| But you might say: Oddy, how can this be? You're bi! You don't look like a Catholic Christian! You're cool! it just don't mesh. |
| I know one of the first things that come to mind is the whole bi thang. Well, in the Catholic Church BEING homosexual is not a sin, but homosexual sex is. This is because in the church sex is only meant for procreation and that procreation should only happen within a marriage. Now you may want to know how I feel about this. Well, as of right now, I am not dating anybody and I'm celabent. If I did meet a girl and fell in love, I would pray about it. God will let it all work out. He'll guide me till the end. |
| Yes, Boiz and Grrrls. I am a devout Catholic. Jesus is my everything. My soul cries out with love for the Lord. God has always had my back, even when I turned my back on Him. She was with me through all my mistakes, all my dark moments, and all the sins i committed. He is the reason I am here to day. It if it weren't for God, I'd be dead. But that's not why I love God so much. It is because She is worthy of all my love. God is awesome. God is bigger than anything. God forgives. God guides. God loves. God is the coolest thang ever. How could you not love something like that? |
| As Far as not looking like a Catholic Christian... Did a carpenter's son look like a Messiah? 'Nuff said |
| I know i'm cool and all, but did you look at the source of my coolness? It's not the clothes or the hair. It's God. God makes me cool. Shoo, God got me out of bed this morning so i could be cool. With out God, I can assure you I would be a very different person. And it would not be pretty. |
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| But oddy, C'mon. You haven't lived the text book "good life", y'know. |
| You're right when you say that I wasn't always a good person. I did my share of the illegal and the immoral. And i enjoyed it. But as I was giving pleasure to my body i was rollin' down the down ward spiral away from God. I can tell you it is a cold place. When I started to reconnect with God I found i couldn't be with Her and do all that other smack. So i stopped. Yes, it is true. I stopped. It was hard, very hard, but i did it. Those of you who knew me in my lower moments will know how far in i was and how hard it was to quit. I admit it was a torterous process and it still is a process. I'll never be completly clean and free. It will always be work to lead the "good life". In fact i'll never be there. I'll always slip and I'll always have to check myself. But you know that ol Philppians saying "I can do all things through God that strengthens me." |
| But oddy, I'm your friend and i'm not Catholic. I'm not even Christian. You cool with that? |
| Yes and no. It's cool with me if you are Hindu, Jewish, Wiccan, etc... It's even cool with me if you're atheist. As long as that is what you believe in your soul. However it is not cool if you willing reject God. If you, in your heart, know God and what She wants from you and you turn back on Him, that's just not cool. Whether you hide behind another religion, mock disbelief, or that whole "organized religion is oppresive" bs or whatever, i have a problem with that. I don't respect people who change religions or demonations because they couldn't hack it or they just weren't willing to try. As long we are on the topic of not cool... Do me a favor and don't bash my religion or my demonination, espically when your arguements are uninformed. You will not be able to convert me or make me see the error of my believing ways. Trust me. So don't even try. |
| Well here it is my lil spot O' God! I hope one day all of you can understand from experience how it feels to be consumed with the love, the righteousness, and the sheer wonder of God. Till the next we meet, Blessed be and walk with God! |
| Oddy, as we mentioned before you don't look like the average Christian type. Poeple must judge you. How do you feel about this? |
| You're right people do judge me. They say i shouldn't look like i do or behave the way i do. Also i have had random people stop me on the street or call my room just tell me I'm going to hell. This very much upsets. How could someone be so arrogant as to think they know who is going to hell or heaven? Only God knows that. Also, I prescribe to that lil verse that says, "Judge not lest you be judged." I wish the various people who impose their beliefs and views on me would take heed to that sentence. |
| But oddy, you're a smart girl. You can't see God. how can you buy into that God stuff? |
| I know all the arguements: the bible was fabricated, Jesus was never reserrected, it was a hoax, blah blah blah. Well Boiz and Grrrls, I have a secret. As the bible and the Catholic teachings help me to understand and deepen my faith, my true faith is not based in the bible. It is based on my every day experiences with God. I know God exists because i can see His work and mercy. I know God exits becasue i see Her reflected in the eyes of everyone. |
| As far as not being able to see God... "I 've never seem the wind. I've seen the effects of the wind, but I've never seen the wind. There's a mystery to it" (DC Talk). Unfortunately, if you want all the emphirical evidence (see the resurected Jesus, psych evaluations on the apostles, that kinda stuff) you are SOL. That is why it is called faith. Jesus did not appear to me, but i see him every day. I do not hear his voice, but He talks to me all the time. I have faith in Her. "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" (Bob Dylan) |