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Recent content by Maremma

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    What is a wife to do?

    Please do not feel your husband wanting to study and pray alone for a while is "squirrely" or anything else wrong with it. This happens to me frequently when God wants me to learn or understand something particularly personal or deeper than what meets the eye. I hear the Lord best when I am...
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    Need some advice for debate

    I am sure you have read things online about the muslim faith. That was not in question. I would have to guess most people have since 9/11.That doesn't get to the HEART of the issues. It gives you tiny bits and pieces of what the writer wants to use for THEIR arguments. it may or may not be the...
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    Need some advice for debate

    I have read both the koran and the bible. The koran throughout does promote violence against any non-conformers "infidels" and side note disobedient wives are to be beaten even if they are islamic. There are no old and new testament to the Koran. So it is a mix of both "love" and "hate"...
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    Need some help

    Well I am glad to hear you say you are no longer angry at God but you still seem to have the wrong ideas. Going from one extreme to the other is only going to get you hurt too. You said that you feel it is not up to God it is up to you. No it is something that you and He do TOGETHER to be the...
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    Need some help

    When other people respond to you here the things you say back are what made me think that there is an underlying anger that causes you to be so defensive in your responses to them. For example someone simply made suggestions to you about mail order brides.They were just trying to help and...
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    Need some help

    Indeed, WHY don't the girls you like, "like you back"? What exactly is it that makes you say that? What is it about you that turns them away? I read through all these posts and feel an anger and a defensiveness about this situation coming from you. Is that true?
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    Do I fight for my marriage or Give in?

    Oh dear child do NOT fight to keep this. Adultery in any relationship is serious trouble. Add physical violence to that and you have a noose around your neck. Walk away from him and work on walking closer with the Lord. God is always faithful. God is always there. God is always looking out...
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    Not seeing Jesus when you die

    Hmm is it possible that all God's people that died BEFORE Christ came indeed were sleeping in wait (because no "unclean" thing can be in the presence of the Holy God) and once Christ came those after were then ABLE to be in the presence of God right from physical death because THEY were washed...
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    MOVED: I believe homosexuality is sin, but I still call myself gay

    Wow Kiddo, you sure are struggling here. Let me assure you of one thing, You are NOT gay.You were not "born" gay. You do not have some "hormonal imbalance" that is "making" you gay. What you are is oppressed by the spirit of homosexuality and you do NOT have to put up with it forever! It is...
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    How many cats can I adopt before it's sinful? 4? 19? 8?

    What human has made you concerned that your heart for needy animals is sinful? I suspect someone has come along (that doesn't care for cats or animals in general even) and put this idea in your head. You should be asking GOD how many needy animals would you like me to care for? Ask GOD to only...
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    your thoughts on thorn in the flesh

    Well Paul seems to simply tell us things that would constitute a "thorn in the flesh" Any number of things really. Physical illnesses, people insulting you,hardships, persecutions. Although he specifically says "glory in my infirmities" so I would certainly lean towards some form of physical...
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    Am I being too hard on myself?

    Oh sorry I also wanted to tell you about "retraining" a moved muscle or tendon also requires more patience and perseverance than other types of surgeries. That is not simply a matter of the tendon and muscle itself healing but ALSO a matter of the BRAIN learning to recognize the "new...
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    Am I being too hard on myself?

    Indeed I would say you are not patient enough! You need to first and foremost give the surgery site time heal. The swelling around the tendons needs to go down before they will be able to function properly and the risk of ripping the newly formed connections is always there if you push your...
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    'christian' cults

    I would think that doing your own in depth study on the Holy Spirit would not only help you to deal with this guy but would also be very uplifting to you personally. ANY in depth study in the bible has it's own rewards for anyone willing to put the effort into it!
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    broken and betrayed

    Well child I am so sorry you are suffering so much pain right now. It seems to me that the Lord is working your path out for you to get you to the life HE has in store for you. He seems to be systematically taking these "non-friends" (weeds)out of your life to make room for the wheat to grow...