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[mommydama]

I need comments.

I've never been so needy in the comment department before. I haven't been commenting enough on other's blogs, I know. It is definately a reciprocal thing here in LJ world. Which makes sense...I'm just feeling comment needy today.

So...in order to generate a discussion as I seem to be desperately in need of one, ask me a question. Be anonymous if need be. I'll do my best to answer it.

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[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Ooooo...that's a long one!! I'll try to give you the short version.

I was raised as a Baptist in a very devout family. Life was truly centered on Christ. I learned to trust and love Christ at a very early age and am eternally grateful to my parents for giving me that gift.

As an adult I did a pretty typical stage of disillusionment and got really confused for awhile. When I came back to faith, I was looking for TRUTH, big time. I was married by that time and my husband and I were on this search together. My youngest sister was at the time dating a young man who was Catholic. He and my parents loved to get into Bible thumping arguments around the dinner table. He was searching too. Anyway, my sister ended up engaged to him and then he did something totally bizarre. He converted to Orthodoxy! Now Catholic had been hard enough for my VERY Baptist family to swallow. Orthodox was over the top! I set out to see what my sister was getting herself into. And fell head over heals in love . My first Liturgy was just...there are no words for it. It was all in Greek, I had no idea what was going on, but I knew I wanted to be part of it. I often say I became Orthodox in spite of Orthodox Christians. We had some really bad experiences along the way, but I KNEW this was the Truth and I wanted it. It just about tore our family apart, but my husband and I were Chrismated about seven years ago. My parents still haven't forgiven us. :( We've gotten over the worst of it, I think. But it was terrible there for awhile.

I had no choice really. Once I got a taste, there was just no going back.

By the way, my BIL, the Catholic convert that started it all...is a Greek Orthodox priest in Illinois now. Heh.

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

That is all so interesting! I also come from a Baptist/Brethren background, and I have loved Christ for as long as I can remember... but for the past few years I have been searching for something 'more'... something that I do not see in any of the Protestant Evangelical churches around me. I believe I have found that something in Orthodoxy... you are right, after that first taste, it's like there is no turning back.

I am still waiting for my husband to embrace Orthodoxy, as it is my desire that we are 'together' in this, so it may be awhile before we're chrismated... and I have no idea how my family will react. They will probably be very confused. :)

[mommydama.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you are "waiting" for your husband. I really do know how hard that is, but it so important if at all possible. My other sister is in the middle of that right now. She has been Orthodox at heart for some time now, but her husband is not there at all. And may never be. She is patiently waiting and praying and just trying to keep them all together. I truly believe she gets major bonus points for her patience and endurance. Can't be easy for her husband either, but they are holding onto each other anyway. I (and she) just have to trust that God will bring them to them to the Truth, whatever that is for them at this point in time.

[rowannrose.livejournal.com]

It is encouraging to know I am not the only one in the 'patiently waiting' stage of converting... my husband is not totally opposed to Orthodoxy, he just doesn't 'see' what I see yet, and still feels comfortable in our brethren church. I don't want to push him, so I just pray, and hope, and give him little tidbits of information here and there...

[mairesue.livejournal.com]

My background is Brethren too.