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Hey, pretty lady...
I was at dinner with a lady from church last night and afterwards we each made a short list of prayer points and engaged in intercessory prayer.
Well I just want you to know that you were on my list and that Linda was lead to read aloud from Psalm 139 and speak it over you. I haven’t done this sort of thing in a long time and have to admit I was apprehensive because I have been burnt a lot by people tacking "thus sayeth the Lord" onto the end of speculations and personal opinion. And the last thing I want to do is commit the same offence.
I decided last night that I'd write out Psalm 139 for you with your name in it, the way Linda read it, and while umming and ahhing over it just now I noticed that someone else had given you the same passage... So I guess I'd better stop fumbling about in my human brain and just do as I'm told.
I hope Ellen is your real name. If it isn't I encourage you to write this out again to look at, and change the name.
Hmm. I started to do so as a prayer... but am getting that perhaps it ought to even be more direct than that, as God actually addressing you.
I hope this is ok. (I love you!)
Ok, I've just jumped back up here after writing it out, to just explain what I've done. I wanted to use the whole Psalm, but couldn't do it all the same way.
v1-18 are truths the Psalmist has spelled out about God and himself. Since these things are true of us all, I've written them addressed to you from God.
v19-22 Is the psalmist's personal expression of frustration. So I've left it as is. And that way you can replace it with your own frustration, or pick out the ways you relate to it.
The last two verses are the Psalmist's humble request, which I've flipped around to read like God's acknowledgement of it. Because he does.
So I'll simply break it into three sections. xx
"Ellen, I have searched you
and I know you.
I know when you sit and when
you rise;
I perceive your thoughts
from afar.
I discern your going out and
your lying down;
I am familiar with all your
ways.
Before a word is on your tongue
I know it completely,
dear Ellen.
I hem you in-behind and
before;
I have laid my hand
upon you.
Such knowledge is too
wonderful for you,
too lofty for you to attain.
Ellen, where can you go from my
Spirit?
Where can you flee from my
presence?
If you go to the heavens, I am there;
if you make your bed in the
depths, I am there.
If you rise on the wings of the dawn,
if you settle on the far side of
the sea,
even there my hand will
guide you,
my right hand will hold you
fast.
If you say, "Surely the darkness
will hide me
and the light become night
around me,"
even the darkness will not be
dark to you Ellen,
for darkness is as light to
you.
For Ellen, I created your inmost
being;
I knit you together in your
mother's womb.
Dear child you are
fearfully and
wonderfully made;
my works are wonderful,
you know that full well.
Ellen, your frame was not hidden from
me
when you were made in the
secret place.
When I wove you together in
the depths of the earth,
my eyes saw your unformed body.
All the days ordained for you, Ellen,
were written in my book
before one of them came to be.
How precious for you are my
thoughts, Ellen!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were you to count them,
they would outnumber the
grains of sand.
When you awake,
you are still with me."
"If only you would slay the
wicked, O God!
Away from me, you
bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil
intent;
your adversaries misuse your
name.
Do I not hate those who hate
you, O lord,
and abhor those who rise up
against you?
I have nothing but hatred for
them;
I count them my enemies."
"I search you, Ellen, and know
your heart;
I test you and know your
anxious thoughts.
I see if there is any offensive
way in you,
and will lead you in the way
everlasting."
Hugs. xx
I was at dinner with a lady from church last night and afterwards we each made a short list of prayer points and engaged in intercessory prayer.
Well I just want you to know that you were on my list and that Linda was lead to read aloud from Psalm 139 and speak it over you. I haven’t done this sort of thing in a long time and have to admit I was apprehensive because I have been burnt a lot by people tacking "thus sayeth the Lord" onto the end of speculations and personal opinion. And the last thing I want to do is commit the same offence.
I decided last night that I'd write out Psalm 139 for you with your name in it, the way Linda read it, and while umming and ahhing over it just now I noticed that someone else had given you the same passage... So I guess I'd better stop fumbling about in my human brain and just do as I'm told.
I hope Ellen is your real name. If it isn't I encourage you to write this out again to look at, and change the name.
Hmm. I started to do so as a prayer... but am getting that perhaps it ought to even be more direct than that, as God actually addressing you.
I hope this is ok. (I love you!)
