The best part about our study was that after Alice had explained, so beautifully, all of the information she had to answer the questions I had given her (see study answers in previous post), she had prepared for us the Lord's supper and blessed oil. She first blessed the cracker that represented the body of Christ and we took it. Then she blessed the grape juice that represented the blood of Christ and we took it. (I wished that baby Ryan had not been so fussy during this - I felt it may have distracted us from the Spirit a little. But what can ya do?) After that, she had pure oil that she dabbed on both Shelley and my forehead. She then blessed both of us in a prayer.
She said that she would continue to pray for us as we were making efforts to discover what our relationship with Christ is - when we would have the "click" moment of truly feeling it all come together and be saved!
Alice had shared - Isaiah 10:27 - It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. The yoke and burden of keeping all the rules was taken away with Christ's sacrifice. Matthew 11:29-30 says Take MY yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear and my load is not heavy.
Well, my soul needs to be put to rest with complete faith - I think that would happen if I could just accept his yoke instead of mine or anyone else's imposed upon me. My load is heavy, the load others have placed upon me is heavy, but Jesus' is not.
I did a little research of my own. I went to one of my new favorite sites netbible.org. (Thanks Alice - that site has been SOOOO helpful!) I put in the search the word "saved". It pulled up all the scriptures that have that word in it. The one that seemed most fitting for my situation was Mark 16:16 - The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
Believe and be baptized. The word "saved" is translated from the word sozo. It means the following:
To deliver or protect (literally or figuratively), to heal, preserve, do well, and be (make) whole.
Hmmmm.... just believe and be baptized, huh? I could use all those "sozo" things.
In the meantime, at home, I've been listening to contemporary Christian music, praying for guidance, and trying to set the tone for myself to invite that to happen.
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