Sooooo... Anyway. On the 5th, we have to stand in front of the congregation and present our Statements of Faith. Wanna read mine? OFCOURSEYOUDO! Or you can just skip it. Whatever turns your crank.
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Verse one of the 23rd Psalm is: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.” This, to me, means that God is always with me. Because I believe this, I feel comforted, protected, and saved.
I feel comforted, because, like verses 2 and 3 of the 23rd Psalm, “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” These words mean that God is always with me and will always give me peace and a feeling of calmness.
I’m protected, because God keeps me safe. Psalm 23 also explains this well, with the words, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
The second half of Psalm 23:6, “…and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever,” describes salvation. Because I believe that God is always with me, salvation is always open to me. By God’s grace, Jesus has saved me.
Psalm 23 describes my walk with God really well. Because God is always with us, we find that God expects us to be strong and courageous, as stated in Joshua 1:9, my verse for confirmation.
I feel comforted, because, like verses 2 and 3 of the 23rd Psalm, “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” These words mean that God is always with me and will always give me peace and a feeling of calmness.
I’m protected, because God keeps me safe. Psalm 23 also explains this well, with the words, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
The second half of Psalm 23:6, “…and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever,” describes salvation. Because I believe that God is always with me, salvation is always open to me. By God’s grace, Jesus has saved me.
Psalm 23 describes my walk with God really well. Because God is always with us, we find that God expects us to be strong and courageous, as stated in Joshua 1:9, my verse for confirmation.
So yeah. It's totally awesome. talk2hand
Except that my pastor was being all like "now lets see what's wrong with this." He never actually said that, but seriously, you know the part that says, "By God’s grace, Jesus has saved me"? Well, he made me change what I had, which was "I just have to accept Jesus to be saved by God's grace," to that. The other pastor had words that were nearly IDENTICAL in a sermon he did recently! So now I'm all PO'ed. stressed
And then, on the 6th, we'll have this whole staged "Q and A" thinger, where the pastor asks a question from Luther's Small Catacism and we're supposed to answer our assigned questions with the answers in the catacism. That part irritates me 'cause we have to memorize these big long things. Grr, I say! Grr!
And yeah. So I just felt like sharing with you wonderful people.
Feel like sharing stories from when YOU were confirmed/in confirmation? wink
