Hello! I remember when I was a child & my grandma use to make me go to Church every Sunday. I use to get so angry, because I wanted to sleep in. I would get up & go & have an attitude. I now see how important it was for me to go to Church. It set the foundation for me in life. My grandmother taught us about God early on. She use to tell us stories about the Bible. This one particular story stood out in my mind. She said you better be good & do right in life. She said God don't like ugly. She said you & you're keep being bad & when the world end, I will go to Heaven & you two will burn in Hell. She said we will be walking down the street & the sky will get black & the world will start to end & God will pull me up in the sky & you will be crying, saying grandma don't leave us. She said God might give you a 2nd chance to do right & you can make it to Heaven & we will see each other again. That story scared me straight! I wouldn't do certain things, because of that story! She always said be righteous in your life. I think of the story now & laugh. It saved my life. I would watch my friends do bad & I would leave. They would tease me, but I didn't care. I wasn't brought up like that. I'm so thankful & amazed at how good God has been to me! I still can't do bad, without seeing my grandmother & thinking what would God think. God has kept me out of some situations. God gave me intuition & I use it. I was about 18 or 19 & I had friends that would drink alcohol & smoke weed, but before they would start, I would leave. I would tell them call me later. By that point, they understood my beliefs & they would said ok. They teased at first, but they got it. My grandmother talked to me about a lot & I respected what she was saying & I chose to listen. I didn't want to do what everybody else was doing. I wasn't a bad kid. I didn't sneak out or do crazy things as a teenager, because I had that Church foundation & I knew the power of God. I did little sneaky things from time to time, but nothing major. God is amazing to me. I could've chosen the path my brother had taken, but I was the type of kid who learned from others mistakes. God made me strong! I sit back in amazement about how God has been in control of my life from day 1. We think we're running things, but oh how naïve we really are. God pulls us out of some bad situations. I know you don't think you made that happen. Sit back & watch God amaze you. Surrender & watch life flow so easily. This I know. I'm so AMAZED!!! Love to all! ;)
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