I made the mistake of turning my back on God and trying to live with one leg on each side of the fence. I thought that that I could play with fire and not be burned, and I did for over a year. I claimed to be a christian but I was actively engaged in a life full of sin setting a terrible example of what a child of God should be. I lived with a seared conscience for a long time knowing what I was doing was wrong, but at the same time thinking God would protect me. I was finding pleasure in the sin that I was committed and had somehow justified my actions enough to keep going through the motions...
Then one night my transgressions finally caught up with me and I ended up in jail. I ignored the warnings that I received, God gave me more than enough chances to repent and turn back to Him. He was so patient with me and in my stubborn ways I rejected my opportunities to get back onto the narrow path. Finally it took something drastic to snap me out of it and realize that God wasn't going to let me keep living a life of sin without paying the consequences. Although I only spent 3 days in jail, I am up to my neck in court orders and the likes and I still have 6 months hanging over my head.
I guess this post is just me trying to let people know that we cannot hang out on both sides of the fence. We cannot serve two masters.
Although in my time of sin most of my morals and virtues remained intact, I was fully engaged in drunkeness and adultery... it did not matter that I still believed the Word, I was not being and living the Word. I was serving two masters, God and Satan, hanging out on the fence.
Well all this being said...through the problem that I created for myself by being defiant I was knocked off of the fence onto my knees and back into God's arms. I am not mad at God for what was allowed to happen to me, in my eyes it was a blessing, because it woke me up and spending three days in jail and months on probation is a lot better than spending an eternity in hell...
Then one night my transgressions finally caught up with me and I ended up in jail. I ignored the warnings that I received, God gave me more than enough chances to repent and turn back to Him. He was so patient with me and in my stubborn ways I rejected my opportunities to get back onto the narrow path. Finally it took something drastic to snap me out of it and realize that God wasn't going to let me keep living a life of sin without paying the consequences. Although I only spent 3 days in jail, I am up to my neck in court orders and the likes and I still have 6 months hanging over my head.
I guess this post is just me trying to let people know that we cannot hang out on both sides of the fence. We cannot serve two masters.
Although in my time of sin most of my morals and virtues remained intact, I was fully engaged in drunkeness and adultery... it did not matter that I still believed the Word, I was not being and living the Word. I was serving two masters, God and Satan, hanging out on the fence.
Well all this being said...through the problem that I created for myself by being defiant I was knocked off of the fence onto my knees and back into God's arms. I am not mad at God for what was allowed to happen to me, in my eyes it was a blessing, because it woke me up and spending three days in jail and months on probation is a lot better than spending an eternity in hell...
