Follow Me

[Dream]

Jesus's invitation is simple: Follow Me.

We are the ones who complicate matters. We worry too much about where to go, what to do, who to see... Just accept Jesus's invitation and allow Him to lead you where He wants you to go.

 

[Filia Mariae]

Jesus's invitation is simple: Follow Me.

We are the ones who complicate matters. We worry too much about where to go, what to do, who to see... Just accept Jesus's invitation and allow Him to lead you where He wants you to go.

Amen.

 

[ukok]

We sang the hymn, "Follow me" at Mass this morning

I think that following Jesus is better than not following Jesus, but I disagree with your sentiment...for me personally if I hadn't got 'complicated', I wouldn't have researched Catholicism, and i'd probably still be protestant.

God Bless.

 

[Dream]

I think that following Jesus is better than not following Jesus, but I disagree with your sentiment...for me personally if I hadn't got 'complicated', I wouldn't have researched Catholicism, and i'd probably still be protestant.

Not true. Your desire to research Catholicism was simply you accepting God's invitation. All you did was follow Him, and He led to the Catholic Church.

Simple.

 

[ukok]

Not true. Your desire to research Catholicism was simply you accepting God's invitation. All you did was follow Him, and He led to the Catholic Church.

Simple.

Yes.

and no

 

[Jesus'TroublesomeAngel]

I accepted God decades ago and I am up to my eyeballs in misery despite my best efforts.
If it were as simple as "follwing Him" there'd be a lot of at peace people here but a lot are probably just as sad or ill if not worse off than I am.

 

[Dream]

Yes.

and no

Ukok, in the Gospel today Peter, Andrew, James, and John accepted Jesus's invitation. They didn't ask Him "where are we going?" "what are we doing?" "when will we get there?" They just followed Jesus, which is what He invites us to do.

That doesn't mean that there was no complicated matters. After all, they had to listen and comprehend everything that Jesus said and did. That wasn't a simple task, but accepting Jesus's invitation was.

I'm not saying we shouldn't try to comprehend Christianity or Catholicism, I'm saying that Jesus will lead us. All we need to do is follow Him. Accept His invitation and He will guide us in the right direction.

 

[ukok]

Ukok, in the Gospel today Peter, Andrew, James, and John accepted Jesus's invitation. They didn't ask Him "where are we going?" "what are we doing?" "when will we get there?" They just followed Jesus, which is what He invites us to do.

That doesn't mean that there was no complicated matters. After all, they had to listen and comprehend everything that Jesus said and did. That wasn't a simple task, but accepting Jesus's invitation was.

I'm not saying we shouldn't try to comprehend Christianity or Catholicism, I'm saying that Jesus will lead us. All we need to do is follow Him. Accept His invitation and He will guide us in the right direction.

I went to Mass today and i think i understand what was read (as well as ordinary mortals can)...i already stated that to follow Jesus is better than not...but are you seriously telling me that all who claim to 'follow Jesus' (i have lived in a cult and we believed that we were too!) actually are ?

God Bless.

 

[Dream]

I accepted God decades ago and I am up to my eyeballs in misery despite my best efforts.
If it were as simple as "follwing Him" there'd be a lot of at peace people here but a lot are probably just as sad or ill if not worse off than I am.

Hey, nobody said that it would be easy. All of Jesus's apostles that accepted His invitation ended up being killed. (Except for John who was exiled). This was not an easy task.

But Jesus's invitation is simple: Follow Me.

Jesus'TroublesomeAngel, trust your life to the Lord. Accept the path that He has laid out in front of you.

 

[Dream]

...but are you seriously telling me that all who claim to 'follow Jesus' (i have lived in a cult and we believed that we were too!) actually are ?

Absolutely not. Read Matthew 21:28-32.

I think you're making this thread more complicated than it was intended to be.

 

[Jesus'TroublesomeAngel]

So I have to accept that I will never have rest, never be happy, always be lonely and always be unattractive and sad.

Gee what a great life. I would have thought there'd be at least a bit of let-up. I don't recall The Bible saying that if we follow Christ our lives will be full of darkness and nasty things.

In fact if I recall, if we keep His commandments we're supposed to get what we want and have joy in abundance.

Well where's the joy? Where's the Love? If we reap what we sow, then why is it when I'm friendly I still don't make friends? Tell me that if the word of God is infallible, then why hasn't any of it come off for me?

I'm all ears.

 

[ukok]

Absolutely not. Read Matthew 21:28-32.

I think you're making this thread more complicated than it was intended to be.

really ?...then i'll bow out gracefully

God Bless.

 

[Dream]

So I have to accept that I will never have rest, never be happy, always be lonely and always be unattractive and sad.

Gee what a great life. I would have thought there'd be at least a bit of let-up. I don't recall The Bible saying that if we follow Christ our lives will be full of darkness and nasty things.

In fact if I recall, if we keep His commandments we're supposed to get what we want and have joy in abundance.

Well where's the joy? Where's the Love? If we reap what we sow, then why is it when I'm friendly I still don't make friends? Tell me that if the word of God is infallible, then why hasn't any of it come off for me?

I'm all ears.

I think you're spending too much time and energy worrying about earthly pleasures. Read Matthew 5:3-12.

"Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. "

I know it's not easy since Heaven seems so distant, but we must learn to accept our path Jesus has laid out before us.

To be honest, I'm dealing with a lot of the same problems. I'm lonely, distressed, and unattractive. It's not easy spending Friday nights sitting at my computer. It's not easy eating meals at a table by myself when I see everybody else sitting together and enjoying eachothers company. It's not easy not having a significant other, and more than likely never having one.

But I'm trying to accept it. If this is how God wants me to live my life, than so be it.

 

[Dream]

really ?...then i'll bow out gracefully

No, no, no! I didn't mean that in a bad way.

This thread was just supposed to be a reminder of Jesus's invitation. Just a reminder that we should entrust our lives to the Lord.

I'm not judging you, ukok. The fact is, you're a much better Catholic than I am. I look up to people like you.

 

[Jesus'TroublesomeAngel]

I'm not focused on earthly pleasures I've even asked God to take my life and make my family forget about me so I can do good work from Heaven where I might actually be needed because I sure as hell aren't needed down here and have no joy whatsover here. I hate it here what a horrible world to live in. What kid of Father lets His children loose in the devils' playground?

 

[Dream]

I'm not focused on earthly pleasures I've even asked God to take my life and make my family forget about me so I can do good work from Heaven where I might actually be needed because I sure as hell aren't needed down here and have no joy whatsover here. I hate it here what a horrible world to live in. What kid of Father lets His children loose in the devils' playground?

Jesus'TroublesomeAngel, I'm not sure what you're looking for. Nobody has succesfuly been able to answer the question of why God allows suffering on Earth. Some people have more suffering than others. Nobody knows why.

But we do know that God Himself came down on this Earth and suffered far worse than most of us. We do know that the apostles that Jesus called upon were persecuted and killed for their beliefs. Why? I couldn't tell you. But that's the way things are. We have to trust that God has a reason for allowing us to suffer and allowing evil.

 

[Jesus'TroublesomeAngel]

I trust He's a reason. I can't handle the pain though anymore. If He has his reasons good luck to Him.

 

[Epiphanygirl]

So I have to accept that I will never have rest, never be happy, always be lonely and always be unattractive and sad.

Gee what a great life. I would have thought there'd be at least a bit of let-up. I don't recall The Bible saying that if we follow Christ our lives will be full of darkness and nasty things.

In fact if I recall, if we keep His commandments we're supposed to get what we want and have joy in abundance.

Well where's the joy? Where's the Love? If we reap what we sow, then why is it when I'm friendly I still don't make friends? Tell me that if the word of God is infallible, then why hasn't any of it come off for me?

I'm all ears.

Whew!
I'm gonna try my best with this, I've posted to you in the past about your illness.
First off, I highly reccomend that you read the book of Job, it puts things into perspective when we are feeling sorry for ourselves, and yes, that is what you are doing. How do I know? Because I'm dealing with the same thing you are, along with many other medical problems.
I became very ill and bedridden at the age of 25, not just with CFIDS, but with other painful medical conditions. I was literally in bed for 4 years. You need to quit asking yourself "Why"? and just accept and deal with what you have to the very best of your abilities.
I do not wish to to sound harsh, but you must understand "how" to live in Christ through good and bad times, your illness is not a punishment, others would gladly trade places with you(not to make light of how serious an illness you have, but others are far worse)
May I ask what you are thankful to God for? Do you thank God and praise Him for all He is doing for you now? Right now it sounds like you are going through a depression, for which you really need to seek counsiling or join an online support group with others who are dealing with the same thing.
I will continue to pray for you, but please seek council with those in your area that can help you.

 

[Letalis]

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