OAKLINE
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- Nov 1, 2014
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Hi hope everyone is doing good. I'm from Ireland and I'm on a journey to finding and knowing Christ for the last few years. I was born and raised Catholic have been searching for Christ in Fatima,Lourdes and medjugorje if you don't know what theses places are they are marian shrines Catholics go there for pilgrimages . Also I went on a few other pilgrimages as well.
I was told by a friend of mine that Jesus has spoking in the bible why not try there for him!
So I did and I can honestly say I found 100 times more in the bible then I did traveling.
The only thing is for me and this is my opinion the bible contradicted the faith I was born and grew up with especially when you look at grace.
My wife and kids had no Jesus in there life and I prayed for them to have the strength to find him. Well my prays were answered. But the twist in this story is I had a baptist friend invited us to a day out with his church. When I told my wife about this offer she said and I quote I'm not going anywhere near them weirdos! But she said she would do it for me.
So off we went myself the wife and 3 kids. We get to the place it was held in a community hall it was a gathering of different baptist churches. There was at lest 500 strangers in a hall when she seen all the people my wife turned and said what have I agreed to. 10 mins into the singing at the start of the sermon my wife said she felt her heart open up and a feeling she never felt before shot down to her feet and out the top of her head.
I looked at her I could see her shocked face and I asked well now do you believe in Jesus. She said yes with tears in her eyes.
It might not of been where I wanted her to find Jesus I would of loved her to be a catholic but all I know is 2 months ago my family had no Jesus in their life.
Today my wife's doing a bible class all my kids have bibles and they say their prayers at night. We attend a baptist church on Sunday mornings and it has drawing us closer as a family. God is good and he has a plan for everyone even if you might not what it the way he wants it!
I was told by a friend of mine that Jesus has spoking in the bible why not try there for him!
So I did and I can honestly say I found 100 times more in the bible then I did traveling.
The only thing is for me and this is my opinion the bible contradicted the faith I was born and grew up with especially when you look at grace.
My wife and kids had no Jesus in there life and I prayed for them to have the strength to find him. Well my prays were answered. But the twist in this story is I had a baptist friend invited us to a day out with his church. When I told my wife about this offer she said and I quote I'm not going anywhere near them weirdos! But she said she would do it for me.
So off we went myself the wife and 3 kids. We get to the place it was held in a community hall it was a gathering of different baptist churches. There was at lest 500 strangers in a hall when she seen all the people my wife turned and said what have I agreed to. 10 mins into the singing at the start of the sermon my wife said she felt her heart open up and a feeling she never felt before shot down to her feet and out the top of her head.
I looked at her I could see her shocked face and I asked well now do you believe in Jesus. She said yes with tears in her eyes.
It might not of been where I wanted her to find Jesus I would of loved her to be a catholic but all I know is 2 months ago my family had no Jesus in their life.
Today my wife's doing a bible class all my kids have bibles and they say their prayers at night. We attend a baptist church on Sunday mornings and it has drawing us closer as a family. God is good and he has a plan for everyone even if you might not what it the way he wants it!
