Dire Prophecies and Good Intentions: 6 Years Later

[Dichotomy Girl]

So, I was searching around some of my old threads, and found the thread I started when I decided to leave the UPC.

http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...ead.php?t=4851

And I thought it would be interesting to examine if anyone's dire predictions came to pass. Or if those who thought that I'd find my way, were correct. Not to mention if my good intentions stayed strong, or petered out.


Then:
06/12/07
Name: Michlow
Age: 32

Relationship Status: Married to Matthew, for 8.5 years. He had Asperger's Syndrome which made him near impossible to be an equal partner in our relationship. (He refused to work, and spent all day playing video games for example). I was desperately unhappy, but believed that God hated divorce. I prayed for the Rapture, to be put out of misery A LOT!

Children: None. We were unable (I believed thankfully after a time) to have children.

Spirituality: I had experienced some bad, unhealthy, church situations where Authority was misused. I was very angry at God, and absolutely refused to allow someone else (i.e. a Pastor) to control my spirituality.

Some quotes:

Originally Posted by Michlow

I have openly admitted that I have spent the last 3 years not even liking God, because he seemed a cruel and capricious deity, who demanded absolute perfection. And one cannot be in right relationship with a God they do not like or trust.

Originally Posted by Michlow

Right now, these are the only things that I know to be Truth:

God Is.

Jesus is God.

Receving the Baptism of the Holy Ghost changed me inside.

I can make no claims about the Bible, or salvation doctorine, or the church.

Originally Posted by Michlow

The good news is that I am stubborn, and I am determined to know God!

But I was sill pretty much a 3 stepper, stating that even if I didn't know if it was the only way, I still pretty much thought it was the BEST way