               did               it               would               mean               six               months               of               instructions.

We               did               not               feel               we               needed               instructions.

After               all,               we               had               been               dating               for               three               years               by               this               time.

And               to               top               it               all               off,               I               was               pregnant.

Yes...pregnant.

So               delaying               our               marriage               for               six               months               of               instructions               was               just               not               going               to               be               happening.
               So               we               married               "in               sin".

And               for               the               next               seven               months,               my               husband               was               denied               communion,               even               thought               we               went               to               the               Catholic               church               each               Sunday               and               we               were               both               Christians.

When               our               son               was               born,               he               was               baptized               into               the               Catholic               church.

And               on               that               same               day,               we               were               allowed               to               renew               our               vows               in               the               Catholic               church               so               that               my               husband               could               partake               of               communion.

(We               found               a               very               nice               priest               who               was               not               so               strict               with               the               rules).
               The               next               few               years               brought               us               a               baby               girl               and               our               first               house.

By               this               time,               our               love               had               been               tested               with               infidelity               and               job               loss               and               mental               illness.

But               God               was               the               glue               that               held               us               together.

And               it               seemed               that               as               long               as               we               put               Him               first               in               our               marriage,               things               went               well.

But               as               soon               as               we               took               our               eyes               off               of               Him               and               started               doing               things               our               own               way,               the               problems               would               overwhelm               us.
               During               this               time,               I               found               myself               growing               more               toward               the               religious               right.

I               listened               to               Pat               Robertson               and               James               Dobson,               and               I               marched               in               Washington,               DC               at               pro-life               rallies....as               well               as               in               my               own               city.

I               wrote               newspaper               articles               which               strongly               supported               censorship               of               certain               "questionable"               artwork               and               literature.
               We               found               ourselves               joining               another               church               because               we               were               tired               of               juggling               two               different               churches.

.The               Seventh-Day               Adventist               Church,               which               we               joined               was               very               loving               but               very               inclusive.

And               it               was               also               very               legalistic.

I               suppose               at               the               time,               we               were               looking               for               that               in               some               sense.

It               felt               "safe".

But               when               the               legalism               made               us               feel               unworthy               in               so               many               respects,               we               began               to               not               feel               quite               so               safe.

We               also               did               not               like               the               way               it               was               so               judgmental               of               other               religions.

It               did               not               seem               very               "Christian"               to               us.

We               were               looked               down               on               if               we               did               not               observe               the               Sabbath               in               the               way               other               members               thought               it               should               be               observed.

If               we               disagreed               with               any               of               the               church               doctrines,               we               were               looked               down               on....and               not               made               to               feel               like               we               were               truly               welcome.

We               always               felt               a               bit               ostracized.
               Throughout               all               of               the               changes               in               churches               we               attended,               I               had               come               to               realize               something.

God               had               remained               the               same               throughout.

He               was               unwavering.

He               loved               me               regardless               of               how               perfectly               I               obeyed               the               law.

He               loved               me               despite               all               of               my               shortcomings.

And               he               was               always               there               for               me,               regardless.

I               realized               that,               unlike               many               of               the               churches               I               had               attended,               God's               love               was               totally               unconditional.

When               he               gave               His               life               for               me,               He               did               not               die               for               a               perfect               person.

He               died               for               someone               who               does               not               have               a               clue               about               living               anywhere               close               to               perfection.
               When               I               realized               all               of               these               things,               I               began               to               see               God               in               a               new               light.

And               as               a               result,               I               began               to               walk               with               Him               in               a               different               way.






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