What's on your mind?

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

Thanks for the encouragement, needed to hear it. Eternal rewards is something I need to focus on more than blessings in this life, need to work to change my mindset I believe. While I believe there's both, I have been overly focused on this life lately - my future mainly. I'll have to work on that... and work on focusing on the things that truly matter.stuff. Even at church I get bombarded with these sort of things when socializing. Such empty things...

Earning eternal rewards is nothing difficult. It's based on what you are capable of. Just think of the Widow and her pitiful donation that caused Jesus to praise her over others. Think of the parable where the two talent man doubling his talents got the same reward as the five talent man who also doubled his.

You can start with the link in my signature. Each click might only generate a penny each day but it does add up over time and God can see it as being more worthy of reward than someone like Bill Gate giving away both our entire net worth to AIDS research.

We just get so bombarded by the world and even worldly minded Christians about "success" in this life and stuff. Even at church I get bombarded with these sort of things when socializing. Such empty things...

I hear you. For the longest time I had wishful thinking that God could let me live out my life a second time through some hyper-realistic simulation or vision with a few changes. I would have had all my health problems gone, have my family changed to be more stable, and give myself extreme talent in art, music, engineering, fighting, and foreign languages. I would relive my life knowing what I know now and live it drastically different, even for the worse. I understand now that some of the things I planned on doing goes against Jesus's teachings so now I don't expect such a chance.

Looking at the situation in Syria and North Korea, I'd say soon enough none of the things in the world will matter anymore. Bill Gate's money will only be good for wiping your butt. Kim Kardashian's popularity will only be as good as having dozens of friends on Facebook you never talk to. Vladimir Putin's power will only be good as looking back at your high school days as the captain of the football team with nostalgia as you finish your can of beer that further increases your beer gut and then going to work at Wal-Mart.

 

[RayofSun]

Guys! Today I was offered the job that I interviewed for last week!

Spoiler: longer excited rambles

My principal was interviewing other candidates all last week. She was gone for so many days I was actually pretty worried because of how many other people she decided to interview and had short listed. There were even a few other teachers who are currently working at our school who are also on terms. Soooo didn't quite expect it. *giant sigh of relief*

Now, let the work and preparation begin...

 

[CodyFaith]

Guys! Today I was offered the job that I interviewed for last week!

Spoiler: longer excited rambles

My principal was interviewing other candidates all last week. She was gone for so many days I was actually pretty worried because of how many other people she decided to interview and had short listed. There were even a few other teachers who are currently working at our school who are also on terms. Soooo didn't quite expect it. *giant sigh of relief*

Now, let the work and preparation begin...

Congrats Ray Happy for ya.

 

[Swan7]

Everyone, I ask that you please pray for me, for I have sinned greatly today, in a manner not befitting a knight at all in my own eyes, and I doubt it was befitting in God's eyes, either. I will be okay, for I know that the Lord forgives me even now, because He is that good, but still, the fight to live as a believer in Christ and child of the coming Kingdom of Heaven feels like too hard a struggle, sometimes.

We aren't perfect and we will always need God. I've had to ask for forgiveness today too. My anger is getting the better of me lately....

@CodyFaith Don't be discouraged. If it is in His plan for you or it is the desire of your heart, He will answer. He led me to Toro, after all! What is impossible for us is never impossible for God!

 

[Swan7]

Oh, and Congrats to Ray! yay!!

 

[RayofSun]

Oh, and Congrats to Ray! yay!!

Congrats Ray Happy for ya.

Thank you!

I didn't let myself think about it all day, even though I was told this morning. And so now that I've come home and my brain has thawed out from the day... it just hit me!

But... now looking back I see you all were having a rather important conversation. Sooo please continue. Thank you for letting me pop in

 

[Toro]

We aren't perfect and we will always need God. I've had to ask for forgiveness today too. My anger is getting the better of me lately....

@CodyFaith Don't be discouraged. If it is in His plan for you or it is the desire of your heart, He will answer. He led me to Toro, after all! What is impossible for us is never impossible for God!

