Posted by SandraDee on June 19, 2002, at 23:58:00
In reply to Have lost my faith and suicidal, posted by Mandy on June 19, 2002, at 15:04:47
I am sorry to hear about your recent situations... I was raised Catholic... This is NOT a Catholic Bashing message, by the way, although it might come across as though I'm pushing something different, I'm not. I was born and raised Catholic, until I was old enough to drive/decide whether or not I'd be at church or not (around 17). Well, I took sort of a "break" from it, because I never really FELT anything going to church except maybe that it made me a good person or something for devoting my 1 hr (sneaking out right after communion, of course). Well then a friend where I worked (when I was about 20) invited me to her church... she said, "Bring a bible"... something I had never done at the Catholic church (misselets - sp?) and anyhow, I had a wonderful time, fellowshipping and hearing the word right out of my own bible. The church was a Vineyards church - which was Christian. It was awesome. I got on fire for God. I went every Sunday, even got my then boyfriend, now husband to go with me (which he hated the Catholic church). I, personally, beleive that all the churches are connected. Baptists, and 'Christians' and Catholics, if they beleive in the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) then they are just an extension of my church (so to speak). We are all the Body of Christ. "Brothers and Sisters"... Maybe if you did some church shopping for a little bit and searched for that something that you seem to be missing. Hopefully that something is God.
Hope to hear back from you-
Just me
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