#confimation

[krow-offical]

Yesterday was one of the best days of my life

[canines-of-the-sav1or]

I hope the Kavanaugh confirmation was a wake up call for everyone.

Everyone better go vote on novermber 6th. You have seen with your own eyes how the general masses are represented in our government and it’s time to fucking change this bullshit. Go. Vote. You can see your local candidates and what their stances are here so take a half hour and be educated voters. Our country is now getting to the point that if you don’t vote this coming election, I’m not listening to you bitch about our country and government. Registration ends October 10th so go register right now online and make this the biggest voter turnout for our generation.

[thesmilingcatholic]

Question for my Catholic pals

I’m getting baptized/confirmed on Easter (yeaa!) and for the saint whose name I am confirmed in, do they have to be the same gender as I? Because I see people frequently do that...I want to be confirmed in the name of St. Francis of Assisi (I have backups, though)

[thefishcalledtony]

Okay, so I'm at my brothers' confirmation tonight and the Bishop starts by welcoming us all and congratulating the candidates for realising their faith and how proud he is to see so many young people in church confirming their belief in god and jesus and the catholic ethos and all that shit, and then he seems to get a bit side tracked and starts talking about how so many people think that they are put on earth accidently, that it's all just a coincidence, and that you live your and then you die and that's the end. So I'm sitting there thinking 'Yes! This is me! Maybe he's going to say something progressive about how that's okay and we should accept people that think like that' but oh how wrong I was. He starts going on about how 'very very bleak' this outlook is and how he's so pleased to see so many youths who see beyond this, and that we need to change people's perceptions. At this point I just gave up, there I was, actually excited for what a person of religious authority had to say about the EXACT way I think, and all I get told is that I'm miserable and have a bleak outlook on life? Well excuse me but surely if I think that death is the end, that there's no heaven or hell, then I'll be living my life more fully rather than preparing myself for the afterlife? Not to mention that I try to be a good person for the sake of being a good person, and to be kind just because it's the right thing to do, and to be the best person I can be for me and the people around me, not so I can please a god and get into his special club when I die. Surely that makes people's actions selfish if their motive is person gain at the end of it? I was so disappointed, the whole evening just confirmed everything I hate about Catholicism. Don't get me wrong, I know plenty of Catholics who are, on the whole, good people and take messages from the bible and apply them to life because it's right, not because it's what God wants, but Catholisicm as a whole is SO problematic and I was incredibly uncomfortable the entire time I was there, it was awful.

[my-honor-is-to-try]

jewish identity post

So i just had my confirmation. it was freaking amazing. I had it with 4 other amazing people with help from so awesome teachers. I learned so much about being jewish in the past 3 years. after my bat mitzvah i though i would be done learning but i was very wrong. i learned a lot and i plan to continue to study about Judaism. Im still pumped from out awesome service. All and all it was a great night.

[purposefulbreaths-blog]

Promises.

"So now, great God, this word that you have spoken to me and my family, guarantee it permanently! Do exactly what you've promised!" 2 Samuel 7:25

Our God is a good, just King. He has no intentions of cheating us what he has committed to us. When the Lord says that he is going to do something, he does it. He will never go back on his word. 

Recently my family and I have received confirmation that God has big plans in store for us this year. I am so certain that this is from God, and so excited to receive it. 

However, sometimes I forget how good my Jesus is. I forget that if he promised me something he will see it through. I get so caught up in the problems of my life that I forget that He is orchestrating everything. If you are a control freak, like myself, then you know how frightening and frustrating it can be to not be in control. 

"Be still, and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10

This has been a lesson that the Lord is graciously teaching me. Just relax, and trust in Him. It's such a simple request, yet some of us struggle with this so much. 

"May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed." Psalm 20:4

What a wonderful picture of how God feels about us. However, it is important to note that in order for this verse to work, we must align ourselves with God. I believe this is only effective when we are position our hearts with God's. When we are focusing on God, everything we want in life will be in direct correlation with what he wants for our lives. 

In this I have learned two things. 1. Trust, and know that God will keep his covenant with you. There is no need for fear or worry. 2. As long as we are joined in relationship with our King, his desires for us will be exactly what we want in our lives, therefore God will make those desires reality. 

[iwillwithgodshelp-blog]

One of the Many Reasons Why I Love Being Episcopalian

This summer I am creating a Confirmation from pretty much scratch.  The church has never had a strong Confirmation class, even when I was confirmed...and that was like over a decade ago.  

When going over the countless information and ideas I have found, reading Anglican history, and reading and rereading the Catechism and Articles of Religion aka The 39 Articles, I am reminded of why I love being an Episcopalian and why I will always be an Episcopalian. Well let me add this as well...I am reminded as well when I receive emails or promo mail for Christian concerts, gatherings, etc. 

In the Anglican/Episcopalian tradition we use what we like to call the 3 legged stool.  We use Scripture, Logic/Reason, and Tradition to develop our own thoughts and feelings about God.  We consider all forms of praying and thinking. It's awesome. 

Along with that though is that we know that the Bible is not the be all end all, final answer of God's Word. Don't get me wrong, we use the Bible a ton and I wish that EYC youth everywhere could know the Bible front and back like a Baptist youth is taught.  What we Episcopalians do though is look to the Saints' and those who have come before us to see how they applied God's Word in their lives and use them as an additional source of how to live in God's Word and God's Love. 

That is one of the things I am trying to get this Confirmation class to do with the Confirmands:  have them use not only the Bible, but the works and lives of the Saints, past bishops, the history of the Church from its early days to the Reformation to the expansion of the Episcopal Church in the US to why the Episcopal church is declining today. Here in the Deep South, where a "world view" is preached and kids being taught the Bible is the one and only source of God's Word, I really hope that my kids can become as excited in being Episcopalian as I am and as other EYC youth I see.

[heyitsannieho]

Confirmation

I'm kinda excited but then I'm not. It's probably gonna be my last day seeing some of my friends because they're off to College. *cough* *cough* Nelson *cough* X3 That guys hilarious. He reminds me so much of Luan Legacy. They act like almost exactly alike. It's hilarious. Anyways..... We have to be there from 5:45pm to like..... I don't even know. A looooong time. I'm probably gonna fall asleep and get murdered by the priest or something. JKJKJK XD Well.... off to get ready for tonight.