Ok, I've just jumped back up here after writing it out, to just explain what I've done. I wanted to use the whole Psalm, but couldn't do it all the same way.
v1-18 are truths the Psalmist has spelled out about God and himself. Since these things are true of us all, I've written them addressed to you from God.
v19-22 Is the psalmist's personal expression of frustration. So I've left it as is. And that way you can replace it with your own frustration, or pick out the ways you relate to it.
The last two verses are the Psalmist's humble request, which I've flipped around to read like God's acknowledgement of it. Because he does.
So I'll simply break it into three sections. xx
"Ellen, I have searched you
and I know you.
I know when you sit and when
you rise;
I perceive your thoughts
from afar.
I discern your going out and
your lying down;
I am familiar with all your
ways.
Before a word is on your tongue
I know it completely,
dear Ellen.
I hem you in-behind and
before;
I have laid my hand
upon you.
Such knowledge is too
wonderful for you,
too lofty for you to attain.
Ellen, where can you go from my
Spirit?
Where can you flee from my
presence?
If you go to the heavens, I am there;
if you make your bed in the
depths, I am there.
If you rise on the wings of the dawn,
if you settle on the far side of
the sea,
even there my hand will
guide you,
my right hand will hold you
fast.
If you say, "Surely the darkness
will hide me
and the light become night
around me,"
even the darkness will not be
dark to you Ellen,
for darkness is as light to
you.
For Ellen, I created your inmost
being;
I knit you together in your
mother's womb.
Dear child you are
fearfully and
wonderfully made;
my works are wonderful,
you know that full well.
Ellen, your frame was not hidden from
me
when you were made in the
secret place.
When I wove you together in
the depths of the earth,
my eyes saw your unformed body.
All the days ordained for you, Ellen,
were written in my book
before one of them came to be.
How precious for you are my
thoughts, Ellen!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were you to count them,
they would outnumber the
grains of sand.
When you awake,
you are still with me."
"If only you would slay the
wicked, O God!
Away from me, you
bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil
intent;
your adversaries misuse your
name.
Do I not hate those who hate
you, O lord,
and abhor those who rise up
against you?
I have nothing but hatred for
them;
I count them my enemies."
"I search you, Ellen, and know
your heart;
I test you and know your
anxious thoughts.
I see if there is any offensive
way in you,
and will lead you in the way
everlasting."
Hugs. xx
Hey, pretty lady...
I was at dinner with a lady from church last night and afterwards we each made a short list of prayer points and engaged in intercessory prayer.
Well I just want you to know that you were on my list and that Linda was lead to read aloud from Psalm 139 and speak it over you. I haven’t done this sort of thing in a long time and have to admit I was apprehensive because I have been burnt a lot by people tacking "thus sayeth the Lord" onto the end of speculations and personal opinion. And the last thing I want to do is commit the same offence.
I decided last night that I'd write out Psalm 139 for you with your name in it, the way Linda read it, and while umming and ahhing over it just now I noticed that someone else had given you the same passage... So I guess I'd better stop fumbling about in my human brain and just do as I'm told.
I hope Ellen is your real name. If it isn't I encourage you to write this out again to look at, and change the name.
Hmm. I started to do so as a prayer... but am getting that perhaps it ought to even be more direct than that, as God actually addressing you.
I hope this is ok. (I love you!)
Ok, I've just jumped back up here after writing it out, to just explain what I've done. I wanted to use the whole Psalm, but couldn't do it all the same way.
v1-18 are truths the Psalmist has spelled out about God and himself. Since these things are true of us all, I've written them addressed to you from God.
v19-22 Is the psalmist's personal expression of frustration. So I've left it as is. And that way you can replace it with your own frustration, or pick out the ways you relate to it.
The last two verses are the Psalmist's humble request, which I've flipped around to read like God's acknowledgement of it. Because he does.
So I'll simply break it into three sections. xx
"Ellen, I have searched you
and I know you.
I know when you sit and when
you rise;
I perceive your thoughts
from afar.
I discern your going out and
your lying down;
I am familiar with all your
ways.
Before a word is on your tongue
I know it completely,
dear Ellen.
I hem you in-behind and
before;
I have laid my hand
upon you.
