Streams of Consciousness & Thoughts~~~

[lil_christian]

Ooooh, snapdragons. I just should have washed dishes for my sister. The whole kitchen's a mess.

 

[AsifinPassing]

Mine was Charlie Brown, though I'd hoped a bit for Lionel...of well...not sure I agree, don't really disagree either.

 

[Misty77]

BrainFall.com - Which Peanuts Character Are You?

This is a fun little quiz. I got Charlie Brown, and it was pretty accurate, actually.

Tied between Lucy and Schroeder. I was actually surprised by the accuracy.

 

[adekruif]

I got a tie between Lucy and Schroeder, but I am definitely more Schroeder than Lucy. I am the second half of the last sentence of Lucy and all of Schroeder. haha

Pretty accurate for so few questions really.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

I'm Tied between Charlie Brown and Lucy Van Pelt.....but they didn't even ask me about my favorite blanket that's falling apart and I can't seem to part with ........ (I seriously have one of those)

 

[AsifinPassing]

Mine was Charlie Brown, though I'd hoped a bit for Lionel...of well...not sure I agree, don't really disagree either.

I revise my statement, 'Linus' van Pelt was who I'd hoped for.

 

[arwen83]

It's very interesting seeing how medication (and illness such as depression) plays a part in personality. Our emotions are separate from who we are. That might be obvious to many of you, but I have the tendency with allowing my identity to be based on my feelings- because they can be so strong. By adding medication that balances chemicals in the brain and mood, a stable personality (and identity in my case) is able to flourish. I still long for the absent, I still appreciate melancholy, deep music and movies, nostalgia, I still dream, I still prefer to do my own thing, be introverted. That stuff has not been taken away or 'remedied' (as I once thought that something was wrong with me, and these things needed to go) with taking medication. I am living proof that introversion/enneagram 4/iNFP is not equivalent to a mental health issue.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

It's very interesting seeing how medication (and illness such as depression) plays a part in personality. Our emotions are separate from who we are. That might be obvious to many of you, but I have the tendency with allowing my identity to be based on my feelings- because they can be so strong. By adding medication that balances chemicals in the brain and mood, a stable personality (and identity in my case) is able to flourish. I still long for the absent, I still appreciate melancholy, deep music and movies, nostalgia, I still dream, I still prefer to do my own thing, be introverted. That stuff has not been taken away or 'remedied' (as I once thought that something was wrong with me, and these things needed to go) with taking medication. I am living proof that introversion/enneagram 4/iNFP is not equivalent to a mental health issue.

I'm very self identified with my feelings as well. Although I understand that I am not my emotions, they are an important part of me so I try hard to stay healthy emotionally.I try to do things that make me happy and talk to people I enjoy speaking with. I've been seriously depressed several times in my life and it's no fun. I hit rock bottom not too long after my mom died and I decided at one point, well it's either time to start living a happier and more interesting life or commit suicide, because this isn't a life......Then a lot of prayer......It's just been getting better and better since then.

 

[DuchessAimee]

BrainFall.com - Which Peanuts Character Are You?

This is a fun little quiz. I got Charlie Brown, and it was pretty accurate, actually.

I scored as Lucy. Not a big shock.

 

[AsifinPassing]

I think if only the lyrics of this could break through to everyone who heard it, I'd play it for all those who claim Christianity...

[video=youtube;rJXIugwiN7Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJXIugwiN7Q[/video]

 

[GreenNnice]

Which Peanuts Character Are You?


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[TD]You are Charlie Brown. You are always optimistic and persistent, and everyone appreciates your simple sweetness. Sometimes, however, your anxieties get the best of you, and life's mysteries can confuse you.[/TD]
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My only question is , 'Would Charlie Brown like to watch Die Hard?' i dunno. I guess so. I am anxious, i like to see what things are going to be. I am definitely was a kid who liked to wait for Christmas Day to open the majority of my presents but, in truth, didn't mind opening one or two on Christmas Eve. Today, Christmas is about Christ, not about presents, although they are nice to give to others, I find joy in giving others gifts.

 

[jedidiah_asher]

BrainFall.com - Which Peanuts Character Are You?

This is a fun little quiz. I got Charlie Brown, and it was pretty accurate, actually.

Lol.. I tried the quiz and got the same result.. Charlie Brown.

You are Charlie Brown. You are always optimistic and persistent, and everyone appreciates your simple sweetness. Sometimes, however, your anxieties get the best of you, and life's mysteries can confuse you.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

Lol.. I tried the quiz and got the same result.. Charlie Brown.

You are Charlie Brown. You are always optimistic and persistent, and everyone appreciates your simple sweetness. Sometimes, however, your anxieties get the best of you, and life's mysteries can confuse you.

Glad you decided to pop into the singles forum, I never see you post here

 

[Fenner]

I haven't decided.

Well I for one, hope you don't. I'm sure I am not the only one that wants you to stay.

 

[KeeganGentle]

You are Snoopy. You have a vivid imagination and lead a rich inner life. Everyone likes you, but some don't understand that you may just be of another species.

