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But it would be worth it just to see the M & M guy's face being pulled through an internet cable!
Yuck. Now you're doing the condemning.
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But it would be worth it just to see the M & M guy's face being pulled through an internet cable!
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I had a question I had asked you, and I even told you that you didn't have to answer it if it was too personal a question. You even asked me why I had hoped you would answer it, and I told you why.
Are you going to answer my question ?
that won't be necessary, I'm good with the derailing. . . this topic has been done to death as it is.
that won't be necessary, I'm good with the derailing. . . this topic has been done to death as it is.
Nothing lasts forever but God and His Kingdom, therefore lasting satisfaction and fulfillment can only be found in Him & His Royal Realm !
I've heard it said that every thread is begun with the idea of trolling in mind lol ...This thread isn't worth this many posts. There have been good ones, but this whole thing seemed to be someone's attempt to find people to agree with him and make anyone look stupid who dared to disagree.
I've heard it said that every thread is begun with the idea of trolling in mind lol ...
I assert that ANYONE, be it a spouse or whoever, with whom we have a relationship, has of course their own personal needs and desires, some of which they will look to us to fulfill. The problem is, their needs and desires will often differ from what God needs/wants from us at particular times. And because our flesh seeks to please the people in our lives more than it does God (after all, THEY are the ones we must face, or so it only seems at the time), we who have intimate relationships will more often fail God than if not so involved.
Bottom line: by remaining single and being without children, we have that many fewer people in our lives who we will from time to time choose to please over God. But of course since God is always testing us, always trying to bring to the surface those remaining idols of our heart, deficiencies of our soul, He will bring others besides spouse and children into our journey, to see who we will please, who we will serve.
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I think the one possible exception to that could be adoption of orphans. If a couple really, really wants children, adoption presents a very reasonable alternative....
As example, I knew an extremely anointed worship leader, a single woman upon whom the Hand of God definitely rested, but her clock was ticking, she adopted an orphan, and her ministry--not to say at all in condemning judgment but strictly objectively--today is a very small fragment of what it had been and what it could've been.
BIG amen. [It's all about motive.]....
I think it depends on her motives. It's so hard to know sometimes.
Church attendance was not a factor. I was attempting to be as ambiguous as possible out of respect. I didn't even personally know her. It was something God used to teach me during my prep for ministry....I'm not so sure that dwindling church attendance is necessarily a sign that she did something wrong, though....