Wow, folks. Christian Forums is one heckava large mission field and meeting place for mutual edification, huh?

I've been here for close to 23 years. It is pretty active today, but nothing like the 2000s. The advent of social media has taken its toll.
Lots of old friends have come and gone. I did a stint as a mod around 2004-2005. My join date is June 2002. It was earlier, but they had some sort of database crash in 2002, and I had to create a new profile to get back on. I think the original date was Feb 2002.

Boy I've been on the internet since I was 13 and I had no clue there were Christian forums! I just found this site this year (2025)
Yes I believe it's what you say!
Hi I'm from Texas, I'm protestant, recovered addict, from a large family, married to a missionary, waiting on children from God.
Blessings!

Thanks! I'm from the Hill Country. Ironically, I married a missionary from Poland. His folks are there to minister and advocate for the gospel (non-denominational), as Poland is primarily Catholic. My husband is 3/4 polish by blood, and his dad is from there. Raised Catholic, escaped under persecution, came to America, met his wife, who was raised atheist as a daughter of a Polish immigrant, and they settled in Poland.
They're all missionaries, the parents are licensed with Commission to Every Nation. Now I've been around the world and back - and have told my story in Europe! You know, my husband's been all around the world, but he sure is bitter about God. I wish I knew how to help. Old hurts he cannot get over, and I try my best to be a good wife.
I'm looking forward to children. My whole family is Christian. My mom was raised Southern Baptist, my dad wasn't raised anything but regular American (church is sometimes what we do, because it just is), and he found Jesus after Vietnam. He's now a licensed minister, and we've switched from Baptist to Pentecostal, of all things! I don't honestly know why denominations have to nit-pick, and I feel most comfortable in a Baptist church, but loving Jesus is all I can see! Sometimes I wonder why I'm not Catholic, but I couldn't do the Mary/Saints...I've tried but it didn't feel right.
You know, meeting people from all types, all races, all nations, all demographics and cultures....it's incredibly interesting to see how diverse God's love and Jesus's church really is...I've met the famous Psalm23 Europe writer/singer...two famous Polish Christian bands...a woman who never knew Jesus till 60 and I witnessed her confession! I've seen 3 year olds hungry for more and more about Jesus, begging to be taught how to pray the sinner's prayer. Hearing worship in other languages, I still pour tears at the beauty of Our Lord and His sacrifice. My dad challenged me recently to see the Last Temptation of Christ, which he said some people don't like, because it shows what if Jesus really pondered living a regular life and not dying for us? It was interesting.
Not having to work for the last decade (I used to be in technology, but...now I craft children's/women's things for a living at home small business), I'm pondering going back out and getting an education and a degree....I cannot think of what I would do that would please The Lord!!
I think technology could be dangerous, considering medicine and AI, etc, but...so many professions do not give Christians the full room to be open about their beliefs anyway, it's daunting to say the least. Thanks for the hearty welcome, and may God bless and keep you always! (We *Know He does)

....... endless something... no resolution.... endless repetition in vanity mostly....

a few exceptions as you noted for specific prayer...

Joseph G said:

Realized after a while that 99% of the posts were just endless

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Oh believe me, buddy, as a young person on the internet, I got up to such horrible and UnGodly mischief. It's a shame we shove it in our children's faces (I don't have any, but...my sisters do), and I definitely regret not keeping myself holy when it came to "the web". "Come into my parlour, said the spider to the fly..."