#god

I am not a religious person. I was born into a Catholic family and raised to be Catholic. At some point in my life. I stopped believing and just went on living.  I have my beef with God which I will talk about. My disagreement with God goes back decades. It is a long time…

I wrote this a while back in response to someone's question about Atheism.  I'm not sure if I shared it here, so I'm sharing it now. I am not comfortable referring to myself as atheist because I believe that Love has power and much of what we attribute to God is accomplished through love. For&hel...

“Every waking hour I’m choosing my confessions....” - R.E.M. All of my friends are finding religion. Scripture and church schedules. Youth groups. bible studies. Maybe that’s what you do when you’re pushing forty with a mortgage and some kids and some jobs and the weight of the world on your shou...

[embed]https://youtu.be/q7yCLn-O-Y0[/embed] . So Saturday night a friend was sending me texts telling me to watch this video, watch this other video, these were praise videos,  she is sort of aware of what is going on in my life and I can't share all the things in her texts but if she only knew h...

So if your not familiar with the story,  Peniel was the place that Jacob wrestled with God,  the literal meaning of the place name is "the face of God" Jacob was on his way to meet his brother Esau who was basically going to kick Jacob's ass and take his wives,  in the dark by…

This post, the previous post and the one following are pulled from met very first posts on this platform.  I am posting them here as a reset and also a welcome mat to all who care to read.  I don't intend to rehash all these things in detail but at least it is an intro…

today is moving day.... I’m packing my things and putting them in boxes. I have so many things to pack it’s ridiculous! My dad is coming over today to help. I love my dad so much but I have not been around him due to my weed smoking. i finally got allll that shit out…

It’s 930 on a Friday night, I’m alone laying on the living room floor in an empty house, and... I’m happy. My heart is beating pretty hard as I had gone to the gym about an hour ago but that’s just one of the symptoms of my happiness. Ive almost always been a moody guy,…

i quit smoking weed today. Father, please help me not ever smoke again. I have tried to quit so many times and usually I can last up to three months before I crave pot again. I know how it negatively affects my body and how I always get the losing hand when it comes to…

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 It never really struck me before that love is greater in God’s eyes than faith. I pay so much attention to Romans 8 and get so overcome by my own doubts, stumbling and lack of faith.…