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I don't mean to be offensive, but do you know how and what it means to be saved?
This is getting to long to respond to so I'll put an abridged version.
I don't mean to be offensive, but do you know how and what it means to be saved?Apparently I don't. Right now I can't worry about this stuff its giving me a headache, im very depressed today, I have to take care of my grandma I am not going to worry about my feelings right now as taking care of my grandma is important right now.
Yeah, our exchange is getting rather...expansive.
Yes, taking care of your grandma is important. But I think you're using her as an excuse to dodge a discussion that could actually help you. I didn't write all that I did because I had nothing better to do. I wrote to you because the things I shared with you touch on the foundation of your relationship with God. If the foundation is properly laid, what is built upon it will be stable and strong.
It seems pretty clear to me that the devil has some strongholds in your life. He has been able to establish these strongholds in your mind and heart, I believe, in large part because you don't have a clear grasp of the basic truths of being a disciple of Christ. In fact, I'm not sure you understand what salvation is, how it is obtained, and what salvation does to you spiritually. If you are ignorant of these things, however, it is going to be quite impossible to walk with God and experience the benefits of doing so.
I'm willing to talk with you and help you get things straight but it seems that you just want God to give you an instant make-over and free you from all that troubles you. This isn't going to happen. God uses struggle and trouble to refine, teach and strengthen us. Instead of removing the storms, He walks us through them. He's waiting to begin this process with you, but despite all your proclamations of wanting things to be different, you are still resisting His way.
I have met so many people on this site who are in despair and desperate for change. Unfortunately, when I talk with them about how to get free of the darkness they're in, they shrink back. They want sympathy and an easy way out, not the truth. They don't want to become lovers of God and students of His Word; they just want Him to erase all their problems in an instant. But God's help is found in knowing and loving Him. God helps us by giving us of Himself. So anyone who is coming to God for aid is, whether they realize it or not, asking to go deeper with Him.
I have noticed too that many of the people who come to this site for spiritual advice and help have grown preoccupied with their unhappiness. Oh, they protest and complain about how miserable they are, but when they are presented with a way out, they simply respond with another description of how terrible their life is. They have become so preoccupied with their misery, it has so filled their vision, that they can see nothing else - not even the way out. This is how we all are, though. The more we focus on a particular thing, the more of our mind and heart it obtains. This is why it is so vital for those who want to be free of the darkness to look away from it to the light of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Selah.
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