I have a lot of thoughts on a lot of different things and one topic that is really sensitive to me that irks my nerve every time someone tries to debate about it, is my fear in God. Now don’t get me wrong I know everyone believes in something different , however how come it’s religion/ Christianity that gets bashed? That gets debated every time? People bash Christianity, people look down on Jesus, the Bible, the gospel, etc… but I don’t understand why. Sometimes I feel guilty for believing in God as hard as I do, because everyone in my household doesn’t. I feel ashamed for playing my gospel music, I feel ashamed for wanting to go to church, I feel ashamed for even praying. Don’t get me wrong I have my doubts… where I’m like is God even real? What if Jesus is a fairytale? What if religion is for the weak? I ask myself these things and I get confused and question is it even normal. In today’s world, people tend to believe in the universe over God, people believe in the law of attraction before God, don’t get me wrong I feel like I’m those people, but then I get afraid as if I’m doing something wrong. I get afraid and ask myself, am I supposed to put the universe before God? Why do I feel guilty/ afraid for saying thank you universe? If I’m completely honest I would say it’s because when I think of the universe I think of dark entities, I think of spirits, the souls of the dead. Don’t ask me why. But when I think of God/Jesus I think of purity, then I think about it.. like welll, you can’t have one without the other. You can’t have God without the universe and you can’t have the universe without God. Then I think about the tarot cards and all of that and i think well is that evil as well? I ask that because you know how in the Bible it talks about staying away from tarot cards, mediums, etc, etc. Well maybe there’s a reason, I can tell you from my experience when I looked into tarot card readings and I got readings, it was telling me that change was on its way.. of course I’m thinking oh yay!! I’m gonna move, I’m gonna be in a different state, I’m about to have a good paying job.. I was thinking all of that when the cards kept reading change, I was thinking of all the good stuff when they were telling me change was about to happen. So as I’m getting excited about my cards and time goes by… they weren’t lying when they said change was coming.. it wasn’t the change I was expecting either.. it was a drastic change, a dreadful change, a change that made me question the reality of my living. It wasn’t what I expected at all. And that’s the thing with tarot readings, the cards may appear to be something that speaks to you but you never know exactly what they mean for sure (if that makes sense).
The purpose of the Bible.
I feel like the purpose of the Bible is to set standards and morals for us, in a world that tells us everything is okay. And I feel like people bash the Bible, God, and Jesus because it doesn’t go with their way of living. We as people drink and smoke and have lustful interaction with x,y,z.. because we feel like we have the free will, that indeed we do, we do have a choice to do those things, however we still have to answer to the consequences as well. One thing about me is I know that I am different. Perfect? NO WAY. Different? In every way. I know that I am Gods child, however I feel like it can sometimes get me into trouble. Because I’ll say things like God said this or God told me that, while others around me are like that’s not God, God wouldn’t have you do that. And I’m thinking like wellll you know what… why would God put me in these situations? And then I think about it like well I did have a choice… and whatever choice I made I obviously felt like it was the right one to make at the time.
What I find funny.
What I find funny is how people always tend to blame God for everything. It’s God’s fault why my relationship failed, it’s God’s fault why my child died, it’s God’s fault why my children disobey me, it’s God’s fault my son is in the streets. But they never blame the universe, they never blame themselves, they never blame the child… everything is always Gods fault. But I also feel like we have to take some accountability, we can’t play the victim all the time, we can’t beat ourselves up all the time, God never said there wouldn’t be hardships, and honestly.. if I’m completely honest I have been there as well, I have been in that position where I felt like God why are you doing this to me, why is this happening to me… then I had to take a step back and think about it… it may be happening to me because of a choice I made.. sometimes you have to use logic, why did we break up, why did I lose my job, why don’t I have everything that everyone in my age range has, etc, etc, I look at those things and ask myself and sometimes right then and there we may not have the answers but the answers are always there. Why did we break up? You guys may have broken up because it wasn’t the right time, it wasn’t the right person, they were only there to teach you something, they were only there to show you what you didn’t want, or maybe how to appreciate the next person that may come into your life. Why did I lose my job? You may have done something you weren’t suppose to do on the job, or maybe that chapter ended because there’s something greater for you. Why don’t I have everything everyone in my age range has? Everyone goes at their own pace, some people have that support and push that they need to have those things, while others have to work harder. It doesn’t matter, as long as you get there, which you will, then in the meantime trust the process, work hard, and be patient, your time will come.
With the whole religion thing.
With the whole religion thing/ the universe and what I think the difference is.. is the universe tells you how to manifest and attract the things you want by believing you already have it, the universe/ the law of attraction is pretty much you get what you give, the universe tactic comes more from a logical stand point/ energy. Religion comes from a dependent standpoint… but also in a sense correlates with the universe.. you reap what you sow, faith without works is dead. Etc,etc. I feel like people especially black people are afraid of religion because of our ancestors and what it did to our ancestors and how white people back in the day abused it… but during those times it did help our people gain some sort of strength, hope, and fight for better days. Which turned out to be pretty good and decent for our people. At the end of the day I feel like it all plays a part in how everything is today and everything correlates together. Every religion is almost basically saying the same thing but in a different way. And I feel like people shouldn’t knock one down to lift the other up. I think people should believe in what they believe in without having to fuss back and forth rather it’s right or wrong. Let people believe in the things that bring them happiness and if it doesn’t correlate with your beliefs then so what.. keep it moving and stay blessed.
To be continued…