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So I'm looking at the profiles of some of the most prominent posters in the Bible Discussion forum and I can't help but wonder some things about the people who rack up something like 20,000+ posts in 6 months.
Do they have jobs? Do they step down from the CC podium long enough to attend church? Do they go to board meetings? Serve in their local community? Stop to go to the bathroom or make sandwiches?!
Heck, do they even take the time away from posting to CLEAN their bathrooms or change their rolls of toilet paper??!!!
Or maybe I'm just jealous of the people who apparently have so much to say... and the endless amounts of time they apparently have in order to say it.
Do they have jobs? Do they step down from the CC podium long enough to attend church? Do they go to board meetings? Serve in their local community? Stop to go to the bathroom or make sandwiches?!
Heck, do they even take the time away from posting to CLEAN their bathrooms or change their rolls of toilet paper??!!!
Or maybe I'm just jealous of the people who apparently have so much to say... and the endless amounts of time they apparently have in order to say it.
Today is June 7.
That was my wedding day, in 1997. I wonder if he still remembers, or if he ever told his second wife. I have literally forgotten my own birthday, but I almost always remember this day (there was one year out of 15 that I remembered the next day instead of the day of.) Everyone says, "Oh, you're so young, you have so much time, you'll find that someone in a few years," and here we are, 15 years later. When you can start talking about the time that's passed in decades, you've earned a few stripes and taken a few beatings.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating everything in sight (and then going to the store to get more.) I know everyone will say focus on Jesus--fill the void with God, but have you ever felt as if you feel like you have a case of Spiritual Bulimia? You've studied God's Word over and over and talked about God so much and attended church and praised and worshiped and sent out cards with care packages and gifts in service to other people and said all your thanks for every blessing and cried all your tears that you finally hit a point where it feels like if you take in anything more "spiritual", your soul will literally vomit? A case of both physical and spiritual bulimia.
Sometimes the emptiness, painful as it is, is strangely comfortable instead of the constant work of filling, filling, filling. It's so much easier to let the void eat away your entire being than get up yet again, trying to fill, fill, fill, only to be told to "try harder", "have more faith", and "focus more on Jesus."
I AM focused on Jesus. It's Him and I... as it has been for all these years. I've had plenty of time to walk outside the boat. So what if the water is always up to my nose, right? Everyone will say, "Just keep on walking."
(Just read the post... Lil, I am so sorry!!!!
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That was my wedding day, in 1997. I wonder if he still remembers, or if he ever told his second wife. I have literally forgotten my own birthday, but I almost always remember this day (there was one year out of 15 that I remembered the next day instead of the day of.) Everyone says, "Oh, you're so young, you have so much time, you'll find that someone in a few years," and here we are, 15 years later. When you can start talking about the time that's passed in decades, you've earned a few stripes and taken a few beatings.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating everything in sight (and then going to the store to get more.) I know everyone will say focus on Jesus--fill the void with God, but have you ever felt as if you feel like you have a case of Spiritual Bulimia? You've studied God's Word over and over and talked about God so much and attended church and praised and worshiped and sent out cards with care packages and gifts in service to other people and said all your thanks for every blessing and cried all your tears that you finally hit a point where it feels like if you take in anything more "spiritual", your soul will literally vomit? A case of both physical and spiritual bulimia.
Sometimes the emptiness, painful as it is, is strangely comfortable instead of the constant work of filling, filling, filling. It's so much easier to let the void eat away your entire being than get up yet again, trying to fill, fill, fill, only to be told to "try harder", "have more faith", and "focus more on Jesus."
I AM focused on Jesus. It's Him and I... as it has been for all these years. I've had plenty of time to walk outside the boat. So what if the water is always up to my nose, right? Everyone will say, "Just keep on walking."
(Just read the post... Lil, I am so sorry!!!!
)
It's okay not to do it all. It's okay not to be in the choir, to teach Sunday School, to go visiting every visitor at your church. It's okay to say know when someone asks you to volunteer for something at church. It's okay not to read the latest Devotional by Tim Lahaye or Rick Warren. And it's okay to say hey, I need to stop and take a break, to visit another church so you don't feel like everyone is breathing down your back because you refuse to do something.
Sometimes, you need to learn to say no for your own Spiritual Health. If you feel like if you can't stop or else everything will collapse around you, that is when you MUST stop. Not just for your own sanity, but also to make sure that others are depending on God, not you.
So, I'm not going to tell you to keep on walking, instead, I'm telling you to stop walking and just breathe.
Lil is dealing with multiple losses, my best friend is dealing with her fourth miscarriage in a row, i don't have anywhere to live, my baby is sick. My family in Wyoming are dealing with tornadoes.
