While I have many faith posts written in my head (the oldest one is from my high school years, 2 decades ago!!), my current faith revival stemmed from a proclamation by my hubby's aunt last May 2015. She casually shared to us that the world will end in September 23, 2015 and she admonished us to always pray. I said it's not really the end of the world (i.e. Earth will be destroyed) but that there's just a new world order / NWO. Meaning, our usual life or the world governing systems as we know it will end and be replaced with another. I said this sincerely not knowing that having a NWO is exactly what will happen in the biblical end of days! D'oh! Silly me!
Anyway, around June, I got curious why my hubby's aunt and their family doctor's priest thought that Sept 23 is the end of the world. I googled "September 2015" and was amazed at the results~ there were a LOT of websites prophesying the end of the world in Sept 2015! The first website I clicked was September2015.com and until now, it remains a favorite of mine (go visit it!). The author, Phil Richardson, painstakingly studied for over 3 years the Book of Daniel which has more concise prophecies about the end-times than Revelation. I was hooked! That week, for the first time in ?? years, I opened my cute Dreamsicle Bible and read it. |
I began to spend my nights searching the Internet for more information about the end of the world, and ended up reading on the Elite Family (the pdf linked in the forum post is an eye-opening read), secular humanist stuff, more biblical analysis, etc. I also finished the Book of Daniel which was quite a revelation! Yes, pun intended, hihi ;-) At the end of my readings, I found myself wondering if God = being One with everything; heaven = moving up another realm of existence until oneness is achieved by being "good" / enlightened. If that's the case then we don't need a Messiah to save us and that Jesus' death on the cross was for naught. Which is, yes, blasphemy.
While I was pondering this conundrum, July came and wham! The worst week ever of my life! And you know what's the only thing that kept me afloat through it and the next few weeks? My faith in God. Yes, my faith was restored in a very painful way! But it was purifying as well, praise God! Sometimes I can't help but think what if I wasn't studying God's words prior July? Would I have clung to Him in my darkest hour or blame and forsake Him? Truly, God works in mysterious ways, and I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason~ no matter how painful. The thing is, God has a plan for each one of us, and all we have to do is follow it and HAVE FAITH that it's for our best! :)
While I was pondering this conundrum, July came and wham! The worst week ever of my life! And you know what's the only thing that kept me afloat through it and the next few weeks? My faith in God. Yes, my faith was restored in a very painful way! But it was purifying as well, praise God! Sometimes I can't help but think what if I wasn't studying God's words prior July? Would I have clung to Him in my darkest hour or blame and forsake Him? Truly, God works in mysterious ways, and I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason~ no matter how painful. The thing is, God has a plan for each one of us, and all we have to do is follow it and HAVE FAITH that it's for our best! :)