Hello again!

Well not sure if anyone has read my updated blog yet, but that's okay, I think I will still go ahead and write another one just for the heck of it. Today is Friday and this weekend we are having church at the Marion Co Fair which should be a lot of fun and I'm really looking forward to it.

I wanted to write a little more on my walk with God and my faith. My lost post I talked about the importance of being a man of God in regards to your family and the importance of living in faith. Today I wanted to write about the importance of being in the word of GOD. To be honest I have never really enjoyed reading or had must of an interest in reading. I read everyday all day long at work and haven't had much of a desire to read when I'm at home. On occasion I would pick up the bible and read a little, but then get tired or something on TV would catch my eye and I ended up watching TV or falling asleep or doing something other then reading God's word. In fact I didn't really understand or comprehend the importance of reading his word. I really thought that just believing in Jesus, praying and going to church was good enough. I knew that I loved Jesus and generally wanted to obey him and do what I felt he wanted me to do. Since I have been staying at my parents I have been reading the bible a lot more and understanding the significance of reading the word daily, meditating on it and fully comprehending it, or at least trying to. My parents are avid readers of the bible and have really inspired me to read more. It is nice to be able to read in the bible and then have someone to talk to about it that has read it before and understands what it says. The real importance that I have found in being in God's word daily is the fact that it is the absolute truth and never deviates away from that or contradicts itself. We as humans can feel certain ways or even pray certain ways, but if it does not line up with the word of God than we are doing something wrong. The bible was not written for a select group of people that meet a certain profile or only pertains to certain situations in only certain peoples lives. No it is written for all of us and is the same as it has been and will always be. It doesn’t say well this pertains to you if x, y and z is going on in your life and if other certain things have happened or you have done things in your life or had things done to you in your life that it voids out his word and your an exemption to it. In fact it says the absolute opposite. The bible is written to everyone in all situations and never deviates from the truth no matter what. No one is an exemption to the word of God and that will never change. If the bible says one thing and you feel, pray or believe another than you are flat out wrong. The best thing I have done is if I'm praying for something and feeling some way about some thing and I line it up with the bible and the bible doesn’t not support my feelings or prayers than I'm doing something wrong and need to ask God to show me what I need to change so that it lines up with his word. Feeling, thoughts and even prayer if not done in accordance with God's word can be deceiving and flat out wrong and let me tell you I have had to learn that the hard way in many areas of my life. Be in the word daily and you can’t go wrong!

PS.
For all you men out there here is one that has been a huge issue with me "RESPECT". Men don’t live a life that demands respect from your spouse or family, live a life that commands it from the way that you live and the way you treat others. Genuine respect can only come from submitting to God and living your life the way he intended it. Just try it and see how your spouse starts to respect you more by the way you live your life and treat others. I bet she will!