Jesus, Be My Center

Day Two - You may wonder why I am starting this Blog with day two. The answer is I started with Day One and for some reason, when I went back to correct an error, my "post" wouldn't post. Hmmmmm

So....Hello again. My name is Mary and I am a new blogger. To be honest with you all (and I use that word, all, very loosely, I'm not at all sure anybody is reading this or ever will read it) I have to say that I am doing this because I felt that as a witness for Christ, I wasn't doing very well. I mean, I hope that sharing Christ in my life was evident to others, it's just that I felt the Lord was calling me to do something more. If that makes sense to anyone else. All I can do with this blog is share my journey of faith. So let me begin--

I guess for most of my life I considered myself to be a Christian. I ALWAYS went to church. I was a Sunday School teacher, a church organist, I played in the bell choir and was on boards and committees. But my life, although very busy, was really quite empty. I was a believer, right, so what was wrong. What was wrong, was that I really didn't have a personal relationship with Him! Thanks be to God, that he was working on me, through the power of the Holy Spirit, bringing me into a personal relationship with my Saviour. God put beautiful Christian friends in my life. Folks who loved to talk about Jesus and the difference he made in their lives. I had been in a mainline denomination that was clearly leaving the truth of scripture behind. God put a new church in my life, First Baptist Church of Algona, IA. Jesus, was truly the Center of this church. And my pastor is awesome. I had been so "used to" religion that the first few times I came to church I couldn't stop crying. It was like water on a parched person who was just coming out of the desert.

Before I go any further, I want you to know that I DO NOT feel that you have to be in a certain church or denomination to be saved! I do believe that scripture tells us that you DO have to have a relationship with Jesus. Read Matthew 7:23. Wouldn't it be awful to come to the end of your life and meet Jesus and hear him say to you, "I never knew you".

I met a dear lady named Darlene at church and she says it best: If you love someone, you can't stop talking about them. Jesus is the love of her life, and she NEVER stops talking about him.

So that is the purpose of this blog. To share the joy of striving to glorify God in my life. I hope some of you will stop by from time to time.

Bye for now.

Mary