Do you know when you're lost? Like many people, I didn't grow up with a lot of spiritual influence other than an occassional Easter or the local youth group outing. However, if anyone ever asked me about God, I would say "It's not that I don't believe in God, I've just never seen any proof". Or, I would also say to myself, as long as I'm a good person and I do the right thing, I should be ok.
It wasn't until my wife and I started looking at each other saying, there has to be more to life than this. We both felt like "something" was missing. At some point, I mentioned it to my classmate at the time, later to become a very good friend, and he invited us to church. Little did I know, life was about to change.
We went to church and instantly felt the family ties and fellowship that we were missing along with a beginning of a new journey down our spiritual paths. It wasn't long before we both asked Jesus to come into our lives along with our first baptism in the rough waters of Sandbrige.
It's kind of funny how new believers tend to think that their will be some magical paranormal event happening and treat Jesus like a genie in a bottle. That should really be the first warning from the pastor. It's a honeymoon in the begining feeling great and excited about the journey. What they don't tell you is that life doesn't get any easier, in fact, it gets even harder.
The difference is you have Jesus with you in your fight against the challenges and evils in your life. When pray for something, you often get a response that conflicts with what you think would be a solution. Sometimes it's more time to think about it. Other times, it's the opposite of what you are hoping for. In the end, you either learn something, it makes you stronger, or you receive a blessing that you could never imagine.
--God's best
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