I think asking forgiveness is appropriate, and it won't change the fact that something bad happened in my life, and how it feels is, well, i cried a little. It won't change the fact that I worked very hard to get my license back, and I made mistakes that caused me to lose the car I got for $200.00 after not having one for two years. I lost my lisence and was in a head on collision AND LOST MY mAXIMA. It hurt so bad! I lost The Intrepid. I had everything, my license, my car, a clean record. I don't wanna go to the slammer. Isn't there some way out of this mess? Will getting baptised and asking God for forgiveness make a difference for me? Is it wrong to go to the liqour store after I get baptised?! There comes a time in every person's life that they get sat down by their elders, and they are told the truth about some phenomenon. I use this site to ask questions, cause noone will be honest with me. I guess I'm just not asking the right questions.
2007-03-28 04:53:43 · 6 answers · asked by theskyisthelimit02 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I hope only adults read this. I don't like sharing this website with kids.
2007-03-28 04:56:58 · update #1
diamonds sparkle
2007-03-28 05:17:48 · update #2
my problems have all been solved.
2007-03-28 06:05:29 · update #3
Going to God and asking for forgiveness - means wanting forgiveness from HIM - not wanting Him to fix everything for you so you "won't go to the slammer".
God will forgive you IF your motives are true. Depending on all things - He and everyone else (but you) may think that going to the slammer is what should happen - I don't know without knowing all the details. I know losing a car is one thing - but I've had those close to me KILLED by people who got behind the wheel of their cars drinking. They may have lost their car - I lost a loved one. Yes they needed to go to jail - even if that never brought back my loved ones. God would forgive them - yes, but even God says you must pay for your wrong doings here on earth.
Going to the liqour store - again, are you an alcoholic - then you shouldn't be there - baptisim aside or not (different churches have different views on drinking - it is not a sin in mine to drink alcohol) BUT - if you have a drinking problem and that contributed in any way to the situation you are talking about - why would you ever consider buying more? I'm talking on a personal basis - don't even have to bring the church into it.
EVERYONE has things in life that has hurt them immensely - and things they needed to forgive others for - and to be forgiven for. In my opinion it doesn't matter if you go to church or what you may believe in. You have to start at the root of your own goodness. You have to have a conscience of your own FIRST. God will forgive you - BUT not if you are going to Him and saying sorry just so He can fix things for you - that is childish.
First of all - admit your own wrong doings. If you do and ARE truly remorseful for them (and not just because of what happened to you by your own wrong doings - but because of how your behaviour may have hurt or disappointed others) - then go to them and (truly) say you are sorry. THEN (if you are being honestly sorry) begin a new life - take responsibility for your own actions and stay out of the liquor store and away from alcohol all together. You fix your own problems. God calls on you to do so. You can LEAN on Him and pray for strength to do so - but He is not there to fix things for you - and you are fully expected to be accountable for your own sins and for your own short-comings and your own failures - and to pay the price for them. Being sorry doesn't take care of that half of it. You should be sorry - and you should pay the price for your actions. Both.
Best of luck to you hon. I'm giving you MY personal opinion - because you asked. If it's not the answer you want - then just go ahead to the next one. This IS an honest answer and that is what you said you wanted.
2007-03-28 05:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by svmainus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't expect divine intervention to fix your problems. Grow up a little and take some repsonsibility, do things properly and by the book no matter the cost. When you do, you'll get a warm fuzzy feeling during your normal activities and think, 'i am a helpful addition to society'. Not a menace.... God doesn't fix your problems, but he did give you the power to fix your own one's so i'd suggest using the ability HE GAVE YOU and start doing things right. You cannot change the past, you will pay for the things you've done wrong. Once you're through that, you can change! Good luck!
2007-03-28 12:00:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO, it wouldn't fix your problems! God is a figment of peoples immaginations, and there is no such thing or "person". You have to grow up and realize that what you have done is wrong and you need to figure out how to correct it. Or find out why you keep doing the things that you do. Stop drinking, and doing drugs it is a hard long road, but you can do it. You need to find a good treatment center, sign yourself in and get to the bottom of it. Something must have happened in your life that makes you feel that you have to hide behind the bottle. Did you kill someone in your 'accidents'? If not, are you going to wait until you do do feel any remorse or seek help? If you listen to your elders they will tell you that what you seek is the poison of the western world. If you tell the courts that you need help and are willing for treatment, and seek the change for your life and others, then they might not put you in jail, but they will put you in a treatment center. YOU must mean it!
2007-03-28 12:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by kashallgonna 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like you need some professional help.......go to your church or if you don't have one go to anyones church and they will help you.DO NOT DRINK>>>>>DO DRUGS>>>>>HAVE SEX>>>>>>>>do anything negative.PERIOD if you want to go on the straight and narrow..and forget boys too for a time...until you get your life in line..until you can like/love yourself.........EVERYTHING that happens to you is YOUR fault! You made the choices you did and you got the results from the choices you made so you have to live with that! Just THINK before you do anything for now on!! Live a good GOD fearing life.....if you doupt something...dont do it!!! SIMPLE!!
2007-03-28 12:00:07 · answer #4 · answered by angeleyez1956@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting baptised goes deeper than just the ritual. It is a promise that you will be repentant of your sins, attend church, give up things that separate you from God. I don't believe in baptism. It's nice, but can lose it's purpose, because we all have a tendency to do as we please and not what Spirit wants us to do. Use your spritual believes as a positive
approach to God's love for everyone.
2007-03-28 12:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by Suzie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just getting baptized wont help. You need to ask the Lord to forgive you and save you. then get baptized. You need to get in a good church with a church family that can help.
2007-03-28 12:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