“Within the very love of you
dearest Lord and Savior
King of Kings
surrounding us with the divinity of your sacred purity
inside the warmth of your endless joy , We feel complete
and parted from these earthen desolations of our past.
You are the balm to heal all our spiritual wounds…”
The Holy Spirit depicted as a dove, surrounded by angels, by Giaquinto, 1750s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I don’t really feel parted from my past, but I want to! I have always wanted too. I find it interesting that sin has so many varied levels of emotional consequences attached to it, and too the consequence emotionally is very different for each of us. I can think of some things I have done that I am sorry for, and then other things that I have done that are none the less a sin, that I don’t feel sorry for. It’s confusing isn’t it?
Getting Baptized is to cleanse us from the sins of Adam & Eve, and too, from our own. I look forward to this too. I wanted to be Baptized back in 1972-73 but the Pastor at the church told me I needed my Mother’s permission, and she did not want me to. Some people are frightened by things they do not understand I think, as I recall her giving mention to evil rituals ect.
I pranced all over town going to all the churches back then. I would walk to and from them every Sunday weather permitting. I loved to hear the Bible stories and color the pictures, and then the after service treats. I wasn’t like the other children however. I wore old clothes that were not clean as they should have been, and my pantyhose always had runs in them. I would wear them backwards so the runs would not be seen. But of course they were seen. I saved all the pennies, nickles, and sometimes dimes I would find walking from my Grandmothers house. She would give me change to give to the plate offering.
Anyway here it is 2012 and finally a lifetime later I will be cleansing myself of past sin which will bring me into the doors of my spiritual life. I might get some of this all wrong since I am not educated in it all, but this is my understanding. I want to be closer to my Spiritual Father our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. I want to feel purified inside my heart. So many ugly things have happened to me in my life time that I would love for it all to get cleansed from me. I announce myself as a sinner, and I know right from wrong, and I want to be empowered into the Holy Spirit. Such a beautiful gift to embrace…
I feel this will help and aide me into my own empowerment to be obedient in the laws of God. To be a better person all around. Not that I am a horrible person, by no means, but to be top shelf with God!! This is what I have always wanted, so I am so grateful that I am finally reaching for what I have always wanted.
I am so excited too, I have a new bible I wish to purchase, as the one I have is so archaic and I get muddled in the translations. But nonetheless the visors of wisdom are still awesome, I am looking for something already translated for me. Life is short you know.
It’s going to be so beautiful to feel closer to God & Jesus, and to have remission of all sin, and too all punishment due for the sin. You know what I mean too, some sin carrys deeply within our hearts a heavy burden, at least for me. I have some sin that doesn’t phase me at all too though. I guess I was forgiven is why. I make mistakes like anyone else & the best thing about those mistakes or sins is that I never repeat them…well except for the sin of being sarcastic to mean people…but I am working on it, all those other sins are a piece of cake to resist! Thank You Jesus!! & Amen to that!! I just know some mean asphalt person is gonna read this and test me! lol I got it though!! I really do…yunk yunk yunk…
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