Anna Glendenning's commentsComments On: EverythingArticles Blogs Journals Photos created by: EveryoneAnna How Much Debt Is Too Much Debt? - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 10:39 PM Great Blog! I am old enough to have lived on both extremes of this story. I have been in debt up to my eyeballs but today my husband and I have No Debts....actually, We do but the new mortgage is temporary. We paid OFF our last home and stayed for three additional years before we purchased my dream house. If our PLAN goes well it will be paid off in 3-5 years. People often don't get how wonderful it is that we have sacrificed INSTANT Gratification in order to understand the big picture. We plan any purchase over $50.00 and don't buy anything we can't "think" about for at least 24 hours. It wasn't easy to pay off all of our debts but, I can tell you it felt fantastic! Is Baptism Required for Salvation? An Alternate Look (2) - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 10:15 PM Oh, I respect your feelings I just have a hard time when salvation is made so difficult that some may not even accept it because the steps seem to be too hard. I guess I just don't like the idea that someone may read how hard it is to Be Saved...go to War and lay in the field of battle thinking, "What good it is to accept Christ right now? I will die before I can be baptized." While I certainly agree with you that a Christian is expected to take the steps outlined in the Word--I also believe God offers Salvation by Grace and that just as Christ offered salvation to the Thief we as Christians offer Salvation to those we meet and if I am sitting with a dying person My first Responsibility is to ACT Christ Like and offer to pray the prayer of Salvation... Don't get me wrong I agree Christian should take the step of Baptisms--I just disagree that it is a requirement for Salvation. Is Baptism Required for Salvation? An Alternate Look (2) - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 09:07 PM One more thing: You Asked: "Would someone be baptized if they did not believe? " I Personally know 4 people who Were Baptised and did so only to please parents and others. In the Case of those religions that practice Birth Baptism I am 100% Sure that there are MANY people who have been baptized and not believers... My own daughter who is 22 States She was only Baptized (at 16) to get her father off her back--Pray for her because she is NOT a Believer at all and therefore feels NO Guilt for being Baptized just to satisfy her father.... I could continue for a long time giving examples of the different situations where a person might be Baptized and yet still not be Saved...or even Believe. Is Baptism Required for Salvation? An Alternate Look (2) - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 08:54 PM Interesting. I believe there is one way and that is the acceptance that Christ died on the cross for our sins.... after that NOTHING is Required but instead Inspired which causes a believer to want to become more Christ Like. There would be little reason to witness to the sick and dying if Salvation didn't take place upon acceptance of Christ as our Savior... There would be no reason to have Chaplains on the Battle Fields if soldiers needed to be dunked to be saved. I don't believe that God demands ritual or 12-step programs in order to be Saved, I thought God took care of my salvation when he/his son died on the cross so that I would be saved from my own sins.... Are You Opposites... Politically? - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 05:43 PM We agree nearly 100% on most political, social, financial and religious issues. For us it was important that we were on the same page before we even got married. The strange part is that HIS whole family is on the other side of the fence with politics...so, thankfully I am not alone with the vultures picking at my viewpoints during Thanksgiving dinner--because my husband and I share common viewpoints I have not been left alone to defend myself and It confirms to me even more that my husband is exactly what he says he is.... So in our house the only Political fight is me telling him he better tell his mom to knock it off! Low birth-weight babies at risk of adult depression - Blog Entry07 Nov 2006 03:02 PM Very interesting! I was a 5 pound baby and have suffered depression all of my life! The Shock of Adoption Secrets - Blog Entry06 Nov 2006 09:37 PM MJ--If I didn't know you in real life and didn't know this was a true story I would have to think someone has a big imagination!!! But, the truth this happened all the time in the past. My mother has a cousin who wasn't told until she was an adult--and it was of course a family friend who spilled the beans! My husband and I had some friends before we adopted--who had adopted their son. He was about 12 years old and these friends were sharing all the details of their son's adoption with us...and then said, "Don't say anything--he doesn't know yet" I was stunned! How easy it would have been for me a casual friend to "Say" something being so around adoption! I have never understood why people would allow casual friends to know--what they have not even bothered to share with the PERSON who it matters to the most! As for the medical info.... Raising Sean and Tori only knowing the medical info for my side--taught me to just assume they were at risk for everything and go from there.... Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)--What If Your Home Value Has Increased? - Blog Entry06 Nov 2006 02:05 AM Yes, it sure has. So many people don't understand how so much of our economic system depends on Insurance! Thank you Evan for all your great comments! Auto Insurance Ratings - Journal Entry21 Oct 2006 12:53 AM Yes, I Bloged about that several months ago.... Please check out the blog at this Link: http://insurance.families.com/blog/am-best-the-insurance-information-source Disclosures of Sexual Assaults often lead to Dissociation - Blog Entry20 Oct 2006 07:25 PM This is interesting to me. I assume that men might have some of the some issues? My father disclosed a childhood of ongoing sexual abuse about 10 years ago... Since that time he has been distant with all three of us kids,. I only get to see him once a year at most...and every time I do he discloses again and again to me as if it is new information???? It's been hard on me to have my dad become so distant and things have not improved....sometimes I just want to write him a letter and tell him OK you have talked about what happened so now get help and deal with things! But, I know better then to send it. |
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