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I thought that i should add as well in regards to Him taking all of our deaths as well:
10 years ago i developed scizophrenia, but as i have told doctors if Moses was in today's time and stated that he had went on top of the mountain where God is and heard His voice from a burning bush...well i wonder what sort of label you would have given him, so needless to say my faith knows that for whatever reason i can see and hear the spiritual realm. Now when this occurred it started with several visions of the Lord on the cross as God spoke to me in my spirit about it. And then unfortunately the enemy came and i say unfortunately not that he came but that he is the enemy, you will understand in a moment. As time passed God had made my heart of stone so tender that i wept and grieved in my spirit for the enemy in so much that one day i took it upon myself (prideful i know now but didn't mean it as such) but i took it upon myself to give up not just my life but my gift of eternal life from the Lord as a sacrifice so that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit would be forgiven. So one afternoon sitting in the middle of a pasture i took 2800 mg of zoloft and 540 mg of a nerve pill called inderal. As i sat there waiting i watched the sky and the cattle grazing and after about ten minutes i thought well i guess this isn't going to happen so made my way back to the car and then drove to the nearest gas station fear now setting in and thoughts of perhaps i don't want to do this after all. When i walked down the second of three aisles to go to the bathroom to purge myself i noticed one man in the middle of the first aisle and a second man at the beginning of the first and then the cashier behind the glass filling out paperwork.
And just when i was halfway down the second aisle i heard clearly "Straight to the heart", and that is when God took me..... Where He took me and understand it was as if i was there to witness i could not respond in any way, but it was a place that was a darkness in which NO LIGHT had ever been, and it was void, and it was nothingness. I felt as though it was eternal as well, and then God gave me the understanding that "I" no longer existed...and i say gave me because i truly no longer existed and that is when He thankfully brought me back. When i returned i was shaking as if coming out of a seizure, and i had vomited all over myself and around me. I shakily got onto my feet and it was then that the man in the first aisle got startled for i guess i had been like a jack in the box, and it was then i heard very clearly from the enemy "I can't believe she did it!". I looked then confused and found that although i felt as i had been in that place for at least a half an hour to 45 minutes looking now everyone was in the exact same position as if only a second occurred. So i was convinced then that that "place" which i am certain now was the second death was eternal, and yet He was there and brought me back... and for His incredible mercy, grace, forgiveness, and love i will be forever grateful, and i cannot wait until Jesus comes back so that i may be eternally in His presence praising and worshipping Him to show that gratitude. Now do not trouble yourselves as to worry if i will ever try to place my hand to my own life again for I WILL NOT...for to me that would be as if to spit in His face for the gift He gave me to come back.
Now the reasons i did such a thing was A) to show the good Lord that i understood of His cross and how much i loved and appreciated Him and His cross. And B) So that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit would be forgiven not because i was necessarily a worthy sacrifice NO but so the Lord and God not in this age or the next, which i believe is the millenium reign of Jesus and the sealing of Satan for a thousand years (very different from this age is it not?). But at the end of that age when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is the Lord and then without so much as moving an inch they recieve their judgement from the Father as in fire that engulfs them from heaven above. And i was hopeful being a sinner, a partaker of that evil Spirit of Satan that where i was reborn and recieved all gifts that only He deserved and more such as mercy, forgiveness, and grace... I could not grab up the Lord's salvation and then turn to say but NOT for that creation Father when i was had been a part of it understand? So i hoped that my cross would be enough that they would consider forgiving the enemy and they would be reborn as well, for Satan will never be found in heaven and cast into the lake of fire and this is the second death. I know now though that there was no need for not only is He there in the second death but His being there shows me that He died not only in the physical body but the spirit as well for blasphemy of THE HOLY SPIRIT would require a spiritual sacrifice would it not? He is there..... so i hope dear brethren that we do as we were instructed and pray for our ENEMY for he is the persecutor, and love THINE ENEMY....for if you say that was referring to only man, i did not see that in the footnotes.... And i would encourage that Jesus is coming soon for where He is the beginning Abraham with his son Isaac (the sacrifice) He is the also the end, which is to say Abraham was the beginning of what God was going to show us with His Son, and please do not think ill of me when i say He is the end for i showed His Son at the end of what God was showing us with a spiritual sacrifice....Amen
 
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Yay my team that I picked won......
The Broncos defense was incredible! I really expected the Panthers to do better than they did. They basically blew it! Now Peyton Manning can retire in style. :cool:
 

zeroturbulence

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The Broncos defense was incredible! I really expected the Panthers to do better than they did. They basically blew it! Now Peyton Manning can retire in style. :cool:
Yes, and the cool thing is that it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy :) And one of the first things he did right after the win was give credit to God.

