Religious Differences Dating

My names Kristina. I'm 27. I'm a Christian. I'm trying to find my place in this world.

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Six Years Ago

I’ve wanted to post here for a while, just haven’t had the words to say. Still probably don’t have the words to say. 

Six years ago I was dating a guy and we had our religious differences. No one was happy about it. Our friends weren’t happy about. The people who met us weren’t happy about it. No one was happy about it. 

However when we were together, it sure felt like life was perfect and that’s all that really mattered. It didn’t matter our faith we would figure it out. 

In the process of dating, we realized there were hypocritical people. I left a church that I had been attending for 15 years!!! I lost who I thought I could trust as a pastor who could be my mentor. I left a pastor who pretty much called us out in church and told us we were wrong for being friends, dating, etc and if it turned to marriage it was a downright work of Satan. I sat through that service. The pastor was never able to look at me again. 

I’ve kept this blog up for the past several years even after the break up because if someone needed advice or needed to see something I shared during that time, I wanted them to be able to see it. 

My Prayers of a Christian Witch has been shared and liked a lot. That was information I found when I really questioned my Christianity but I could not lean towards believing in multiple Gods. 

In the past 6 years I’ve grown as a person. I’ve became much stronger in my faith. I go to a church that accepts me. I’ve come to accept my faith and let it be a part of me. I’ve come to let myself be a tool for Christ. 

After the past 6 years, the guy that I broke up with has came back in my life. We don’t know what the future holds. But this time around, I’ve been able to aide and guide him. 

Christianity is hard. It’s a hard faith to have. It’s hard to stand your ground, especially if your doing it right. 

It’s crazy how the past 6 years have formed me and shaped me. It’s crazy to think of how the tables have turned. 

The way people treated us when we dated and had different faiths will always remain with me. That’s when people begin to show their true colors. I know way too many people’s true colors now. I lost friends due to it. I was completely okay with it. Religious differences in relationships or friendships is a stupid reason to not accept a friend/person. 

That’s all for tonight. I just needed to share something. 

Maybe if you are reading this, it will relate to you.

Good night world. 

:)

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Life

It's funny the direction life takes you sometimes. Have you ever noticed that?

I started this blog 3 years ago because I was dating a pagan, someone of different faith then me. Yet our beliefs we're very similar except I believed in the Christian God.

I've noticed over the years the last post I had on here, Prayers of a Christian Witch have been super popular.

It's very interesting to visit the past. it's interesting what you learn about yourself and where you are heading.

Those prayers are definitely some prayers I need to incorporate more into my spiritual life.

What about you all?

Have you used them?

What have bee the benefits you've seen?

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We are all wearing masks. That is what makes us interesting.

Neil Gaiman, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (via wordsnquotes)

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It's a new year. I'm suprised this blog has gained so many followers. At one point last year I was going to take this blog down. Mainly because the person I was dating when I put it up, we split two years ago. However I've realized by keeping it up this blog has shared valuable insights for multiple people. At the moment I am dating someone whose faith differs from my own. In many ways our faith is similar but at the same time our faith is still extremely different. It's a hard journey dating someone whose faith is different. We've had the conversation of is it possible for us to make it work. Our faiths though are a lot similar then some people's but still it's a convo that had to occur. I still don't understand everything about my significant others faith. However that's not what makes us, us. But learning about each other's faith is what can ultimately make us stronger. I don't know if I lost anyone with this post. Hopefully not. I haven't done any major tarot spreads lately. Idk that I will.

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Something I need to remember as I take the steps forward. I'm doing better at not living in the past but just have ti find that right path for me.

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I bought a Bloodstone today. This one just kept calling out to me. Hopefully it will help me balance myself out. That's my goal. Bloodstone is also Adams stone so I honestly don't know if that has anything to deal with it or not. We are still trying to figure out what we are supposed to be. I honestly have no clue. I keep coming across tortured souls and its just, WHYYYY? that goes through my head. I understand that Adam has his own but they really aren't nearly as bad. I'm glad Adam is protective of me even though currently we aren't in a relationship and probably won't again because honestly right now I know I'm going to end up in a mess with not being sure how to get out of it. My surroundings right now aren't the best. Therefore I keep distancing myself from those people. Just keep distancing. Keeping up with contact with those who are friends of the families but staying as far away as possible. On the bright side I'm finding my center :)

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I honestly don't know.

I can't pour my feelings into this post. But I definitely hate people who want to be with who they think are their soul mates when their soul mate wants nothing to do with them besides friendship. I'm ready for them to be over this love phase. Because I can't deal with it right now.

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Him

I woke up yesterday in his arms and I cried a little. For the first time in a while I felt safe, content. That scared the hell out of me. We broke up and only reason I laid down was a slight itch of a headache and feeling drained. It sucks. He doesn't feel butterflies for me. He feels them for someone else but he doesn't know where that may go. Honestly I don't even know truly ifI want it to work out. I thought I did. Then idk what happened. I closed down my emotions because I was hurt. I dont like that he makes me feel safe. I don't like that he drives me crazy. I dont like that we can get in an argument and five minutes later be okay. I dont like that he's seen me cry, seen me at my worst and seen me vomit. It's weird. I dont like that we have some kind of connection neither of us knows what it is. I don't like that we have felt drawn to each other the past six years. Mostly, I dont like that my middle name and spelled out in the veins of his arm and neither of us know why. I dont think I will ever find the answers I want. And I will probably just have to accept that. In the end, I will probably move on because truthfully though it was the best six moths of my life I honestly don't know if he will ever look at me and not question his decision.

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How I find this true

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Since the fire have started working out since we are at an apartment with a workout facility. Second day at it and that's my score on the treadmill, I say that's pretty good. Bad thing is I'm getting chest pains halfway through it. I'm just thankful they aren't as worse as they used to be.

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It

Sux being stuck :/

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Looks like six months is all two people from different faiths could last. Granted there were other issues. Next time we are face to face might try to fix them. I dont know yet. I would like to but at same time I know the real problem just might exist a couple years back. Some have said at least I have started my own search. But I don't think my own search has done much for me. All I know is what I want to know lies more on the Pagan side of things than the Christian side of things. I've known that for years. But some how I just don't want to open myself up to it. I don't want to face the thought that what I was raised with could be wrong. I will admit that when he told me he was pagan that honestly I thought I could see a future and wanted to follow it. But idk. Somewhere along the line we quit caring. We started wondering what we should of done with our exes to have made that relationship work. We stopped talking. We stopped showing affection. How I would love to have one of those knock me off my feet kisses again. That would be nice. Blah. So I'm just in my thoughts...wondering

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Needed this today

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[ Love Your Enemies ] “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 5:43-45 ESV (via heavenlyblessings)

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Tarrot Spreads

Should really stop doing the relationship spreads. I dont know why. But that's all I've really done with my tarot cards as of late. Really need yo stop. Especially since I've gotten a lot of the same cards. It's just important for me to note that something may disrupt us and both if us have to be cautious about it because the problem could come from either side.

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Aventurines

So I have bought my adventurines in pairs which for me I think is odd. Has anybody else bought a pair of stones or aventurines. I kept all four in my pocket while at work today. Mainly because they give me energy as well as happiness to play off of. It's kinda nice.