The hardest part of being a christian (what's hardest for you?)
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The absolute number one hardest thing for me is the dating issue. I used to be an open relationship person before I was saved.....I desperately miss being that way because I truly got everything I wanted, had a lot of great relationships, and made some unforgettable memories. I don't want to be married, don't want to have children (I don't want to change that about me, it's just not who I am).....yet as a Christian what am I to do? I'm either forced into celibacy or marriage....and deep down I really don't want to live either way. Not because it's a lust issue, the sexual aspect of things I can live without..........but how deep of a level of emotional intimacy can you really expect when physical relations are entirely off the table?
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I get that. Don't want to be married... Don't have a problem with celibacy... But I do want emotional intimacy, as you say. And that comes with expectations that scare me. 
So I'm doomed!
So I'm doomed!
. People like us must be less than 1% of the population. Your the only person I've ever talked to that has the same "quandary" to deal with.
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I can get behind the whole "Enigma" thing...totes. Grace is an amazing artist. I only hope she follows through with waking before her future husband & painting his face up like some crazy character from a film. I mean srsly...how cool would that be to wake up like a different character everyday? lolz
Thank God I have my own artist who makes me smile like a goofball daily or I might get jealous. LOL
(umm yeah she paints the canvass of my heart...so take that,rewind it back...lol)
Thank God I have my own artist who makes me smile like a goofball daily or I might get jealous. LOL
(umm yeah she paints the canvass of my heart...so take that,rewind it back...lol)
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Google the word Love in the bible and see how many times the word Love has been repeated in the bible
He was tortured physically and psychologically to death FOR YOU!! has anyone scarifies that much for you since the beginning of your life up until this moment? I mean I still can't look at so many scenes at the Passion of Christ movie and it's JUST a movie, how much more this is in real life?? More than our minds could imagine.
He was tortured physically and psychologically to death FOR YOU!! has anyone scarifies that much for you since the beginning of your life up until this moment? I mean I still can't look at so many scenes at the Passion of Christ movie and it's JUST a movie, how much more this is in real life?? More than our minds could imagine.
The hardest thing for me is truly believing in the calls God has placed in my heart. One was spoken to me by Him in high school...the other about 7 years ago. When you are the only one who believes in it, it can be tiresome to be dismissed by other believers...but, you keep on keeping on, knowing He is faithful.
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God is capable of doing whatever He wishes whenever He wishes whether you signed that contract or not!! You signing that contract does not allow God to do anything cuz He can do it anyway. But He LOVES YOU. I suggest you too google how many times the word Love has been mentioned in the bible.
Psalm 10:13-15 says: 13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
Psalm 68:4-6 says: 4
Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,[a]
By His name YAH,
And rejoice before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
How come a Father like that cannot be a TRUE and ONLY Father?!
Psalm 10:13-15 says: 13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14 But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
Psalm 68:4-6 says: 4
Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
Extol Him who rides on the clouds,[a]
By His name YAH,
And rejoice before Him.
5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
How come a Father like that cannot be a TRUE and ONLY Father?!
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Read How to handle adversity for Dr. Charles Stanley. It changed my life in terms of trusting God during adversity. It starts by defining adversity then kinds of adversity then why we face adversity then the right and wrong approach in dealing with adversity. TRUST me, read the book
for me, the hardest thing has been trusting God....believing Him.
(personal illustration
many years ago, when our children were small, we went through a few years of deep financial troubles.
i'm ashamed to say i accused God of ignoring our plight. yet He was faithful!
time and again He provided work for my husband when it appeared there would be none.
He used the gifts of others to provide for our needs. (v-e-r-y humbling. )
we never went without food, clothing, a home, heat, etc. although there were a few times it was an 11th hour kinda thing.
now, i know if money can fix it, it's not a problem. lol
but as real problems have happened in my life, i look back at God's faithfulness during those times and ask myself,
"do i trust You, Lord?"
day by day He makes me realize His way is perfect and He is the Only trustworthy One.
i'm still learning, but His faithfulness is unfailing. ♥
(personal illustration
many years ago, when our children were small, we went through a few years of deep financial troubles.
i'm ashamed to say i accused God of ignoring our plight. yet He was faithful!
time and again He provided work for my husband when it appeared there would be none.
He used the gifts of others to provide for our needs. (v-e-r-y humbling.
)we never went without food, clothing, a home, heat, etc. although there were a few times it was an 11th hour kinda thing.
now, i know if money can fix it, it's not a problem. lol
but as real problems have happened in my life, i look back at God's faithfulness during those times and ask myself,
"do i trust You, Lord?"
day by day He makes me realize His way is perfect and He is the Only trustworthy One.
i'm still learning, but His faithfulness is unfailing. ♥
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I'm thinking that the premise of the question turns the emphasis on the efforts of humanity, instead of reflecting what being a Christian requires. It requires faith, professing that faith, and applying our lives to teachings of scripture by faith... Being we are fallable, and can never achieve spiritual purity, nor were we meant to in this physical realm, anything done after professing faith in Christ, is done as a reflection of gratitude for something so amazing, unachievable, and beyond the ability of our own efforts to accomplish. Looking at it that way, what can we individually compare to the difficulty of the sinless Son of God, giving His innocent life, to spare us from eternal condemnation?