*Jaws theme*

Spoiler

The bright side is, now if I beat him half to death with his own dog, i get to do it twice

 

[kittysbecute]

Thanks for the encouragement, needed to hear it. Eternal rewards is something I need to focus on more than blessings in this life, need to work to change my mindset I believe. While I believe there's both, I have been overly focused on this life lately - my future mainly. I'll have to work on that... and work on focusing on the things that truly matter.
We just get so bombarded by the world and even worldly minded Christians about "success" in this life and stuff. Even at church I get bombarded with these sort of things when socializing. Such empty things...

That's what I'm working on too... I get so discouraged when I look at things based on worldly "success", innocent comments from others even in church can hurt because of that perspective, but in the end that isn't actually what is important in life. How God sees us is far more important than how anyone else sees us, and even how we see ourselves. He has a plan much better than we or anyone else can plan. That does include our present. Knowing that God cares for us like no one else means we can trust Him and his plan, and his timing.

Guys! Today I was offered the job that I interviewed for last week!

 

[Swan7]

Yep, I have to agree with the "worldly success" thing, too. My sister has been a great contributor of such things of late, even though I keep telling her that God isn't leading me to that sort of thing. Waiting on His time is very hard to do.

 

[Toro]

 

[CodyFaith]

Thank you!

I didn't let myself think about it all day, even though I was told this morning. And so now that I've come home and my brain has thawed out from the day... it just hit me!

But... now looking back I see you all were having a rather important conversation. Sooo please continue. Thank you for letting me pop in

Nonono, yours is just as important. I'm glad you shared. God watched over all our affairs and there's many forms of blessings - favor it seems is one He's given you. Which is great and I hope/pray your full potential is given in this new position.

 

[GoodLightSJ]

Yesterday, I was talking about how I don't eat much sugar. Which is true (although I do drink a bit, due to my iced coffee habit)!

Today, I've eaten multiple slices of cake, had ice cream (only a little, though!) twice, ate some frozen fruit, and topped it off with a flavored rice krispies treat, sugar-wise.

 

[Citanul]

Mediterranean? Italy or Greece?

South Africa More specifically - Hout Bay (Cape Town)

 

[SarahsKnight]

He led me to Toro, after all! What is impossible for us is never impossible for God!

You'lllllll be jeeeeealoooousssss when you see the lovely girl who snatches me up after you, Sheeeeenaaaaaaaa. (j/k)

(Can't you just picture that sentence being said in the voice of an annoying high-pitched pre-schooler?)

Actually you probably won't ever know. At this rate this entire singles community won't be even be around anymore by the time my mystery Princess arrives. And I, Sarah's Knight of all people, shall be but an old man. I eventually decided, well, even if I am living alone or my wife is already departed when I am elderly, there's always that comfy rocking chair and the few gaming consoles I managed to keep in good enough condition throughout the years to keep me company. Maybe a few pints of orchard apple whiskey, too?

 

[ReesePiece23]

Everyone, I ask that you please pray for me, for I have sinned greatly today, in a manner not befitting a knight at all in my own eyes, and I doubt it was befitting in God's eyes, either. I will be okay, for I know that the Lord forgives me even now, because He is that good, but still, the fight to live as a believer in Christ and child of the coming Kingdom of Heaven feels like too hard a struggle, sometimes.

Next to me, you're looking pretty good. My laundry list is so overwhelming stacked that if I were to repent each sin starting from now, and did nothing else, I'd be here until July.

Be honest and own your crap, but make a solid contingency plan to improve. It's all you can do. You can't go back now, so beating yourself up will achieve absolutely nothing. If anything it'll pull you further into the mire. (Just what the enemy wants.)

God does not withhold His plan for you - or the joy that He has in store, just because you have fallen short. He will only ever want you to flourish and move progressively forward. The guilt derived from sin is not from God. It's a ploy by the enemy for you to do exactly what you are doing to yourself now. He wants you to feel impossibly helpless, in the hope that you find a chink in God's armoury.

