I came a across this blog post recently and was a bit enraged. The outcome of this girl's experience with her church is very unfortunate. Her fear of going to Hell if she were to break her pledge to purity made what was supposed to be an intimate and special time with her husband full of disgust.
I don't intend on filling this page with the "sex topic" because I don't think that's the issue here. This is just another tragic outcome of choosing religion over a relationship with Christ. This poor girl thought that her "good deeds" would get her into the Kingdom. Where did people get this idea and why is it accepted by so many?
"We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind." 64:6
So many times I hear others proclaim they are going to heaven. Their reasoning? "I'm a good person." The above verse states very clearly that "we are all infected and impure with sin." Our sinful thoughts and actions could never out way our "good deeds." Do you feel like you're in trouble? We all are! But don't worry! God fixed that when He sent His son to die for us. Jesus became all of that sin that we are incapable of escaping from and nailed it to the cross. You don't have to say 10 "Hail Mary's," baptize your infants, or stay pure until you're married to get into Heaven. All you have to do is accept what Jesus did for you! Do the rest of those things because you love Him and trust Him with your every life's decision.
"Jesus replied, 'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment." Matthew 22:37-38
It makes perfect sense that this would be the greatest commandment. A little perspective: I would do anything for Harrison given the amount of love I have for him. I happily make his supper everyday and make sure that clean clothes is one less thing he has to worry about because it pleases me to please him. And vice versa. Isn't that how is usually is in a marriage? We like to get our spouses or boyfriend's/girlfriend's nice things on special occasions, take them out to dinner, etc right? We don't do these things because it's the bare minimum requirement to keep the relationship going steady. We make these sacrifices willingly because we love that other person. We should do the same thing for or Heavenly Father!
Harrison did a fantastic job sweeping me off my feet back in "the good old days." Even today there are many things that make me fall in love with Him over and over. Usually ;) it's easy to love him. But how much easier is it to love someone who died for you? Please read the gospels and see what a gruesome death Jesus died for you. And because of what was stated above, "we are all infected and impure with sin." In no way shape or form do we deserve what Jesus did for us. I don't take communion because it's another box I have to check off to get across the pearly gates, I do that because I want to remember what was done for me and thank Him for it!
This is why I left the Catholic church when I was 16. I was turning into a robot just like so many others. There were certain medicines I couldn't take, and certain things I couldn't do "because I was Catholic." There was still a giant veil between God and I. When I accepted Christ into my heart, my relationship no longer had to be mediated. Now I don't take certain medicines because I want to avoid creating an idol which is something that would hinder this awesome thing that God and I have going on! Do you see the difference? I enjoy my relationship with God.
I will end with this and here's a little TMI for you. Leaving sex only for my marriage is one of the best decisions Harrison and I have ever made. Yes we were blessed for it but, unlike this poor girl and her church, that's not why we did it! Harrison and I love each other so much that we were willing to do whatever it took to keep our relationship healthy so that we could spend the rest of our lives with one another. The best way to do that was to give our relationship to Christ. God is so faithful and for that we are blessed! Please, this is not a rant, just an opportunity given to me through a blog post to share a little bit more about the awesome relationship you can have with your Creator!
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