Personal thoughts - Continued from Blogspot, Legalism

Personal thoughts - Continued from Blogspot

Legalism

A tiny peek into the thought processes of my mind…

When it comes to the area of personal Bible reading, I SUCK! No, really, I do. I can pick up a book of science fiction, history, or whatever genre and begin reading with no problem of my mind-wandering off the page. However, when I attempt to read God’s Word on a daily basis, it (not the Bible!) gets misplaced in the many things to be done in the course of the day. And while the displacement itself is bad enough, it’s the Battle which ensues within afterwards that is the most difficult to fight. Here’s a peek:

“Wow, I was doing so well [looking at a chart where individual boxes for Scriptural references are checked off in pencil] for 9 days. Nine days! And now, I’m 3 days behind. What happened? How could I have allowed other things, things which pale in comparison, in my life to crowd out my time in the Word? WHAT KIND of Christian am I to have allowed that to happen? This NEVER happens to [insert your best Christian friend or Christian accountability partner here], or, at least, they never mention this happening! What do THEY have that I don’t? What makes THEM special?! Oh, well, they’re better looking than me, that’s something. Or, maybe God loves them more, yeah, that’s GOTTA be it! Wait, wait, no, God loves every one of His followers equally. Okay, maybe then, their career status allows them to organize their time better to allow their daily Bible reading. That’s GOTTA be it! Man, why can’t that be me?!”

Yeah, I know, it’s the HEART that’s important. But it’s still a regular battle I continue to fight.

Your prayers are appreciated.

I attended public school for two years and private school for the remainder of my education. After graduation, I attended Bible college in Dallas, Texas, for four and one-half years consecutively. Unfortunately, I failed a class and was unable to graduate with my class but God enabled me to re-take the course and I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Bible and minors in Youth Ministry and Biblical Languages in 1994. After failing the aforementioned course, I had continued attending a church but began to falter in my faith. It was during my second year after my Bible college years that I was introduced to the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), where I became a member and was involved for twelve years. It was not until my twelfth year that, after much prayer from my parents and closest friends, Greg Faure and Wayne Stiles, I became convinced that the ICOC was a religious sect. In June, 2000, I left the ICOC and became a covenant member of The Village Church in Highland Village, TX, in April, 2004.

DISCLAIMER: My posts do not necessarily reflect the thoughts, expressions and attitudes of the church of which I am a member, Her leaders, staff or fellow members.

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