New Years Eve Baptism

Praise God. I haven't updated this blog in a good amount of time. Please forgive me. God is Love. I've been battling God's calling for myself and it has turned me away from sharing a lot of things with you. I am past that now and I am a new person.

2010 was a great struggle for me. I had so many lows that I forgot what it felt like to have highs. Yet, the Lord was always with me. Convicting me, sturring up my insides and pushing me towards the right direction. I finally started to listen, consequently the people around me werent ready for the changes God was asking me to make. There was a war waging inside of me, please them or please Him. God (Him) has provided for me my entire life. He opened my eyes to so many new things and although that same definition could be describing my parents, God has control of all things.

So as I started going to church again, Trinity Baptist Church, I began to listen more. I started to read my Bible more. And to make it all better, I began to have more faith. Faith in myself but most importantly more faith in the Lord himself. I had to learn a few things, fall a few times, get kicked around over and over again in order to see my own worth. PLEASE DONT DO THIS. I generally learn the hard way. But it came to a point where I was sick of having to be dragged in the mud before learning my lesson.

Jesus and all is Glory stood in my face until I began to look back at him with all the vision I was capable of using. Once I asked for obedience, he gave it to me. Once I learned what favor was and how to ask for it, it was in the palm of my hand. The moment I learned the true meaning of Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."

So God wanted me to consider being baptized again. Originally I was baptized into the Mormon faith and later I learned that's not where the Lord wanted me. Revelations 22:18 tells us not to add onto Gods words.

What is adultery? Are you guilty?

Adultery has been a topic on my mind recently. I feel like many people don't fully understand what this word means both literally and biblically. If you were to look the word 'adultery' up on the online dictionary the definition would be:

Adultery
–noun, plural -ter·ies.
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her lawful spouse.

This is the definition all young adults are programmed to remember and to learn. We are told not to have sex before marriage but we disregard it. We are told if we are having sex before marriage then to at least not cheat on your boyfriend or girlfriend. And the biggest rule about having sex is to especially not have sex with a married man or woman. Just because this is being told to us does not mean we listen. These rules go for people of any age, any race and of any sexual preference.

Biblically 'Adultery' is exactly the definition in the dictionary but it is more then that. Lets see what it tells us adultery is in the New Testament.

Matthew 5:27-30 (New International Version)

Adultery

27"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'[a] 28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

The first time I read this entry I completely disregarded what it meant. I was a new Christian and only 18 years of age. I was already having sex by this time but deep in my heart I knew that this was something God didn't want me to do. I was raised Muslim the majority of my life until I was 15 and my very best friend at the time committed suicide (or so we were told). After this happened on June 4, 2001 my life changed drastically. I realized that I wasn't happy with the way my life was going and that I didn't have a high power that i truly believed in. I needed more out of life. After this tragic moment in my life I thought I found love and at that time in my life I felt like as long as you at least fall in love then sex must be okay to do. I was dating an atheist and the more I spent time with him the more I knew there had to be more to this life. I started to go to youth group with friends to coop with my best friends death and it started to make things better.

At the age of 17 I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior even though my family didn't believe it. With 8 sisters and 4 brothers none of them believed as I did. None of my family practiced Christianity faithfully. Some said they were Christian but didn't go to church themselves. I was all alone to make this new change in my life work for me. Before I went away to college I decided that I am better by myself and so I went to Niagara University in 2004 single but still holding on to my past love. God wanted to teach me and mold me into the Christian I was born to be. So slowly he would show me through flings and lustful habits I had that I was more than what I thought of myself.

Lucky for me I was receptive enough to see when God was speaking to me and I found a church after visiting several in the Niagara Falls NY area. I was baptized on March 19, 2006. Weeks before I was baptized I finally got over the nasty habit of coursing in every sentence I spoke. And that was the beginning of the purity phase God had in store for me. I was a lustful creature and God is still working on me. But now I know the different between what non Christians think of adultery and what believe of Christ think of adultery.