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hello, friends. it's a sunny monday morning!!

but i'm.so.tired!!!! yesterday was a busy but great day. my church family got to meet my sweetie :D after sunday school, we got as many youth gathered up to go to lunch. it was 20 of us, including adults. after lunch, my sweetie and i went to my house to relax and watch a movie before he headed back home. then, at sunday night service, i sang a song that someone requested to me last week. i also preached the sermon. it turned out well thanks to God. a few people came up to me after service to tell me they really enjoyed the message. praise God. :D
 

JesusLives

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The Broncos defense was incredible! I really expected the Panthers to do better than they did. They basically blew it! Now Peyton Manning can retire in style. :cool:
My thoughts exactly and let's hope he does just that and not hang on and go out with people saying he should have left now after this victory and a good run.
 

blue_ladybug

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I write this with a very sad, broken heart. We just got back from the vet's and Tequila has lost 5 pounds (not good) and has a fibrous tumor. What that means, I dunno. I only hope to God it isn't cancer. :( I lost Rusty to cancer. To think my baby may be dying of a disease that I myself survived from, truly breaks my heart. :mad:

The vet gave her a steroid injection that is good for 2-6 weeks. They want to do bloodwork, to find out exactly what's wrong with her, but the bloodwork costs $150, and I can't afford that! How the heck am I supposed to gather up money for that? :( They gave me some bland wet and dry food to give her, to get her vomit and diarrhea under control. It worked very well the last time she was on it. :) Hopefully it will work even better this time.


Please pray for a few things:

1.) This special prescription food she's on WILL make her stop vomiting and that her poop gets normal again. That's how she lost 5 pounds so quickly. Last May, she was 11 pounds and now she's only 6 pounds.

2.) That somehow I'll be able to afford the blood work needed to properly diagnose and treat her disease and it's symptoms.

3.) That the fibrous tumor she has IS NOT CANCER..

Thank you. Any and all prayers are greatly appreciated. :)

This constant bawling really sucks. It really really does. :/
 
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It comforts me to know that when it seems there's just not enough time for anything, there is always time for Jesus. :)

Last night I was stressing about an upcoming exam I have on Wednesday, and I was looking at my notes and the exam study guide. The exam covers a lot of material, and I know about 25% of it right now. I was like, "the only way I can do this is with God. There is no other way." So I prayed for God's help, and went to bed peaceful. This morning I woke up, I got on the bus, and started thinking about the exam, and I prayed again, laid it all down, and did my daily morning reading from the Daily Bread. Then the guy behind me on the bus struck up a conversation because he saw me reading and he reads the Daily Bread too (he has the app). And we started talking about school and work and the like. And he said, "stay focused; the Lord will help you." That was such a confirmation. It blessed me. I thought, God, You are so good! Thank You!


Anyway, so I'm off to an awesome start today. :) Have a great Monday everyone! <3
 
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I write this with a very sad, broken heart. We just got back from the vet's and Tequila has lost 5 pounds (not good) and has a fibrous tumor. What that means, I dunno. I only hope to God it isn't cancer. :( I lost Rusty to cancer. To think my baby may be dying of a disease that I myself survived from, truly breaks my heart. :mad:

The vet gave her a steroid injection that is good for 2-6 weeks. They want to do bloodwork, to find out exactly what's wrong with her, but the bloodwork costs $150, and I can't afford that! How the heck am I supposed to gather up money for that? :( They gave me some bland wet and dry food to give her, to get her vomit and diarrhea under control. It worked very well the last time she was on it. :) Hopefully it will work even better this time.


Please pray for a few things:

1.) This special prescription food she's on WILL make her stop vomiting and that her poop gets normal again. That's how she lost 5 pounds so quickly. Last May, she was 11 pounds and now she's only 6 pounds.

2.) That somehow I'll be able to afford the blood work needed to properly diagnose and treat her disease and it's symptoms.

3.) That the fibrous tumor she has IS NOT CANCER..

Thank you. Any and all prayers are greatly appreciated. :)

This constant bawling really sucks. It really really does. :/
I'm sorry about this, Blue. I will most definitely keep you and Tequila in my prayers. *hugs*
 
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shebamo

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I write this with a very sad, broken heart. We just got back from the vet's and Tequila has lost 5 pounds (not good) and has a fibrous tumor. What that means, I dunno. I only hope to God it isn't cancer. :( I lost Rusty to cancer. To think my baby may be dying of a disease that I myself survived from, truly breaks my heart. :mad:

The vet gave her a steroid injection that is good for 2-6 weeks. They want to do bloodwork, to find out exactly what's wrong with her, but the bloodwork costs $150, and I can't afford that! How the heck am I supposed to gather up money for that? :( They gave me some bland wet and dry food to give her, to get her vomit and diarrhea under control. It worked very well the last time she was on it. :) Hopefully it will work even better this time.


