Teach Me Oh Lord, To Love Like You

What I know is that I believe. I am a man of faith, a child of God. I have seen the twisted rationalizations and wordplay of atheism and those who would promote unrighteousness and delusions of the self. 1John 5: 1-5 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? I understand that Satanism, as understood by Anton Levay entices people not to believe in Lucifer, Satan or even the Devil, but to merely indulge in the self. As long as people want. As long as there are those

A new transition has put me in a new mindset. Finding myself out of a job, and with my sister doing Missions work in the Dominican Republic, I have a new resolve. I'm reading some books & gaining insight which is shaping the opinion in me that I need to care. I need to care more than I've ever cared before; for my own health and well-being. When put through life's challenges, I need to have the courage to stand behind my own convictions, my own beliefs, my principles. The people I've called friends in my youth are gone. All but Dave. It is here with one friend, a family who has their own trust issues and siblings struggling to find their way in a world stiffed by corporate greed, and misinformation. Colossians 2: 6-15   6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.   8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy