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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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Well yes of course I do. I still think about my childhood and the bullies seem worse now than they were then.
Sometimes I think habits are the culprit. Habits and patterns. We create patterns of behaviour in our life that can dictate results. Just like karma in Buddhism. Reap what we sow in...
I loved my boss. he was like a big brother figure. He couldn't understand why I liked him so much. I forgave him all his flaws. I was blind to them. His larger than life personality hypnotised me. I drank with him more than worked with him. I know he didn't think much of my work ethic. In fact I...
I have a tendency to live in the past. I think this occurs because I am only part-time now and the workplaces that live on in my mind were full-time positions.
In my mind there were all those villains. The ones I would equate close to Satan. Godless people in my view. Cunning game-players who...
Fortunately my father was humble. I think I got the impression that God must be kind and humble and non-judgemental too. Dad was always really pleased to see us come home. Like the Good Shepherd story or the Prodigal Son. I feel truly blessed to have had such a father.
Lord,
please reassure me
that I'm not talking to myself
that I'm not insane
that you are real
that my attempts at prayer
aren't a waste of time
that this whole "Christian thing"
is not a hoax
that I wake up
as you want people to wake up
and move closer to the truth
maybe we get carried away with...
I worshipped my older brothers when I was young. They could do no wrong. When they ridiculed me or found fault, I used to be devastated. It still hurts for me to think about it now. One would laugh at my lack of ability fix bicycles, another because I didn't tackle hard enough in rugby and...
Want to know my deepest fear?
Or my Christian testimony?
Why I'm a semi proud Australian?
Why I feel guilty for not helping the poor?
Why I'm not exactly rich anymore?
Why I love my Protestant sibling?
Why I'm one of the lucky ones?
Why I didn't enjoy Church today?
Why I spend so much time here?
Paul: What! How the Hell did you get in ?
Nemesis: Well, fortunately God's love is broader than yours.
Paul: But you were an argumentative, opinionated bully, who never took interest in anyone but himself.
Nemesis: I was only like that around you. Other people found me quite humble.
Paul: And...
Just kidding.That is the first step towards insanity.
I'm a forum junkie. Just because I post on a Christian Forum, doesn't make me any better than any other forum junkie on any other forum on the Net.
It is important to keep this in mind. I am just addicted to social networking and the...
The people you admire when you are young, put on a pedestal, turn out to be imperfect. One day you realise they are just human beings. That the unquestioning adulation you had for them was a mistake. You weren't smart enough to see through them. Not enough maturity.
Suddenly you go the other...
A few years ago I worked in a Nursing Home for the severely disabled. I only lasted about 3 months.
My job with colleagues was to bathe, shower, feed, attend to toileting needs, clothe, wheel around, get in and out of bed, and so on. It was a job I was neither skilled at nor enjoyed, to be...
I like relationships where you can have fights but still recover. You may have said words in the heat of the moment that you regret. But actually it is good to have that freedom to be angry in the heat of the moment, without the other taking it personally. I called a work colleague a "grumpy old...
Those priests and preachers who write homilies and sermons. They need to find a fresh way of saying the same thing. Otherwise we all fall asleep.
Of course their enthusiasm or delivery is important.
But I mean fresh vocab. and new insights. Interesting analogies. This is such an important area I...
I think God wants us to be tough and soft.
Tough enough to bounce back each day from challenges and setbacks.
Soft enough to notice another's pain.
Tough enough to not take things personally
Yet soft enough not to say an insensitive thing
Tough enough to find an extra effort
But soft enough not...
When we are in our twenties we feel immortal. There is no hint of death. I was a typically unhinged secular youth, looking for satisfaction in all its forms. My philosophy was: squeeze as much fun, as you can out of life, before you die. God is kinda boring, a party pooper.
I was blissfully...
I view my future with trepidation. 2017 is likely to be my toughest financially. My savings are running out. I could look at this year as an opportunity for growth for a better relationship with God, to become a better person. But part of me feels that is all hollow. Sounds good but idealistic...
You could say I'm wasting time right now, writing this blog. Ok fair enough. I think my purpose in writing is to get past those dumb superficial thoughts that get in the way. And get to the gems. The golden thoughts. Ones not worn out by rumination.
I am capable of loving others. Trouble is I...
I'm having a party tomorrow night. Everyone is invited. Everyone who has dwelt in my head for the past month. Past and present. Deceased or alive.
Past workplaces, childhood, high school friends, parents, family, neighbours, strangers in bars, shop assistants, fellow travellers, celebs, novel...
Are you bored right now? Don't be. Because time is running out. Most of us don't realise until it is too late. Boredom is a luxury. If you are ever stuck in a dull moment, try to connect to the divine within. Do it before "the hour of our death, amen".
I can see now my parents life was oh so...
The monster behind the wheel enters a main road. Speed limit says 70km. Not a km slow or fast. Exactly 70km an hour. How dare that guy cut in! Hey man, of all the nerve! Why cant everyone drive like me? Hang on now look that at this totoise. Let's see. Uh! Woman driver. Wouldn't you know it! And...