Today, I opened up my heart!

Today was a typical Sunday.

 Wake up, eat breakfast, and RUSH to church. Getting three girls ready for the day is never a quick task so we are usually running into church :)

But we made it and  I AM SO GLAD THAT WE DID! 

Today's service was life changing! 

I have debated all day on weather or not to write about my big " a ha" moment about Jesus today but then I thought, this is MY blog, MY life!

So before I continue, feel free to press the X at the top of the screen if you do not feel like being preached to :)

I recently started attending a new " non- denominational " church. It's the new-age trend as far as churches go and it has changed my life! 

I was brought up Catholic. Big frilly dress, side pony tail with a big bow, and reading straight from the bible while kneeling on one knee.

Now let me make this clear. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THAT! I don't care if you are catholic, baptist, jewish, or morman, as long as you believe in the Lord, I am happy! 

BUT.....

that wasn't for me! I never really understood. I had so many un-answered questions.

Well thanks to Discovery Church, I had a revelation today. 

I used to tell myself " I'm a good person. I don't cheat, steal, do drugs, I'm a 'good' person. 

I'm a good mother. Why would I go to hell for that?"  

And then I found Jesus. And I realized that the only way to Heaven is through HIM!

BOTTOM LINE!

It doesn't matter how 'good' you are. 

( and just so we are clear, this is MY belief. Doesn't mean it has to be yours!)

I seen a billboard the other day that said 

" I don't hate God, he's cool. It's his fan club I don't like"

It's because 'religion' has vaccinated us. 

It has given us a little dose of everything so that we have become immune to the 'disease' itself. 

We keep hearing little bits of all these religions that we become confused and we shut ourselves off from the chance at eternal life in heaven. 

Instead of reading and believing what is truly written.

I took the girl's to chuckie cheese yesterday and there was people marching with signs that said

 " follow God or go to hell!

It's people like that who DON'T REALLY understand the BIBLE. They THINK they understand religion, but they don't understand what's REALLY written in the bible.

See religion has taught us that you MUST follow the Lord, believe in him as your savior, honor and praise him, and to teach and spread his word. Now the BIBLE has taught us the same thing but the biggest difference is that the Bible has taught us not to judge others. We can share our beliefs to anyone that will listen, but if they don't believe, it is not our place to say that they will go to hell. 

We are not the ones who decides who enters heaven or proceeds to Hell. That is not our choice to make. Now I realize that those ' protesters' in the parking lot were doing what they thought was " spreading the word or the Lord."

But they were contradicting themselves. As they were acknowledging the Lord, they were disobeying him at the same time. They were judging those who don't believe. They were using a scare tactic to force people to believe. 

Pray for those you cannot help. 

Everyone reaps what they sew. And usually you reap 10% more because the harvest is always greater then the seed that was sewn. 

Matthew 7: 1-5 

Judging Others

 ¹ “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ² For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

   ³ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

The girls dressed in their Sunday best!