So, I am supposed to write my faith story because I am finally becoming an actual member of my church. Funny, because I've been going there for so long and I am a team leader of one of our volunteer groups, but I've never actually become a member.
• So how did I come to believe in God? I don't know. I've just always believed. I think my faith in God and my trust in Him has become so much stronger over the last few years. I've really grown into my faith recently. I've gotten "older" you could say. I have learned to trust God more and to let Him take the lead in my life instead of freaking out over every little detail and worrying about everything. I've learned to let Him just lead me where He wants me to be, and do what I am called to do. That's hard sometimes, and often times it is still a work in progress, but I am working on it! • How did I come to believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior? I feel it. It makes it so much easier to believe it. Jesus died for me. He bled for me. He loved me so much he gave his life for me. That love is incredible and so very awe inspiring to me. I can't explain how I came to believe that He is my Savior. I just felt it. That feeling has gotten a thousand times stronger as I've allowed myself to move closer to God. I read the word written for me, and I meditate on it, and I have felt it grow stronger in my life, and I know that it is true.
I believe that God loves me. I know some people feel that he is an angry vengeful God who only wants his children to obey his rules, but I don't believe that. I believe that God has a set of rules he wants me to follow, but I also believe that God understands I am human. Being human means that I am not perfect. I can strive to be perfect. I can strive to be more Jesus like every day, but I will never be able to perfect it. God is ok with that, and I should be too. God loves me in my own uniqueness and in my failures, just as He loves me when I am good and do right by him. God is steady, strong, and true. He never leaves my side. I believe God wants to be in relationship with me, and the only thing that ever stands in the way of that is me. I just need to get myself out of the way.
I believe that Jesus died on the cross for me. I believe that Jesus walked this earth and experienced human-ness and still loves me and my fellow man, and probably loves us more because He understands us better for being one of us. Jesus is my Savior. Without him, I don't think I would be able to have a relationship with God.
I believe that the Holy Spirit fills me because I have accepted Jesus as my savior, and God into my heart. The Holy Spirit guides me to God’s word and His will. I believe that Jesus died on the cross so I can be forgiven of my sins, because I believe in Jesus and God, I can ask for the Holy Spirit to be given to me, and I can receive It. I am baptized under the Spirit, and therefore I am a vital part of the body of Christ.
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