Christ_empowered
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ok. my parents came to the condo today to make a (high quality) meal and install some stuff. I was...nervous. I used to be so lazy and messy, I was thinking...oh man, they're gonna get here, and they're gonne be furious, and....
nope, none of it. it even smelled pretty. for a minute there, I'd over-sprayed the "natural, essential oil" air spray, so I had to air the condo out. true story. thankfully, its pretty small and that was over before the parents arrived, and...
just a pleasant, nice evening. they even brought lil baby dog (she's 15 now, btw). on their way out, they even complimented me on how nice the place looks and what a good job I'm doing of maintaining everything.
This is happening because of Christ, btw. Christ spared me, spared my parents, blessed us, and He's changed me...so we -can- be a family, not just 2 parents taking care of an aging mess up who can't get his life straight. I Mean...I cannot work, but psychosis or whatever was never really something I signed up for, neither was the electroshock (surprise!). But, thanks to Christ, that's OK, and...
-sigh- I've been transformed by Christ, and its ongoing. To keep it Biblical, I have been transformed and am being transformed vs "conformed unto the ways of this world" by the "renewal of my mind," which...
honestly, I know Jesus says to "count the costs" of following Him, but my life now is often joyful, even happy, and my existence in the world was anything but, so...maybe I just lost out on all the delusions, day dreams, fake friends of who I once was, before He saved me? That's neither here nor there...
I even went fishing with mah dad! I mean, it was just for a lil bit, in some land near the condo complex, but...yeah. yeah. Good times....thanks to Christ.
Praise God for His mercy!
nope, none of it. it even smelled pretty. for a minute there, I'd over-sprayed the "natural, essential oil" air spray, so I had to air the condo out. true story. thankfully, its pretty small and that was over before the parents arrived, and...
just a pleasant, nice evening. they even brought lil baby dog (she's 15 now, btw). on their way out, they even complimented me on how nice the place looks and what a good job I'm doing of maintaining everything.
This is happening because of Christ, btw. Christ spared me, spared my parents, blessed us, and He's changed me...so we -can- be a family, not just 2 parents taking care of an aging mess up who can't get his life straight. I Mean...I cannot work, but psychosis or whatever was never really something I signed up for, neither was the electroshock (surprise!). But, thanks to Christ, that's OK, and...
-sigh- I've been transformed by Christ, and its ongoing. To keep it Biblical, I have been transformed and am being transformed vs "conformed unto the ways of this world" by the "renewal of my mind," which...
honestly, I know Jesus says to "count the costs" of following Him, but my life now is often joyful, even happy, and my existence in the world was anything but, so...maybe I just lost out on all the delusions, day dreams, fake friends of who I once was, before He saved me? That's neither here nor there...
I even went fishing with mah dad! I mean, it was just for a lil bit, in some land near the condo complex, but...yeah. yeah. Good times....thanks to Christ.
Praise God for His mercy!