The Body of Christ
It was talking to Aly that also helped me to sort out my thoughts, and conclude for myself what I personally find my faith in: my knowledge of Him through the world and the Word; my past experiences and encounters with God Himself; the promises He's given to me; and my decision to trust, follow and obey Christ.
These are the friends, friendships and conversations whom and which I love, part of how I believe the Christian community should be...
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another -- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- Hebrews 10:24-25
I thank God my small group is heading in this direction. God has truly blessed me with an amazing small group, and I hope that I'm doing my part in building up my siblings too. This transition period is really proving rather challenging, but we know that You will pull us through!
I miss my co-leaders and my youths. As much as we aren't all that close, especially among the leaders, I miss them all the same. Still praying for you all ♥
Lastly, the Crusaders. I haven't been able to go for Life Meetings (LMs) nor started school yet, so I haven't been seeing them at all...
But, it is just having this special bond. The bond we have amongst each other, that exists as a result of simply being God's children. There's something deep down in my spiritual being which stirs when I interact with my spiritual brothers and sisters, and especially when we talk about our God. It is then there is this deep connection that can't be felt with any other people. There could be a meeting of minds when ideas are shared, a meeting of hearts when emotions are awakened, but there is an inexplicable movement when a meeting of spirits and souls occur.
This is why I fully believe in why a believer cannot be yoked together with an unbeliever (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). In particular, how a man and woman cannot be in a romantic relationship/marriage with either party being an unbeliever. I just cannot imagine living the rest of my life with a man who cannot understand me spiritually, cannot understand even the reason why either of us are even alive, or the purpose of our lives. I won't be able to understand him either.
To any Christian girls reading this; we honestly don't need to be asking why we can't get attached to an unbeliever. Just think about it, really think about how your life would be with a life partner who isn't God-centered. Discussions about life decisions won't have God in it, and where your thoughts and feelings come from can't be understood because they stem from having a relationship with Christ (and vice versa -- after all, the relationship is about the opposite party too). The man who should be leading you spiritually can't do that because he doesn't even know God. I don't even have to go on about how the children will be raised. The fact that our relationship with God will be continually compromised, way more than just by the distractions that we could perhaps be facing in the current stage of singlehood, isn't that reason enough?
These are the friends, friendships and conversations whom and which I love, part of how I believe the Christian community should be...
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another -- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- Hebrews 10:24-25
I thank God my small group is heading in this direction. God has truly blessed me with an amazing small group, and I hope that I'm doing my part in building up my siblings too. This transition period is really proving rather challenging, but we know that You will pull us through!
I miss my co-leaders and my youths. As much as we aren't all that close, especially among the leaders, I miss them all the same. Still praying for you all ♥
Lastly, the Crusaders. I haven't been able to go for Life Meetings (LMs) nor started school yet, so I haven't been seeing them at all...
But, it is just having this special bond. The bond we have amongst each other, that exists as a result of simply being God's children. There's something deep down in my spiritual being which stirs when I interact with my spiritual brothers and sisters, and especially when we talk about our God. It is then there is this deep connection that can't be felt with any other people. There could be a meeting of minds when ideas are shared, a meeting of hearts when emotions are awakened, but there is an inexplicable movement when a meeting of spirits and souls occur.
This is why I fully believe in why a believer cannot be yoked together with an unbeliever (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). In particular, how a man and woman cannot be in a romantic relationship/marriage with either party being an unbeliever. I just cannot imagine living the rest of my life with a man who cannot understand me spiritually, cannot understand even the reason why either of us are even alive, or the purpose of our lives. I won't be able to understand him either.
To any Christian girls reading this; we honestly don't need to be asking why we can't get attached to an unbeliever. Just think about it, really think about how your life would be with a life partner who isn't God-centered. Discussions about life decisions won't have God in it, and where your thoughts and feelings come from can't be understood because they stem from having a relationship with Christ (and vice versa -- after all, the relationship is about the opposite party too). The man who should be leading you spiritually can't do that because he doesn't even know God. I don't even have to go on about how the children will be raised. The fact that our relationship with God will be continually compromised, way more than just by the distractions that we could perhaps be facing in the current stage of singlehood, isn't that reason enough?