Please pray for a few things:

1.) This special prescription food she's on WILL make her stop vomiting and that her poop gets normal again. That's how she lost 5 pounds so quickly. Last May, she was 11 pounds and now she's only 6 pounds.

2.) That somehow I'll be able to afford the blood work needed to properly diagnose and treat her disease and it's symptoms.

3.) That the fibrous tumor she has IS NOT CANCER..

Thank you. Any and all prayers are greatly appreciated. :)

This constant bawling really sucks. It really really does. :/
Sorry for your sorrow. I've been down this road many times. But in previous posts I believe you mentioned your cat was 15, that = 75 in human years, she is sick she is starving. You always mention how hard it is on you cleaning up, you always mention how you can't afford the cost of caring for her. Do the right thing! Let her go. The money you just spent on trying to fix her could have gone towards letting her go. I am sure it will not cost more than the wasted trips you keep putting that cat through. The vets do not care. They will take you for all the $ you are foolish enough to give them. It's over call it a day! It might sound harsh to you but it is not about you it is about the cat. Have some mercy.
 
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I'm sorry about this, Blue. I will most definitely keep you and Tequila in my prayers. *hugs*
Joining my prayers with MM for you, blb, for comfort from God and peace and reassurance that our Good Shepherd has you both in His hand, and thanksgiving for the little ones.

I write this with a very sad, broken heart. We just got back from the vet's and Tequila has lost 5 pounds (not good) and has a fibrous tumor. What that means, I dunno. I only hope to God it isn't cancer. :( I lost Rusty to cancer. To think my baby may be dying of a disease that I myself survived from, truly breaks my heart. :mad:

The vet gave her a steroid injection that is good for 2-6 weeks. They want to do bloodwork, to find out exactly what's wrong with her, but the bloodwork costs $150, and I can't afford that! How the heck am I supposed to gather up money for that? :( They gave me some bland wet and dry food to give her, to get her vomit and diarrhea under control. It worked very well the last time she was on it. :) Hopefully it will work even better this time.


Please pray for a few things:

1.) This special prescription food she's on WILL make her stop vomiting and that her poop gets normal again. That's how she lost 5 pounds so quickly. Last May, she was 11 pounds and now she's only 6 pounds.

2.) That somehow I'll be able to afford the blood work needed to properly diagnose and treat her disease and it's symptoms.

3.) That the fibrous tumor she has IS NOT CANCER..

Thank you. Any and all prayers are greatly appreciated. :)

This constant bawling really sucks. It really really does. :/
My little budders went from a max of about 15 pounds to a very frail 7. The tears were like rain. I had one time when I got basic blood work for him, but it didn't reveal much...they needed to do more extensive work, plus scans. Would have been hundreds of dollars, even into thousands.

I had already spent hundreds, many vet visits, expensive food which he hated, to force feed him, medicines, and not knowing what I could to, feeling so helpless, and trying to decide between money from a bare minimum disability check, and the healthcare of my best friend was devastating.

I begged God to take him in his sleep! And I myself got no peace or comfort inside myself. And after it was over and I came home empty, I got assaulted by a neighbor dirtbag drug dealer and could have died when my head hit the concrete and nearly knocked me out. Sometimes I still wish I would have, and have been again feeling that way.

At the end, the vet said he was gone, but at the last second, I thought he was coming back, but she picked him up and took him to the fire, and the image of my little boy being cremated before he was fully gone still haunts me, and that I may have caused it to happen hurts so bad.

I can only hope the Lord was in there with him to keep him unharmed, like in the book of Daniel. I think that might be a way for God to show me my fate, because it took a year before I even tried coming to God for forgiveness, and then trying to reach out for friends when I came here 7 months ago.

But little by little it seems that everyone is being told by God to abandon me, because the loneliness I felt when I had to say goodbye to my buds has only grown worse, even the ppl I felt the closest with turned out to be an illusion and have abandoned me.

Even the more I write here, the more I realize it will probably be ignored anyway, and I mean no offense about that to anyone, it just probably means that God is telling ppl to forget about me anyway, like I had to abandon my little bud.

I feel like I should have sold everything I had and given the vet thousands if that's what it took to save him. The only answer I ever got is the same one I get all my life from everyone.......'we don't know what to tell you', just no one had any answers...even the vet would scratch her head and say this is a remarkable cat, but I don't know what more we can do.