Such knowledge is too
wonderful for you,
too lofty for you to attain.
Ellen, where can you go from my
Spirit?
Where can you flee from my
presence?
If you go to the heavens, I am there;
if you make your bed in the
depths, I am there.
If you rise on the wings of the dawn,
if you settle on the far side of
the sea,
even there my hand will
guide you,
my right hand will hold you
fast.
If you say, "Surely the darkness
will hide me
and the light become night
around me,"
even the darkness will not be
dark to you Ellen,
for darkness is as light to
you.
For Ellen, I created your inmost
being;
I knit you together in your
mother's womb.
Dear child you are
fearfully and
wonderfully made;
my works are wonderful,
you know that full well.
Ellen, your frame was not hidden from
me
when you were made in the
secret place.
When I wove you together in
the depths of the earth,
my eyes saw your unformed body.
All the days ordained for you, Ellen,
were written in my book
before one of them came to be.
How precious for you are my
thoughts, Ellen!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were you to count them,
they would outnumber the
grains of sand.
When you awake,
you are still with me."
"If only you would slay the
wicked, O God!
Away from me, you
bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil
intent;
your adversaries misuse your
name.
Do I not hate those who hate
you, O lord,
and abhor those who rise up
against you?
I have nothing but hatred for
them;
I count them my enemies."
"I search you, Ellen, and know
your heart;
I test you and know your
anxious thoughts.
I see if there is any offensive
way in you,
and will lead you in the way
everlasting."
Hugs. xx
I was at dinner with a lady from church last night and afterwards we each made a short list of prayer points and engaged in intercessory prayer.
Well I just want you to know that you were on my list and that Linda was lead to read aloud from Psalm 139 and speak it over you. I haven’t done this sort of thing in a long time and have to admit I was apprehensive because I have been burnt a lot by people tacking "thus sayeth the Lord" onto the end of speculations and personal opinion. And the last thing I want to do is commit the same offence.
I decided last night that I'd write out Psalm 139 for you with your name in it, the way Linda read it, and while umming and ahhing over it just now I noticed that someone else had given you the same passage... So I guess I'd better stop fumbling about in my human brain and just do as I'm told.
I hope Ellen is your real name. If it isn't I encourage you to write this out again to look at, and change the name.
Hmm. I started to do so as a prayer... but am getting that perhaps it ought to even be more direct than that, as God actually addressing you.
I hope this is ok. (I love you!)
Ok, I've just jumped back up here after writing it out, to just explain what I've done. I wanted to use the whole Psalm, but couldn't do it all the same way.
v1-18 are truths the Psalmist has spelled out about God and himself. Since these things are true of us all, I've written them addressed to you from God.
v19-22 Is the psalmist's personal expression of frustration. So I've left it as is. And that way you can replace it with your own frustration, or pick out the ways you relate to it.
The last two verses are the Psalmist's humble request, which I've flipped around to read like God's acknowledgement of it. Because he does.
So I'll simply break it into three sections. xx
"Ellen, I have searched you
and I know you.
I know when you sit and when
you rise;
I perceive your thoughts
from afar.
I discern your going out and
your lying down;
I am familiar with all your
ways.
Before a word is on your tongue
I know it completely,
dear Ellen.
I hem you in-behind and
before;
I have laid my hand
upon you.
Such knowledge is too
wonderful for you,
too lofty for you to attain.
Ellen, where can you go from my
Spirit?
Where can you flee from my
presence?
If you go to the heavens, I am there;
if you make your bed in the
depths, I am there.
If you rise on the wings of the dawn,
if you settle on the far side of
the sea,
even there my hand will
guide you,
my right hand will hold you
fast.
If you say, "Surely the darkness
will hide me
and the light become night
around me,"
even the darkness will not be
dark to you Ellen,
for darkness is as light to
you.
For Ellen, I created your inmost
being;
I knit you together in your
mother's womb.
Dear child you are
fearfully and
wonderfully made;
my works are wonderful,
you know that full well.
Ellen, your frame was not hidden from
me
when you were made in the
secret place.
When I wove you together in
the depths of the earth,
my eyes saw your unformed body.
All the days ordained for you, Ellen,
were written in my book
before one of them came to be.