It's all just one big game of chess where the devil is concerned. But it's not you against him. It's you and God against him, in a two on one handicap match.

Had to get a WWE reference in there somewhere. Sorry...

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

Am I though? I'm turning 25 in a month with no stable career, I'll have to go back to school for a couple of years in order gain a good career (if I can even handle the stress from school due to my mental disorder and such).
Nobody wants to date me due to my 1)baggage like mental disorder 2)lack of finances 3)criminal past and lack of "success" in life.
So finding someone to even date is near impossible, let alone someone to eventually marry. And it's not like these things are going away any time soon.

I've been patient for a year now... improved myself in all sorts of ways (not for women's sake,. but for my own sake and for God's sake) - yet not even one date... and I've been searching hard.

I live with a constant shame from my past and a constant embarrassment from my present. Life's so incredibly hard.... I honestly don't understand how I got here... things flowed so well when I was younger, then one morning I literally woke up with psychosis and my life hasn't been the same since. That was 7/8 years ago.
I ask myself - did I do something to deserve all this, or is it something that just "happened"? Whatever the answer is, I just wish this reality was different.... I had so much going for me in life. I feel cursed.

If I could remain single, I would. But Paul writes not everyone is able to remain single... and that it's actually good for people like me to marry. I've known for a while I'm not one of those people that can stay single. I've been single for many years and it's really, really sucked for me.

So I'm sort of stuck, because Paul writes that it's good for people like me to marry, yet I can't even find someone to date...

Yes being 25 is still a pup.

This is going to sound urgh, but God has his reason and timing and sometimes we need to work on ourselves, a year isn't that long cody though it feels like a life time too you.

why don't you contrasted on god, your studies and your "moving plans." You are doing better than you think you are.

I would look at the OT and when god took Israelis, we today can have a wilderness and have a promise land that god has for it, but it's believing in it and believing in god for it, i think it depends on how we do in the wilderness, as you see with some of them in the OT. Remember Paul talks about us being Abraham seed, we inheritance what god promise Abraham


I've been single for 3 years, and it doesn't look like its going to change soon, so i've molded into it and using my time to grow with god because this is where he wants me to be and no moaning, and stamping my feet is going to change that, and i won't let the enemy steal my joy because it does me no good!!

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

Everyone, I ask that you please pray for me, for I have sinned greatly today, in a manner not befitting a knight at all in my own eyes, and I doubt it was befitting in God's eyes, either. I will be okay, for I know that the Lord forgives me even now, because He is that good, but still, the fight to live as a believer in Christ and child of the coming Kingdom of Heaven feels like too hard a struggle, sometimes.

Praying for you Sarahsknight. we all can find things hard and a struggle, but coming on here and praying really will make a differences and putting your hands up and owning it.

 

[GoodLightSJ]

I'm elderly (32).

 

[TheGirlOnFire]

Same here @TheGoodLight

Ooooohhh so this morning went out to my car and it was dead like so dead the car wouldn't unlock, lucky one of the kids had left the window opened so managed to get in to open the bonnet, i had a battery pack but it just didn't have a enough juice, so i stood over the car with my hands out and prayed over the car, bascially wasn't going to let this steal my joy, that if there is a reason its for my good or god will turn it for my god, and god will help me get the car running..... AND this old man about in 70s with a wee dog appeared and helped me he even had jump leads.... he stopped a car and helped me out it was awesome.... god is so good

 

[kittysbecute]

Same here @TheGoodLight

Ooooohhh so this morning went out to my car and it was dead like so dead the car wouldn't unlock, lucky one of the kids had left the window opened so managed to get in to open the bonnet, i had a battery pack but it just didn't have a enough juice, so i stood over the car with my hands out and prayed over the car, bascially wasn't going to let this steal my joy, that if there is a reason its for my good or god will turn it for my god, and god will help me get the car running..... AND this old man about in 70s with a wee dog appeared and helped me he even had jump leads.... he stopped a car and helped me out it was awesome.... god is so good

The old man walking his dog had jump cables with him? :o
It is awesome how helpful strangers are sometimes when cars break down.