But who's REALLY grateful?
Thanksgiving... you all know what it's about. You get together with the whole family and sit around and eat turkey and catch up with everybody, right? I don't know how everybody else's family rolls, but I didn't hear one single word of thanks, in any direction, today. I thought I'd be sneaky, so I slipped out of the house (it was at my sister's) and grabbed my "Restored" CD, and I thought to myself "God's going to be in this equation even if it's just the music..." Unfortunately, I was found out and we didn't listen to it. Oh well, there's always Christmas. You see, I'm dead-set and determined to get the Gospel through my family. My father knows a bit more than I gave him credit for, actually. I talked to him a while back and I really hit home...he even called me a "Bible thumper," and I had never been happier to hear it. The rest of the family is...unresponsive. My mother won't let my little brother, David (who's 5 years old and learning disabled) come into contact. I think I'm going to take my birthday money this year and purchase some kid Bible books.
Oh, and my birthday is coming up December 16th. I'm going to be 21. The family was shocked at my answer to "which bar or strip club are we going to?", and honestly I was insulted that they were shocked, but of course the answer was "the only strip club we're going to is the area that used to be one over on Wabash ave...Sacred Grounds!" Even the people at work thought it was wierd. Apparently, EVERYBODY gets drunk and goes to those kind of clubs for their 21st birthday, but not me. Why? The whole drinking alcohol thing is beyond stupid, and the strip thing? The main point is it's sin and I want no part, and the secondary point is this: I realized something about 5-6 months ago when one of my stepbrother's friends (when I lived at dad's) was popping up certain sites and had me come in the room... Not only was I not attracted, but I was disgusted (seeing sin) and not at all affected (in the way it's supposed to effect you). Thinking nothing of it, I continued onwards. I searched the scriptures to find what was up when I just didn't look at women the same way. Sure, seeing pretty women was supposed to make you attracted to them, but that didn't even happen. Well, I talked to the Pastor and said, "What's going on? I know for a fact that I'm not gay (the male body utterly repulses me and at times I wish that I didn't have a male body), but I'm not seeing women the same way." He kind of smiled at me and said, "You're growing. Of course, you might find yourself attracted from time to time, but you're going the way God wants you. Perhaps what He's doing in YOUR life is helping you with your decision to stay single and make sure that you know for a fact when you meet the one you're to marry." So I guess I'll have to take it at that, as it's entirely possible.
Oh, and according to him, I have the gift of a prophet. I cleared up what he meant by that because originally I was like "whoah...God doesn't give me messages to give Isreal on a day-to-day circumstance...", but apparently, I'm good at seeing what's going on from the big picture. What's that mean? I have been pretty good at pointing out stuff that's happening in the end times. For example, after doing some reading and seeing what's going on, I said that I thought the Catholic church would probably be part of that revival of the Roman empire, and he said some people agreed, and the next sunday, he was saying that's what he believed. He told me later that the gifts of the Spirit he had were along the same lines as me in the words, "You're a lot like me in these aspects.." But anyways...where was I before I got side tracked? Oh yeah. Tonight (or whenever you all read this), remember all that you have to be grateful for. Remember that God gave you the life He did, remember that He died for you, and remember that you are all one body. We are the Bride. We stand firm in each other. So, with that in mind, if there's somebody who's been in your head that you haven't said, "Hey, thanks for being you and what God is making you into..I love you, man" too, now is the time to say it. You never know that what you don't appreciate that is indeed important might be taken away.
Thank you Lord and Savior, brothers and sisters, mother and Father.
~A humble servant
Oh, and my birthday is coming up December 16th. I'm going to be 21. The family was shocked at my answer to "which bar or strip club are we going to?", and honestly I was insulted that they were shocked, but of course the answer was "the only strip club we're going to is the area that used to be one over on Wabash ave...Sacred Grounds!" Even the people at work thought it was wierd. Apparently, EVERYBODY gets drunk and goes to those kind of clubs for their 21st birthday, but not me. Why? The whole drinking alcohol thing is beyond stupid, and the strip thing? The main point is it's sin and I want no part, and the secondary point is this: I realized something about 5-6 months ago when one of my stepbrother's friends (when I lived at dad's) was popping up certain sites and had me come in the room... Not only was I not attracted, but I was disgusted (seeing sin) and not at all affected (in the way it's supposed to effect you). Thinking nothing of it, I continued onwards. I searched the scriptures to find what was up when I just didn't look at women the same way. Sure, seeing pretty women was supposed to make you attracted to them, but that didn't even happen. Well, I talked to the Pastor and said, "What's going on? I know for a fact that I'm not gay (the male body utterly repulses me and at times I wish that I didn't have a male body), but I'm not seeing women the same way." He kind of smiled at me and said, "You're growing. Of course, you might find yourself attracted from time to time, but you're going the way God wants you. Perhaps what He's doing in YOUR life is helping you with your decision to stay single and make sure that you know for a fact when you meet the one you're to marry." So I guess I'll have to take it at that, as it's entirely possible.
Oh, and according to him, I have the gift of a prophet. I cleared up what he meant by that because originally I was like "whoah...God doesn't give me messages to give Isreal on a day-to-day circumstance...", but apparently, I'm good at seeing what's going on from the big picture. What's that mean? I have been pretty good at pointing out stuff that's happening in the end times. For example, after doing some reading and seeing what's going on, I said that I thought the Catholic church would probably be part of that revival of the Roman empire, and he said some people agreed, and the next sunday, he was saying that's what he believed. He told me later that the gifts of the Spirit he had were along the same lines as me in the words, "You're a lot like me in these aspects.." But anyways...where was I before I got side tracked? Oh yeah. Tonight (or whenever you all read this), remember all that you have to be grateful for. Remember that God gave you the life He did, remember that He died for you, and remember that you are all one body. We are the Bride. We stand firm in each other. So, with that in mind, if there's somebody who's been in your head that you haven't said, "Hey, thanks for being you and what God is making you into..I love you, man" too, now is the time to say it. You never know that what you don't appreciate that is indeed important might be taken away.
Thank you Lord and Savior, brothers and sisters, mother and Father.
~A humble servant