Id really like some stability for a little while now. I haven't had any since I got married the first time, and that was a year (going on two) ago.
Id really like some stability for a little while now. I haven't had any since I got married the first time, and that was a year (going on two) ago.
Today is June 7.
That was my wedding day, in 1997. I wonder if he still remembers, or if he ever told his second wife. I have literally forgotten my own birthday, but I almost always remember this day (there was one year out of 15 that I remembered the next day instead of the day of.) Everyone says, "Oh, you're so young, you have so much time, you'll find that someone in a few years," and here we are, 15 years later. When you can start talking about the time that's passed in decades, you've earned a few stripes and taken a few beatings.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating everything in sight (and then going to the store to get more.) I know everyone will say focus on Jesus--fill the void with God, but have you ever felt as if you feel like you have a case of Spiritual Bulimia? You've studied God's Word over and over and talked about God so much and attended church and praised and worshiped and sent out cards with care packages and gifts in service to other people and said all your thanks for every blessing and cried all your tears that you finally hit a point where it feels like if you take in anything more "spiritual", your soul will literally vomit? A case of both physical and spiritual bulimia.
Sometimes the emptiness, painful as it is, is strangely comfortable instead of the constant work of filling, filling, filling. It's so much easier to let the void eat away your entire being than get up yet again, trying to fill, fill, fill, only to be told to "try harder", "have more faith", and "focus more on Jesus."
I AM focused on Jesus. It's Him and I... as it has been for all these years. I've had plenty of time to walk outside the boat. So what if the water is always up to my nose, right? Everyone will say, "Just keep on walking."
(Just read the post... Lil, I am so sorry!!!! )
That was my wedding day, in 1997. I wonder if he still remembers, or if he ever told his second wife. I have literally forgotten my own birthday, but I almost always remember this day (there was one year out of 15 that I remembered the next day instead of the day of.) Everyone says, "Oh, you're so young, you have so much time, you'll find that someone in a few years," and here we are, 15 years later. When you can start talking about the time that's passed in decades, you've earned a few stripes and taken a few beatings.
For the past 3 days, I've been eating everything in sight (and then going to the store to get more.) I know everyone will say focus on Jesus--fill the void with God, but have you ever felt as if you feel like you have a case of Spiritual Bulimia? You've studied God's Word over and over and talked about God so much and attended church and praised and worshiped and sent out cards with care packages and gifts in service to other people and said all your thanks for every blessing and cried all your tears that you finally hit a point where it feels like if you take in anything more "spiritual", your soul will literally vomit? A case of both physical and spiritual bulimia.
Sometimes the emptiness, painful as it is, is strangely comfortable instead of the constant work of filling, filling, filling. It's so much easier to let the void eat away your entire being than get up yet again, trying to fill, fill, fill, only to be told to "try harder", "have more faith", and "focus more on Jesus."
I AM focused on Jesus. It's Him and I... as it has been for all these years. I've had plenty of time to walk outside the boat. So what if the water is always up to my nose, right? Everyone will say, "Just keep on walking."
(Just read the post... Lil, I am so sorry!!!!
)
Ummm. Wrong. Gen 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
In heaven God will wipe the tears from the eyes of everyone. To me I would be sad in heaven if my pets were not there with me. God is the creator of all things. Surely He understands the wants and needs of His children and already has made the necessary preparations beforehand. All things are possible with God. No where in the bible have I read that His power in limited. Of course there will be pets in heaven, this is a no brainer and is not a cause of concern. First thing I am going to do when I get to heaven is take my little animal friends to our local Pet Smart and buy them their favorite treats. And new food and water dishes, and toys. When we get home we are all going for a walk on the trails of the woods. Leashes will not be necessary. Neither will be rabies shots.
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That's the most difficult thing to do sometimes. To keep persevering despite everything. Sometimes we just have to learn to stop trying. Whether that's stop trying to hold everything together, stop trying to be something we're not, stop trying to do life on our own or anything. It's important to surrender everything we are to Him and let Him take over. It's scary and I'm probably the worst person in the world at surrendering things to God but it's important. Maybe talk to Arlene about surrendering to God, about anything - she's great at that stuff. Be blessed, sister.
That's the most difficult thing to do sometimes. To keep persevering despite everything. Sometimes we just have to learn to stop trying. Whether that's stop trying to hold everything together, stop trying to be something we're not, stop trying to do life on our own or anything. It's important to surrender everything we are to Him and let Him take over. It's scary and I'm probably the worst person in the world at surrendering things to God but it's important. Maybe talk to Arlene about surrendering to God, about anything - she's great at that stuff. Be blessed, sister.