Deuteronomy
Active member
Hello everyone, I'm happy to be here and am looking forward to getting to know you all (and, of course, to growing in/deepening my knowledge and understanding of God, His word, and the faith, and in Christlikeness, along with all of my brothers and sisters in Christ here at CARM).
For any who are interested, I was born and raised in the church (so to speak). I was baptized as an infant, attended Sunday School, sung in the Children's Choir, went on retreats, was confirmed, and then attended church regularly through high school (you know, the whole 9 yards). I loved it (for the most part anyway).
Then I all but left church in college and began to lead a very fun, but very sinful life, though I continued to believe that I was a Christian nevertheless (why wouldn't I have), until 2 months after my 30th birthday when, to my great surprise, I finally become one, PTL (a Christian, that is). That's when everything in my life changed
God bless you all and I hope to see you out on some of the other boards soon!
~Deut
p.s. - just FYI, the verses/passages in my signature line were the ones that I used regularly as a mod (on a different Christian forum) when dealing with various problems that arose between believers there. Since online formats like this seem to bring out the worst in us at times, I thought they would make good reminders for us all (just to be clear, I am certainly including myself in the group that needs these reminders ).
For any who are interested, I was born and raised in the church (so to speak). I was baptized as an infant, attended Sunday School, sung in the Children's Choir, went on retreats, was confirmed, and then attended church regularly through high school (you know, the whole 9 yards). I loved it (for the most part anyway).
Then I all but left church in college and began to lead a very fun, but very sinful life, though I continued to believe that I was a Christian nevertheless (why wouldn't I have), until 2 months after my 30th birthday when, to my great surprise, I finally become one, PTL (a Christian, that is). That's when everything in my life changed
God bless you all and I hope to see you out on some of the other boards soon!
~Deut
p.s. - just FYI, the verses/passages in my signature line were the ones that I used regularly as a mod (on a different Christian forum) when dealing with various problems that arose between believers there. Since online formats like this seem to bring out the worst in us at times, I thought they would make good reminders for us all (just to be clear, I am certainly including myself in the group that needs these reminders ).
Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
~Prayer (LORICA) of St. Patrick