Read more about adultery in the old testament. Read Numbers 5:12-31 where they talk about the 'Test for an Unfaithful Wife' and learn the ways they dealt with a jealous husband. Learn about King David and his struggles with adultery in 2Samuel 11-12. The story in which King David saw a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, and lusted after her. He was the King and the King can have anything he wishes. He wanted her so he slept with her and she became pregnant. Chapter 11-12 talks about how King David tries to get Bathsheba's husband Uriah to come home from the war and sleep with his wife so that the paternity of the baby wouldn't be suspected anyone besides Uriah himself. When Uriah doesn't fall for the trick (because he is a loyal soldier and wouldn't go home to a warm home and cooked food while his fellow soldiers are out in the trenches not with their families) he decides in Chapter 12 he will have Uriah killed and have Bathsheba all to himself. The last line in 2Samuel 11:27 says, "But the thing David had done displeased the Lord."

One of the best things about having a forgiving and perfect God like we do and a Savior named Jesus Christ that died for our sins, is that when we repent we are forgiven. Kind David was confronted by Prophet Nathan about a man who did the exact same things King David did and asked him what should happen to this man. King David told him he should be put to death and Nathan told him this man is you. The power King could have laughed in his face or killed him on the spot but instead in 2Samuel 12:13 King David said, "I have sinned again the Lord."

Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away our sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have made he enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

So the reason I wanted to share this with all of you is because you committee adultery just by lusting after someone that isn't yours and by having sex with a married person. So I would refer to Matthew 5:29 that states, "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."

Be aware of the things you do, what your friends and loved ones do and speak out about both your sins and theres. God wants us to be able to talk to each other of our struggles, we all fall short of the Glory of God. Not one is worse then the other, we are all sinners. Confess your sins to your Lord and Savior but it is also healthy to share it with those you trust as well. Praise God at every chance and spread love to ever soul you come in contact with. Follow God's commandments to the best of your ability and when you sin confess them and ask God for forgiveness. We are here to help each other, please don't let your pride get the best of you. The devil is a liar and our God is the beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega. Never forget our Mighty God because he will never forget you.

All praises and glory be to God.

-- First day of the rest of your LIFE

Today is Monday January 18, 2010. I haven't had a blog in a very long time. My name is Krysta Daniels and I am a journalism student at Ramapo College of New Jersey. I am Christian writer, aspiring Christian singer, poet, tennis player, and song writer. What does that mean? That means that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and I strive every single day to praise him and give him ALL the glory. It also means that I openly talk about God with any person that will give me the time of day. I do not judge and I will not put down anyones views, regardless of the extent. But I do love to voice my opinion as well and hopefully my readers will respect that. I love to write and I will try to write anything at least once. I love to experiment with my writer and try my hardest to become more advanced as I grow in my learning. Oh and I love playing tennis. I am very excited to share what I have learned in my short 24 years so far. I want to share all the blessings and revelations God has allowed me to have. I am grateful for every single thing that comes my way, if it doesn't make me stronger it just adds on to my character. I've learned so much about myself, the world and the people around me. There are forces beyond my control that steer us in the right direction or into bad ones. I don't there are any wrong directions; just detours. Everything happens for a reason, so God has a plan for you. Many horrible things happen like the earthquake in Haiti that I have donated to. I pray that anyone that reads this at least donates $5 dollars to help the Haitian people in their time of need. I understand %100 that we Amerians are going through a economic crisis as well, we are still fighting in the war in Iraq and we are battling many homeless/poverty issues on our own native land but there are others that are WORSE off. I hope people understand what that means. Majority of their population have been struggling worse then the homeless people on our streets in New York City, doesn't that say enough? If not, please come back to read my blog more where I will highlight the different struggles going on in our World but also highlight some of the most beautiful blessings as well.

Please dont get discouraged, sometimes it just isn't out time to be the most successful and the person with the most fortunes but be patient. Patience if a virtue and it is very hard at times to have but stick it through. I will be praying for you all as I will pray for myself. I have many issues I need work out with the Lord and in due time it will happen. I am optomistic and enthusiastic about whatever Future God has in store for me. I hope you will share that with me and also give me some feed back. Thanks for reading and I will be back soon to update, hopefully very often.

K.Daniels