 

[kenthomas27]

It's very interesting seeing how medication (and illness such as depression) plays a part in personality. Our emotions are separate from who we are. That might be obvious to many of you, but I have the tendency with allowing my identity to be based on my feelings- because they can be so strong. By adding medication that balances chemicals in the brain and mood, a stable personality (and identity in my case) is able to flourish. I still long for the absent, I still appreciate melancholy, deep music and movies, nostalgia, I still dream, I still prefer to do my own thing, be introverted. That stuff has not been taken away or 'remedied' (as I once thought that something was wrong with me, and these things needed to go) with taking medication. I am living proof that introversion/enneagram 4/iNFP is not equivalent to a mental health issue.

well now that's just the drugs talking

 

[lil_christian]

LOL, that's hilarious how the Peanuts quiz has got everyone posting their results. XD

Now for my other thought - Honestly, I kind of want to put up the tree a little bit earlier this year. We usually put it up the day after Thanksgiving, and take it down before Mom's birthday. But I dunno....I just think maybe we should put it up the day before, especially since Thanksgiving is a little later this year.

 

[kenthomas27]

I'm grateful for those of you who have welcomed me here. It has been such a joy to visit normal from time to time.

In the normal world people can meet at a convenience store and go for coffee. In my world, a lady sits in a restaurant with her back to the wall where she can see all windows/doors, with her legs crossed in a way that makes it easy to access her ankle holster in case the guy walking toward her has more in mind than offering to buy her a drink.

In a normal world people can post photos of their children on Facebook (though I seriously question the wisdom from what I've seen). In my world, one discourages a child from any Internet activity and checks every photo to be sure no name or location is detectable.

In a normal world most people are thinking about what to make for dinner upon arrival at home. In my world, a gap in my front drapes sets off a red flag that someone may have been in my house (which happened earlier this year).

In a normal world people don't have to wonder whether a sales call or wrong number call was really a wrong number or sales call.

It has been wonderful to escape from staying one step ahead of the pack to read about normal problems.

I thank you also for the privilege of knowing you, loving you, sharing with you and praying for you. It has truly been an honor and I wish you all God's most abundant blessings. <3

I know what you're thinking. There's a challenge walking the passage of good and evil. It's not for the lame of heart. Can one be a priest by day and a vampire hunter by night? Does wood from the cross keep the iron sharp? Because we are bound by the Law of Grace - that is - mercy that has imparted to us children of God all the merit he or she could ever need (John 116; Romans 5:1-2; 8:1-2; Col 2:9-10 does not mean we Christians are without law, but rather we are redeemed by grace and that places on us a duty - or really rather a gracious privilege - of not doing that which is displeasing to Him. So, as many have said before, the law was never given to provide a way for life, it was given to declare sinfulness and to erect God's perfection which we will never attain.

So how do you reckon that when most of what you are dealing with are the chief abusers of law, sometimes even among your own ranks? I would think you would become a cynic, or form a critical view of the world. It'd be hard to adjust to trust when most of your day is spent with the untrustworthy. It'd be hard to believe in positive intentions around those who's intent is to harm. I believe all I'd have to do is find one beat up to hell child lying face down in evidence of her struggles to form a clear picture of the purveyor of darkness and sin. How black would that pit be from pole to pole.

This is why we can't look upon the light for His brightness of Truth and Light! Every dark corner intensifies His light! And why the stress of the two "lives" Christian's bear is so great and why people of your noble profession suffer such internal division. This is the "passage of good and evil" I spoke of earlier; the walk of the truly brave.

And so we seek a balance. I would think that this forum could serve some well, exposing God's love through fellowship. I suspect though you yearn for more light, more understanding maybe. Here are Paul's letter to the Ephesians - the blessings AND the responsibilities of the believer..

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[TD="bgcolor: #ffffff, colspan: 2"]The Blessings and the Responsibilities of Believers
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]The Blessings Christians Enjoy
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]The Responsibilities Christians Have
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Chosen by God; election (1:4)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To keep the unity of the Spirit (4:3-6)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Adoption into God’s family (1:5; 2:19)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To use our abilities for the church’s benefit (4:7-13)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Acceptance before God (1:6)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To keep growing and maturing (4:14, 15)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Forgiveness of sins (1:7)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To put away old, sinful ways (4:17-24; 5:2-14)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Insight into God’s will (1:9)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To speak honestly and purely (4:25, 29)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]An eternal inheritance (1:11)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To do what the Spirit leads us to do (4:30)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]The seal of the Spirit (1:13; 2:18)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To imitate God (5:1)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]God’s mercy and love (2:4; 3:17-19)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To walk in love (5:2)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Wisdom and knowledge (1:17)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To find out what is acceptable to the Lord (5:10)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Divine power (1:19, 20; 3:16, 20)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To make the most of our time (5:16)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Spiritual life (2:1, 5)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To be filled with the Spirit (5:18)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]The promise of eternal kindness (2:7)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To submit to one another (5:21)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]The knowledge that God’s plan for us is good (2:10)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To have marriages that honor God (5:22-33)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Unity and peace with all believers (2:11-18; 3:6)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To honor God in our families (6:1-4)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Heavenly citizenship (2:19)
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[TD="width: 50%, bgcolor: #ffffff"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To demonstrate integrity in the workplace (6:5-9)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]Access to God through Christ (3:12)
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[TD="width: 50%"][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman][FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]To stand strong against the forces of evil (6:10-18)
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Your walk on this passage between good and evil is a walk you must make alone Jullianne as I will make mine. All I really know is there's strength in numbers and a kind of vanity in faith of our ultimate goal of pleasing God.

 

[shawntc]

Tried taking the Peanuts quiz but it asked me what my favorite movie was. I hadn't seen any of them. This is a problem with a lot of online quizzes - they assume you've watched certain things. *grumbles*

 

[rachelsedge]

I must have totally botched that Peanutus test, because I got Lucy and it sounds nothing like me. Though maybe it is and I just don't know it? I dunno. I'm not putting too much WoodSTOCK in it. Eh? EH??