Hello fellow brothers and sisters in Jesus. I found this board while searching for an online community of those who love the Lord and others who may be seeking him. I've been a Biblical Christian for 9 years now, converted from atheism (raised Catholic).
Due to my love of the American Civil War, I spent quite a bit of time researching a person from that era, D.H. Hill (thus my name here) and found he was a devout Presbyterian. To make a long story short, I came to read the Westminster Confession of Faith and found it explained the Bible in a way that I've never heard before. I went back to read the Bible and it was like I never read it before. It was in the book of Matthew that I believe I met my Lord and Savior Jesus and have been walking with him ever since.
It's been a bit of a rough road since then. I met my husband on a forum like this one (after I was converted; before that I was straying very far into worldly deception; was transgender for three years), but in the Lord's infinite wisdom he called him to dwell with him in eternal bliss a few short years ago. All I had was my beloved Savior Jesus to cling to in that time and my faith has grown much stronger. Yet I continue to struggle with the evil in the world and the sin remaining in me.
I hope to engage in good fellowship with those on here and hope that we will truly love each other as brothers and sisters in Jesus. The Lord Jesus has lead me to an incredible church family and Sundays are just amazing days of love and worship in the Lord. Yet due to my job I work just about every third Sunday and those days when I am not there with my family in the Lord it is truly a difficult time for me.
I just pray that there will not be dissension. A board I visit has so much hatred and negativity and such is the work of the devil. We surely have different views of some parts of God's revealed word to us (but there is no one who is an infallible interpreter of God's infallible word. There are things which we all get wrong about it). Yet I feel that the most important thing is to love each other and build each other up in the Lord. There certainly can be discussions, but tearing others down is not from God.
Anne
Due to my love of the American Civil War, I spent quite a bit of time researching a person from that era, D.H. Hill (thus my name here) and found he was a devout Presbyterian. To make a long story short, I came to read the Westminster Confession of Faith and found it explained the Bible in a way that I've never heard before. I went back to read the Bible and it was like I never read it before. It was in the book of Matthew that I believe I met my Lord and Savior Jesus and have been walking with him ever since.
It's been a bit of a rough road since then. I met my husband on a forum like this one (after I was converted; before that I was straying very far into worldly deception; was transgender for three years), but in the Lord's infinite wisdom he called him to dwell with him in eternal bliss a few short years ago. All I had was my beloved Savior Jesus to cling to in that time and my faith has grown much stronger. Yet I continue to struggle with the evil in the world and the sin remaining in me.
I hope to engage in good fellowship with those on here and hope that we will truly love each other as brothers and sisters in Jesus. The Lord Jesus has lead me to an incredible church family and Sundays are just amazing days of love and worship in the Lord. Yet due to my job I work just about every third Sunday and those days when I am not there with my family in the Lord it is truly a difficult time for me.
I just pray that there will not be dissension. A board I visit has so much hatred and negativity and such is the work of the devil. We surely have different views of some parts of God's revealed word to us (but there is no one who is an infallible interpreter of God's infallible word. There are things which we all get wrong about it). Yet I feel that the most important thing is to love each other and build each other up in the Lord. There certainly can be discussions, but tearing others down is not from God.
Anne
