Does it qualify?

So Willie, you don't think maybe God allows some of us to stay afflicted our entire lives so that we can become stronger in our faith and turn to Him more often?? I believe in healing as much as anyone, but not for myself.. And contrary to popular belief, God WON'T heal ALL of us in THIS lifetime.. Not in a one time shot anyhoo.

You are complaining about this person, for more than what you admit.
If this person was really as bad as you say, then you shouldn't be afraid to name him/her.
Or is something this person says about you the truth and you don't want to face it?
Tell us more.

I'll tell you what kind...
The kind that cannot be trusted.

It's easy to get along with your friends,
but Jesus said we are also to get along with our enemies, who apparently are those who do not agree with some doctrine or other.

I'd like to see less talk about the bible,
and more action.

That would be nice.

See you around somewhere or other...

Something I have found on more than one occasion, is that
I can be far too independent. More often than not God can't work
on my behalf as I charge in with what I want, my ideas, my way of
doing things, my goals etc.

Then when I get desperate enough and end up in a crumpled mess
and finally step aside. Its like God says, finally I can do it my way now!

Ive found time and time ago that is when prayers get answered and
miracles happen. Sometimes the answers are not what I want and I
wonder what on earth God is playing at. Then a bit later I will come
to understand that Gods way was far better, that things align up far better
than I could ever have worked out myself.

(All rhetorical questions you don't have to answer here. But things you might want to check out for yourself.)

Is it strengthening your faith? Do you turn to him more often? And, I mean more often than two years ago, or five? Not more often than when you weren't a believer. Or is it resignation?

How have you grown in God? How has God used your disabilities? (And testimonials are usually the past, not the present.)

God has a couple usual methods for getting my attention. He waits for me to crumple or he horse-collars me right smack in the middle of me rushing to try to get something done he never wanted done like that.

Horse-collar is more painful, but in the long run it's quicker. lol

Three comments in a row and not a word about the Bible.

Three comments in a row and not a word about the Bible.

Three comments in a row and not a word about the Bible.

Three comments in a row and not a word about the Bible.

I for one have been on every side of the healing debate.
Mostly I've always believed God wants us healed.
Yet I find myself and my wife suffering from illnesses that the doctors have no answers for.
Maybe it's the result of my lifestyle in the past.
I was poor with a poor diet.
I was a drug addict and alcohol abuser for 18 years.
I suffered agent orange exposure in Viet Nam and are feeling the affects of that more now then ever before.
And I've had every Christian I know pray for me since it all began many years ago.
Am I suppose to suffer?
Good question?

But what about my wife?
She suffers from many ailments too, some for many years.
And she is a sweet holy woman of God.
Is she suppose to suffer too?

Or is it true that not all of us will be healed.

God does keep us alive.
My recent emergency AAA abdominal aneurysm surgery, the doc said I should of died, he called it a miracle I didn't die.
And my wife, she had a stroke in her eye that blinded her. A stroke through the eye instead of going to the head.
He said she should have been blinded for life.
that's what always happens.
But for some reason, the clot got through the eye and through the body and she has full eye sight again.
The doc called it a miracle.

So here we have 2 sick people who don't seem to ever get better, yet God is performing miracles in our lives and we are proclaiming these miracles every where we go.

I don't understand it all, but I keep going on.
Amen

Gee, what would CC be without the gossip mill and the others/they/them?

Fairly quiet.

Too much gossip here.
Too much arguing.
Not enough God.

Yes. You're very discreet Magenta.
In words. But not in action.
Hate spews out of you.
You should seek some kind of help.
Seriously.
Apparently Jesus is not enough to change your behavior...

So what? Not EVERY word we say, has to be about the bible..

Three comments in a row and not a word about the Bible.

Depleted is a nice person.
Leave her alone.
Thank you.

A women in my church has cancer and she has prayed for healing. My pastor always mentions that God answers in his time not ours. She then once said that her prayer was not for healing but to reveal to her the reason why she got that illness and in what way can she serve the Lord by helping other people. I've seen healing done in the church, you will never convince me that gift of healing isn't real. Not all who claim to practice the gift I believe, some have been proven false but I believe there are those out there who are pure and credible. \

I do get annoyed that everyone has to get questioned by every little thing because as much as they say hey know the bible, they inadvertently stray away from Jesus message. God can do anything, that is something he people should remember. He rose from the dead, why can't he hail whatever sickness their is?