Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Pondering

I have days where I think-- a lot.  And with a new year, I always sit and try to find the one thing about me that makes me nuts and try to work on that situation on a daily basis. As I was pondering this, I decided I would try the old saying of 'how would God/Jesus act in this situation?'  This is always a tough one for me...... but, I have been reading my Bible more and I have come to some conclusions.

For example, I believe in grace. I believe we are showed grace as Christians through the blood of Christ. I believe grae started on the cross for all of mankind. I believe in free will and the ability of man to deny Christ and therefore deter grace to be given to them. I guess first, you have to recieve the gift before it can be opened.

So, I started reading more about the beginning churches, how Christ established His people. I learned the simplicity of them and how man came in with their