She told me that I would never have a better friend, although I don't know if that was a blessing, or sealed my doom, because he was really my only friend, and even though I have had some aquaintences,
like on here, I don't really have any friends
that are in my life on a daily basis,
and I guess she was right in saying I never will.

And going to God was coming up empty with no peace,
and I had to make a decision, (the wrong one, as usual,
tho I see now I wasn't living for God and only
asking God for selfish matters, like 'OK, GOD, now I'M hurting,
so NOW I want help, instead of living for Him
when I should have for all those years before).
Too little, too late I guess.

I think maybe He used that cat to try to get to me thruout our life together, and when my thick head and hard heart couldn't be penetrated, then He's used the end of his life to show me my fate as a deserving punishment.

It's the only thing I can figure to explain being left abandoned and ignored by ppl who I thought, as christians, were supposed to grow in grace and love together....I guess they're only doing what God is telling them to do. I suppose even forgiveness, reconciliation and love has it's limits.

That's mainly why I'm praying for you, blb, because I want you to know, not only in private, but publicly, that even tho we may have not always seen eye to eye on everything in the past, I hold no animosity against you for anything, and take full responsibilty for the things I've said and done wrong, and I truly know what you're going through, I truly pray you get peace and comfort from God and the ppl in your life.

I do believe God rescued my cat in the end, and he's playing in a pasture somewhere now, happy in the way he could never be, being stuck with me for 14 years, and maybe God is preparing a new friend for the two of them to play together.

I pray your sadness about Tequila will quickly turn to joy, as you consider how much better it will be when there's no more tears or sickness, or pain in seeing your loved one suffer. God knows your heart, and how much you care for Tequila, and I'm sure He wants you to know how much He cares for you both.

For what it's worth, so do I, and will do anything you ask
to help you in any way I can, but I know my help isn't really worth much,
and I wish I could change that and be a more helpful person, but just like most ppl tell me they don't know how to help me, ... I guess I don't know how to help anyone either.

I am sorry, but I hope me not being a very good person doesn't mean you think I don't truly care, ... I do care, and am praying for the best for you and Tequila in Jesus' name. Please don't let my current situation be any reflection on God's goodness for you. Jesus loves you.
 

p_rehbein

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The Broncos defense was incredible! I really expected the Panthers to do better than they did. They basically blew it! Now Peyton Manning can retire in style. :cool:
My thoughts exactly..............I hope he makes the right choice to go out on top............

He and his father and Eli are talking about buying an NFL Team............that might be fun
 

blue_ladybug

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Sorry for your sorrow. I've been down this road many times. But in previous posts I believe you mentioned your cat was 15, that = 75 in human years, she is sick she is starving. You always mention how hard it is on you cleaning up, you always mention how you can't afford the cost of caring for her. Do the right thing! Let her go. The money you just spent on trying to fix her could have gone towards letting her go. I am sure it will not cost more than the wasted trips you keep putting that cat through. The vets do not care. They will take you for all the $ you are foolish enough to give them. It's over call it a day! It might sound harsh to you but it is not about you it is about the cat. Have some mercy.

Let me clarify some things for you. She is NOT "starving". She eats like a horse all the time. This is the FIRST trip I've taken with her to the vet since last year, when by doing what I'm doing for her now, she got better because her IBD IS treatable. It was only after she went off her special food and meds, that her symptoms returned and worsened again. Now that she's back on the meds again, her vomiting has lessened quite a bit from what it was before, and the food SHOULD help her diarrhea go back to normal.

As far as her being 15, well my sister had two cats who lived to be 22 and 23 years old. Except for her IBD, she is perfectly healthy, plays, acts and looks like a kitten. You'd never believe she's 15. I AM doing the right thing!! I'm trying to get her through the rest of winter, so that I can bury her in May when her refills run out. I can't dig up frozen ground right this minute, now can I? And I'm NOT having her cremated or stuck in a freezer 'til spring. IF the combo of steroids, meds and food are working by then, then she will start gaining weight back and be herself again.

I KNOW this isn't about me. It's entirely about doing what I can for the cat, until the weather allows me to do what needs to be done. And I don't appreciate you saying I don't have mercy. I have an abundance of mercy for this cat. I AM doing what's right for her, and will up until the time comes to say goodbye. Whether that be in May, or God willing, several more years from now.
The vets we have are excellent people, and they are aware that people can't afford some of the things they need for their pets. They ALWAYS ask me what I can afford, and tell me things I can try in lieu of certain things. They are NOT out to take my money, like you seem to think they are. So from now until May, I will give this "cocktail" of steroids, meds and prescription food, a chance to work their magic on my cat. :) At least she'll be getting some relief from the everyday vomiting and diarrhea that she's been doing lately. That's a GOOD thing. In fact, that's the ONLY things wrong with her.