It has been awhile since I have written a blog post. For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you know the reason why. My husband and I have been married for 5 years and just got back from vacation. We never got a chance to take our honeymoon, so we finally were able to do so. I am back and rested, and now have to slowly shift back into routine. My birthday is March 19 and I will be 31 years old. I am so thankful to the Lord for blessing me and keeping me healthy and alive this long here on earth. I know each day is truly a gift from God and he gives us the ability to have breathe in our lungs, so I am very grateful. I am tinkled pink to tell you that I received an early birthday present and I am using it at this very moment. I have a brand new writing desk that I received, and I now can write blogs from my desk. It is a Victorian writing desk (my style) and I am super excited to write this blog post from it. Now that I have gotten all of the updates out of the way, I am now going to go into my blog post :) Thank you for your patience!! :)
This post is going to be from personal experience, so this is from my perspective, and maybe some of you can relate with this. As for the others, I am asking you to have an open mind. Growing up we get placed into these "spiritual roles and rules" because of our up-bringing. If many people were asked what their religion is, they would respond "I am ___________ because I was raised that way." I was brought up in a specific religion and went to school for 8 years as a child practicing that type of religion. I literally went through the motions and treated it as a "to do list." I had to go to service on Wednesdays and Sundays. I was excited for service on Wednesdays because it got me out of Math class. (Hey, I am just being honest :) ) I was taught specific classes on this religion and knew the basics of it. I honestly taught it as a class, and just did what was required. To me, it honestly was a "story" and wasn't real to me. I knew that Jesus died for everyone else, but I didn't except it for myself personally. I knew what Jesus did on the cross and my thought was: "Wow, very cool." (That is honestly as far as it went) The point of giving this short insight is because many of us fall into this category. We are raised a certain way, and it is honestly because our parents brought us up that way, and it is the "norm" for us. It is great to carry on values, but those values have to be for our own. We cannot do people "favors" because in the end, it comes down to ourselves. We need to truly dig deep and understand why we believe what we believe. We cannot fool ourselves. Many years passed and I struggled with my identity. I was walking around with a big hole in my chest, and was finding everything insight to stuff it with. I constantly searched and searched for the next thing. I was brought to a life and death moment in my life to where I had a face to face encounter with Jesus. It was NOT textbook, it was REAL!! I finally understood the difference between Religion and Relationship. Religion is a bunch of rules and standards that we can never live up to. If we could live up to it, then we wouldn't need a Savior. I spent a good part of my life trying to live up to these un-realistic expectations, and was constantly disappointed in myself. I finally understood that I am a sinner in need of a Savior. My life was never going to be complete unless I had Jesus in the center of it. This is where the "Relationship" aspect enters in. It is a DAILY walk and a DAILY interaction. We need to meet with Jesus and interact with him daily, and cannot afford to go days without him. God designed us and knows what we need. The only way we are able to stay in connection with him, is if we check in with him daily!! The reason for this blog post is to enlighten and tell my story to each person. Maybe you find yourself in the day to day, and find yourself trying to fill the "void." Please understand that you will continue to search UNTIL you find Jesus. He is the only one that can fill that void. I want to encourage you to see the difference between the two. Many believe that they are "safe" because of the procedures they do in their religion, when in all actual truth they just need Jesus!!! I pray that that Holy Spirit enlightens you in this blog post to make Jesus as your Lord and Savior. If you would like to talk more in depth, I would love to speak with you!!! Feel free to contact me :) God Bless, KatyRose
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