Nuns

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I'm going to be a nun. He called me when I was only 12 and I was not very grown up in my faith and didn't get what this really meant. Like a lot of people I thought it was just about what I had to give up, no dating, no husband, no sex, no kids, no wedding dress Etc Etc. When I was confirmed I matured in my faith quite a bit and I came to see what being a nun really means.
It's not about giving up all those things because even though those things are hard to give up, I am getting so much more out of it. I, me, little old Betsy I get to be the bride of Jesus Christ and that is so amazing that he loves me so much he wants me to marry Him!!!! This is something that is very hard for me to explain bescause it is so huge that there really aren't words out there to say what it is about. Also I get a foretaste of Heaven because in Heaven we will all be brides of Christ. I get to live out what life will be like in Heaven... How AMAZING is that!!!! PLUS I get to spend my whole life for others and get to live with a bunch of other women that also are living the same way...SWEET!!!!

JMJ+
~Betsy