How precious for you are my
thoughts, Ellen!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were you to count them,
they would outnumber the
grains of sand.
When you awake,
you are still with me."
"If only you would slay the
wicked, O God!
Away from me, you
bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil
intent;
your adversaries misuse your
name.
Do I not hate those who hate
you, O lord,
and abhor those who rise up
against you?
I have nothing but hatred for
them;
I count them my enemies."
"I search you, Ellen, and know
your heart;
I test you and know your
anxious thoughts.
I see if there is any offensive
way in you,
and will lead you in the way
everlasting."
Hugs. xx
M
I am 47 and have been bulimic and a cutter since I was 17. I became a Christian when I was 13 through my mothers aunt, however I was raised in an atheistic home. At 19 I discovered alcohol and cigarettes and my bulimia stopped. At 33, I could not take the guilt and shame of going to church in the morning and playing the drums on the praise and worship team hung over. No matter how many prayers or how many times I went to the alter, my prayers were never answered. At my last baker act I prayed in the psych ward to God with cut wrists a hangover and a cheese sandwich to help me or kill me. He sent me to AA. These people (some Christian-some not) knew my pain and I over came my addiction to alcohol. I am now 14 years sober. However, when I stopped drinking, the bulimia came back. I still went to church and have never given up my hope in Jesus, but the flesh was to strong for me. Last year I cut myself again after 14 years of no drinking. This time I did it sober and in front of my husband and 18 year old daughter causing them much trauma. I was baker acted and finally diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. This made much sense since my father, his sister, his father, his grandmother, my two cousins, two of my daughters and my brother all have this terrible disease. Both my father and his father died from the disease. My father shot himself as he could not stand the pain. I struggle with that since he was an atheist. My brother is an atheist and will not accept the problem and is still a full blown alcoholic. I am now on medication and have over come so much in my life through God. Even if he used non-Christians to do it.
The bulimia is still my last habitual addiction. I have 14 caps and root canals, my hair is thin, I lost a tooth. I have had my esophagus stretched and I am so scared I will die from this. I am determined not to. I see a counselor for this and finally came out to my family that I am currently throwing up at night. It is a habit as I don't want to do it. I know that it is a self-esteem issue and I am trying to focus on the fact that God loves me just as I am. That is hard to believe, but I keep trying to believe that through scripture. It is a daily fight. I am trying to over come this habit the same as my alcoholism. One day at a time. I say to myself (after a prayer) I don't have to tonight. I can still throw up tomorrow if I want to. God understands my struggle. I am taking a new medication to help with the addiction. I go to group therapy for the bi-polar and share about the bulimia. I will fight this until the day I die. My biggest hope is that one day God will make me whole and I will not have the temptation anymore. My job is to try and most of all NOT to beat myself up about it. Remind myself that I am saved just as I am. This is why Jesus came down. God loves not shames. If you keep fighting then you are overcoming and you can.
A whole pizza, ten cookies and a bag of MnMs. Start by putting down the last MnM and you have made some progress.
A sister with you,
Margeaux
The bulimia is still my last habitual addiction. I have 14 caps and root canals, my hair is thin, I lost a tooth. I have had my esophagus stretched and I am so scared I will die from this. I am determined not to. I see a counselor for this and finally came out to my family that I am currently throwing up at night. It is a habit as I don't want to do it. I know that it is a self-esteem issue and I am trying to focus on the fact that God loves me just as I am. That is hard to believe, but I keep trying to believe that through scripture. It is a daily fight. I am trying to over come this habit the same as my alcoholism. One day at a time. I say to myself (after a prayer) I don't have to tonight. I can still throw up tomorrow if I want to. God understands my struggle. I am taking a new medication to help with the addiction. I go to group therapy for the bi-polar and share about the bulimia. I will fight this until the day I die. My biggest hope is that one day God will make me whole and I will not have the temptation anymore. My job is to try and most of all NOT to beat myself up about it. Remind myself that I am saved just as I am. This is why Jesus came down. God loves not shames. If you keep fighting then you are overcoming and you can.
A whole pizza, ten cookies and a bag of MnMs. Start by putting down the last MnM and you have made some progress
.A sister with you,
Margeaux
J
Yikes. I can't really give some good advice, because I'm not familiar with that problem, but I can pray for you.