So in light of Rosh Hashanah starting at sundown on Monday, I've been doing some reading. One of the blessings that get recited during the course of the holiday is Micah 7:18-20...
Quote:
Who is like You, God, who removes iniquity and overlooks transgression of the remainder of His inheritance. He does not remain angry forever because He desires kindness. He will return and He will be merciful to us, and He will conquer our iniquities, and He will cast off our sins into the depths of the seas. Give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, like that you swore to our ancestors from long ago.
I just love that. He will conquer our iniquities, and He will cast off our sins into the depths of the sea. Not us. Not anything we can do.
My name is Sophie and though I've been a member of RYL for a while now and I've seen this thread a lot before I've never felt able to post.
God used to be an escape for me, He would make me feel safe and loved when I couldn't love myself. By the age of thirteen I had read the entire Bible, cover to cover and had got confirmed. But as my depression and SI worsened I felt I had lost God.
I thought He was testing me, trying to make me a better person but soon I grew weary of this. Suffering from depression from the age of 8 I felt I had been tested enough.
I lost my faith. I found myself unable to pray, I felt SI was sinning so badly that God would never love me. I was destroying something He was supposed to love. I told myself the reason He couldn't help me was that I was sinning and this guilt made me continue to SI.
For no reason tonight, it's changed. God has always been there- just sometimes I find it hard to see Him through the pain.
x
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Sophie Mandi Max Gwen Mercy Erin AVA Tracey Bridget My Isaac
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
hi
i've never posted on this thread before but i just wanted to say hello i guess.
i was raised a baptist Christian but after my parents divorced theyy both stopped going to church and i did too. my church was too judgmental anyway. they hated muslims and anyone who wasn't christian and i know that God doesn't want us to hate. He wants us to love .
i love God but i feel like He would not love what i've done to myself.
i have so many scars now it's horrible and i dont know how to make it right.
i cant erase my skin
Thanks for sharing the article; it was actually comforting, to know that someone out there realises how much we're all screwed up, esp. as Christians and isn't afraid to remind us not to pretend to be perfect.
We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin. ~André Berthiaume
Micah 6:6-8
*6 "With what shall I come before the LORD,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"
8He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
^Convicting.
I'm really struggling right now... And I don't care
to say what it is, because to be perfectly honest (for once in my life) I'm not even being honest with myself about it yet, so there's no way I could share it...
Salanna--still praying for you. You've got my call# and my fb.
So I was flipping through radio stations last night, after a conversation I'll post about when I have more time, and it was one of those times where God took over my radio. Does that happen to you guys? I'm sitting there after a conversation about anger and pain and resentment toward God's authority, and suddenly I'm flipping between I Alone and Head like a Hole. For those not familiar with the songs, let me give you the relevant pieces of the lyrics:
"I'll read to you here, save your eyes/Youll need them, your boat is at sea/Your anchor is up, youve been swept away/And the greatest of teachers wont hesitate/To leave you there, by yourself,/Chained to fate//I alone love you/I alone tempt you/I alone love you/Fear is not the end of this!"
"I'd rather die than give you control.//Bow down before the one you serve, You're going to get what you deserve [x2]//God-money's not looking for the cure/God-money's not concerned with the sick among the pure/God-money lets go dancing on the backs of the bruised/God-money's not one to choose"
"We long to be here by his resolve/Alone in the church by and by/To cradle the baby in space/And leave you there by yourself/Chained to fate/Oh, now, we took it back too far/Only love can save us now, all these riddles that you burn/All come runnin back to you, all these rhythms that you hide/Only love can save us now, all these riddles that you burn"
Message recieved. I can take a hint...Sometimes.
Heh.
I'll work on that one, God.
salanna you have my info if you EVER need to talk. I mean it.
Cool jacie
welcome to the thread you all
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
I skipped church for the first time ever today.
... The same service happens again tonight at 5 & 7:15, so I'll go then, because I have to go because the girls in my small group will hold me accountable for that...
But still... this is a new low.
Its good that you have people around you that keep you accountable.
You learn more in the valleys salanna than you do on the mountains. Maybe this is a time for you to learn something.
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
For no reason tonight, it's changed. God has always been there- just sometimes I find it hard to see Him through the pain.
Thats so amazing! I'm certain the angels in heaven are celebrating you're realisation! I really pray that your relationship with God will grow ever stronger x
She's Lost - You are so right, we are called to love (I've been hearing that alot recently). God loves you so much that he sent his son to die for you and your sins (all of them). No you can't erase your skin but Jesus erased your sin. Do you think you could find a new church? Have you got any christian friends? x
Hi everyone else! Hope you're all good.
I'm struggling atm, lots of money issues, just starting midwifery at uni and it seems like i have 101 things going on all at once!
I just feel completely out of my depth and throughout this i am reading
God's word more and praying more.
But i feel that i may be struggling to let go, to have complete faith in God.
I know that he is omnipotent and i really do believe this in my head and my heart but i think there's is one little hidden part of me that is saying 'no'.
Anyone relate?
Also i haven't felt his presence in a while, i think maybe i need to learn to listen to God but i don't know where to start!
I'm not really sure what I'm asking. I think...why do people think there is a God? I want to believe that there He is real, and He is helping me, but...I guess I'm just like most other 15-year-olds: Confused.
I just want to know why people think there is a God, I guess.
So I've been trying and trying to get over this, because I want to get better. People say that with enough willpower, you can. And I have willpower. So why am I still sick?
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