someone awesomely cool may be coming to uni to visit and being tackled in hugs ^_^ dunno who lmao.
anyone here wanna fathom a guess? ;]
Oh, haha. :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom Fighter
believing it would do anything
See Matthew 7:7-11
"Ask,and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"
John 14:13,14
"Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it."
James 5:13-16
"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
And continually, throughout the Bible, we have Jesus, telling people to pray, Paul, exhorting people to pray (unceasingly), prophets interceding for the people...
And as you skim through the Bible, you'll notice that God answers these prayers.
Jesus wouldn't have told us to pray if it was an exercise in futility.
So either prayer works, or Jesus is a liar, which we know isn't true, because "...it is impossible for God to lie..." (Hebrews 6:18), or the Bible isn't true. And obviously as followers of Christ, we must believe the Bible's authenticity and authority, or we are just silly pagans who call ourselves Christians.
... Which is not to say that I don't understand how you're feeling... I most definitely do.
But you've gotta press through, keep praying. Pray for the faith to believe that your prayers will have an effect.
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
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
God, give me a glimpse of how you really see me. i know that you love me, you created me in your image, saved me. but do you really think i’m beautiful? how? how could you possibly think that i am? look at what i’ve done to myself…what i want to do to myself. don’t you hear my thoughts…my awful, awful thoughts? me=beautiful…. i cannot wrap my mind around it, i can’t perceive it, cannot grasp that idea. i don’t want you to look at me, i don’t want anyone to look at me. i want to be invisible.
butterflymom, you wrote what i so often think. i'll say God loves you, but you probably won't believe me! it's true though.
all i want is to be with God. why does there have to be so much suffering first? not just mine, the whole world's crying out. why didn't God just make angels? that way we'd be with God and have free will.
waiting in the dark--I dunno. I hate pain. Of course, I typed that and then went to check my email and found this...
Quote:
OCTOBER 13
REFLECTION FOR TODAY
When I am feeling especially lonely, the pain inside makes me wonder why I have to go through this. The longer I am in the program and share my pain, the more I am aware that others hurt also. This common bond helps me to understand, care and grow. Pain is nature’s way of telling me I have a need which has to be taken care of, whether it is physical or emotional. I need to take care of myself, and I can do it.
MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to realize my pain is worthwhile, because it draws me closer to You and to others, and it gives me compassion.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Whenever I share my pain, someone comes into my life with a similar pain to remind me I am not alone.
...I keep getting metaphysically smacked upside the head when I check my email. Owwwww. :( So relevant to my life right now that it hurts.
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
waiting in the dark--I dunno. I hate pain. Of course, I typed that and then went to check my email and found this...
Quote:
OCTOBER 13
REFLECTION FOR TODAY
When I am feeling especially lonely, the pain inside makes me wonder why I have to go through this. The longer I am in the program and share my pain, the more I am aware that others hurt also. This common bond helps me to understand, care and grow. Pain is nature’s way of telling me I have a need which has to be taken care of, whether it is physical or emotional. I need to take care of myself, and I can do it.
MEDITATION FOR TODAY
Help me to realize my pain is worthwhile, because it draws me closer to You and to others, and it gives me compassion.
TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Whenever I share my pain, someone comes into my life with a similar pain to remind me I am not alone.
...I keep getting metaphysically smacked upside the head when I check my email. Owwwww. :( So relevant to my life right now that it hurts.
Yeah... Ouch..... Major slap in the face...
So true though...
2 Corinthians 1:4 "who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
Actually, when I was talking about my problems with eating with a close friend/ mentor, she mentioned that her older sister (who I know and trust) struggled with an eating disorder for a long time. So I sent her a message & she said of course she'd love to meet with me to share her journey and offer counsel as best she could... :)
Jacie~ What devotion is it that you get in your email?
Salanna--
Heh, you're the second person today who's asked me that. The stuff I've been posting is from a few places, but the one you'd be able to get to is actually an EA RSS feed. For all that it's not specifically Christian, those daily readings hit hard.
And good for you :) I'm glad you're talking about it.
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
Salanna--
Heh, you're the second person today who's asked me that. The stuff I've been posting is from a few places, but the one you'd be able to get to is actually an EA RSS feed. For all that it's not specifically Christian, those daily readings hit hard.
And good for you :) I'm glad you're talking about it.
Thanks!
... and yeah... this whole being open honest and authentic thing is tremendously hard, but completely worth it...
This is a quote from the sermon at church a few weeks ago (... I actually had to pause the podcast and rewind because it hit me so hard I didn't even hear the next few sentences...)
"If you're hiding (if you've got secret struggles, secret wrestles) then it will always be impossible for you to receive love, because anyone who actually tries to love you, you will discredit their love in your spirit by saying: they don't know who I am." - Matt Chandler
Ouch...
But convicting, in a way that is producing repentance.
salanna....wow, that quote is awesome. and i think that it's so true.
i just started reading a book this morning that has really, really been speaking to me. it's called Messy Spirituality by michael yaconelli. i highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is struggling. it's about 'God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People'.....so good so far!!
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Reason: daughter pushed computer buttons before i was done!
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
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 just got done with a 2 hour conversation that really showed me how to look at things differently, and gave me hope.
I feel a lot better about seeing a counselor (Christian, of course) now.
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Have I got it?
'Cause Mirror you've always told me who I am
I'm finding it's not easy to be perfect
So sorry you won't define me
Sorry you don't own me
Who are you to tell me
That I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
To the list of things I should do
I won't try, I won't try
Mirror I am seeing a new reflection
I'm looking into the eyes of He who made me
And to Him I have beauty beyond compare
I know He defines me
You don't define me, you don't define me
<3
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
