To each their own

Romans 14 NIV

The Weak and the Strong

14 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. ² One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. ³ The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. ⁴ Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

⁵ One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. ⁶ Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. ⁸ If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. ⁹ For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

¹⁰ You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. ¹¹ It is written:

“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”

¹² So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

¹³ Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. ¹⁴ I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. ¹⁵ If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁸ because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

¹⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. ²⁰ Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. ²¹ It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

²² So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. ²³ But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.


This verse goes through my head so much.  This basically says that if the Bible doesn't say it is bad to do this or that, get over it.  If it is not black and white in the Bible, you need to not judge over it.  I am trying so hard to teach my kids at Sunday School, that it doesn't matter the denomination you are.  It doesn't make you a good Christian or a bad Christian.  There are probably very few people that could fit 100% into a certain denomination without any contradiction.  There is NO denomination I fully agree with 100%.  You have to look at the person and their personal beliefs, not the overall beliefs of the church they attend. 

Please don't think I am saying that you can go through life believing what you want.  You have to go by the Bible in order to go to heaven.  I am talking about the things people quarrel over and men have made rules over because the Bible doesn't address the issue.  I don't think any man should make rules for us to live by that aren't in the Bible.  If you can think of one, let me know.  I am sure I am going to offend some people and I am sorry, but by now you should know I speak my mind. 

I guess Galatians 5 is a good place to go to get an overall picture of how to live a godly life.  My kids at Sunday school were asking when we were going to go over the Fruits of the Spirit again.  They know it is important to keep reminding themselves of the good things to focus on.  They were also discussing ways to raise money for the church.  I love the way they think.  They are independent thinkers for sure. 

On the way of personal life, Steven is being about 20 handfuls.  He is going up and down with behaviors.  It is getting worse on the way to school again and I ask that you keep our morning trip in prayer.  Thankfully, God talked me into spending more on a computer than usual the last time.  This one has been thrown so many times and is holding up like a champ.  Bryan is exhausted with his allergies.  I am doing so-so and am looking forward to my time with the trainer tomorrow. 

Blessings-
Good computer
Loving family
great friends

Take care and God bless
Sherri

 I know some people who read this blog like Duck Dynasty and some don't. But I couldn't resist putting this on after being involved in a conversation about the show tonight. I don't like the show much, but Bryan showed me this and it is funny.  Also, it is nice to know you don't have to bleep out every other word to have a popular show.