So glad you're here: We're glad to be with you!
Our aim is to make your life and your relationships richer, more enjoyable with more peace and more rest.
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Building Blocks
Conscious or not, everyone's strives after joy and peace. Any human endeavor boils down to these two motivations. Strictly speaking, peace is a for of joy.
Jesus talked about joy and peace a lot.
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GladToBeWithMe.org
Someone is gladtobewithme
I am glad to be with them, too. We talk. We learn more about each other. We disagree. I don't have to like everything about them. Actually, our differences are kind of interesting. We respect each other. I am not being taken advantage of. Our group grows as our message spreads. Now others are GladToBeWithMe, too.
Our convictions - under construction
Our Convictions - "The greatest of these is love"
Some people can't love. Or they can love animals but they hate people ...or anything spiritual. Or themselves. There is always a valid reason for that. I means something went very wrong sometime ago. Like a disease of the heart, you'll want to look for a cure so you can love a little more at a time. Indifference and hate kill. Love is life. (1 Cor 13, Mk 12)
Our Convictions - If it feels weird, it probably is.
You may have experienced people or religious groups that required agreeing to very strange convictions, suspend your sense of reality or regarding perfectly acceptable what was really odd behaviors. Some of it may well be genuine, right-intentioned and come from a pure heart. That's great for them. You are under no obligation to join in and are free to question or to keep looking.
our convictions - you are free!
Your style is your business. Quiet. Energetic. Solitude. Fellowship. A bit of everything. We're all beautifully different, but made in the same image, and that is to be respected, even loved. (Rom 14)
Our Convictions - You'll want to want to
Most religious groups have explicit or implicit requirements to do something in order to be part of the whole. But unless you truly want to do that something, it's just dead religion, no matter how noble. The more you truly want to, the more freedom you achieve.
Our Convictions - take time to grow
You'll change over time. You might agree with something next year that you find outlandish today. Be open to persuasion. Be suspicious of pressure.
Our Convictions - we're not waiting for heaven
We're doing all this for the present. And tomorrow. There'll be heaven, too. But the focus and the reward is now: Deep peace, inner and outer joy and steadfast love that make life and people easier today; and more enjoyable. A rain coat to weather the inevitable storms.
Our Convictions - here's your job
Understand that nothing can separate you from being loved by God. Not anything. Because you're you, and because God is God. Try to love other people, even the ones that are not that lovable (God does!) but not if you get hurt or turn into a doormat. Be open to advice: Others know things about you and life that might be useful.
our Convictions - You're not the sacrifice
Unless you do something out of love, there is no use of you sacrificing yourself by doing something you hate. That's been done for you already.
our Convictions - if you're alone it's not a relationship
Jesus was God in human form. Real, historical people talked (and ate!) with him after he died. He exists in some form today, he is God after all, and he will be found by those who seek him. And why not? If God loves us, why wouldn't he want a relationship with us? Talk to us? Don't miss out on what he has to say to you. We refer to "Joyful Journey" by E. James Wilder PhD et al (ISBN 978-1-935629-17-7)
About Us
Everyone's looking for it - few find it
We all long for joy and peace, but in a world of strife and negativity, how do we overcome? Everyone longs for peace and joy in their life and their community.
few know the real jesus
Forget everything you learned about Jesus for a moment.
He ate with people. He came to their parties (and brought the wine). He enjoyed their company. He wept. He has compassion. He waits for me to be ready. He loves. He is GladToBeWithMe.
Stay with us - stay with him
We want to convince you that your life and relationships can be better, richer, more fulfilling.
We want to show you how. Free. No obligation whatsoever.
And when you get it and not before you're ready, you'll want to show others.
Life and relationships aren't so hard and get better when someone is GladToBeWithMe.
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Jesus is always gladtobewithme
Forget everything you heard about Jesus for a moment.
He met and ate with people of all walks of life. He partied with them (and brought the wine). He slammed religious hypocrisy and greed. He wept. He healed. He came because he loves all people. He is GladToBeWithMe, too.
Now what
We don't need your money.
No sign-ups, No commitments.
And when you get it -and not before you're ready- you'll want to show others.
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what? why? How?
We have made it our mission to help people love, meaning, to appreciate, to respect, to feel deep affection, to rejoice and to suffer with others because one cares about the other.
If love was easy, everyone would be doing it. So what gives?
People usually cannot give what they don't know or haven't received first. Like flowers in the sun, people thrive when they receive love and appreciation. The less deserving of love they feel, the more reviving it is.