“Between The Pages of My Prayer Book” copyright 2014 John J. Rigo, upcoming poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

 

Courtesy of jesussaves.com

My journey has been a long one

in the practice of my religious beliefs.

My start was born and raised as a Catholic.

I left the religion at age 22 due to a divorce

from a childhood sweetheart.

 

My journey continued

to the Baptist faith

the Methodist faith

the Presbyterian faith

to finally a little hole in wall

church in East Texas where

the organizers claimed to be Messianic.

 

Slowly over time it was discovered

that the organizers of the church were false

to new members in their belief system.

They were actually Karaite Jews

who look upon Jesus as a fable. 

 

In their lie to new members

it was their plan to convert

those to their religion

who came into their mist.

 

Through this journey

my faith in My Lord and Savior

became even stronger.

 

I left their church

in the road trash they were

far behind me.

 

I was blessed in learning

the secret to eternal life

by these experiences.

 

Only by giving ourselves

up entirely to the Will and Plan

of Jesus Christ for us

will we be given the blessings of this life

and the eternal life before us. 

 

Insight:  It was along this journey

that I discovered a book I did not know.

It was called the Bible.

 

Each Saturday my wife and I

spent an average of two hours

reading from the new and old Testament.

A book it seems the Catholic religion

never hear of when I was a young man.

 

Following is a reading from Psalms I (1)

that we read this past Saturday.

It speaks of the Word

I meditate on each day:

 

“Happy the man who follows not

      the counsel of the wicked

Nor walks in the way of sinners,

      nor sits in the company of the

      insolent,

But delights in the law of the Lord

      and meditates on his law day and

      night.”

 

 

 

Read Full Post »