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Yay for you. Although I know you just said it didn't matter anymore to you whether I was happy for you or upset with you 
It is accepted by God by Christ, and as you see this as true for you, and all, you will be free to, in spite of any circumstance you are in, content in all things
As for me I might be going back into surgery, not sure yet, but might, should I fight this or be glad for it?
If that is the case, what is CC for? Just to love I pray all
Now there are times it needs to be that some need to be banned, and is done with all scrutiny, and reason as to why?
If I come on here and beat you up over and over, say bad things directly to you, or insinuate you are no good, I think it should be talked to about the one doing this and decided, to ban or not, yes
And about religion to me is:
What am I doing to get God to do for me? Is God a vending machine? as this world is?
What makes sense here getting God to respond to me by what I am doing, and if God responds to me by what I do or not do, would that not make me God of God? Does that make sense?
What about if i. you or anyone does the responding to God and thank God period as King David did, when he came to the end of the energy of his own flesh trying very hard as you are at right now to be right with God, King David wrote in Psalms 100:4 what he saw far off, and began to just have Faith in what was coming. Thus this response caused him to live righteously, giving God all the credit in Joy while under persecution
Today we as the people here are looking back to this event that has now today taken place
And even Job saw this in Job 19:25, and went through it all trusting God no matter what the enemy could throw at him, never cursed God, sinned as all have, so Sister go ahead walk away from religion, Christianity, just think this are you going to curse God for all the tragedy you are going through?
I think not, for I think you know in your heart, God's unfathomable love to you
Now there are times it needs to be that some need to be banned, and is done with all scrutiny, and reason as to why?
If I come on here and beat you up over and over, say bad things directly to you, or insinuate you are no good, I think it should be talked to about the one doing this and decided, to ban or not, yes
And about religion to me is:
What am I doing to get God to do for me? Is God a vending machine? as this world is?
What makes sense here getting God to respond to me by what I am doing, and if God responds to me by what I do or not do, would that not make me God of God? Does that make sense?
What about if i. you or anyone does the responding to God and thank God period as King David did, when he came to the end of the energy of his own flesh trying very hard as you are at right now to be right with God, King David wrote in Psalms 100:4 what he saw far off, and began to just have Faith in what was coming. Thus this response caused him to live righteously, giving God all the credit in Joy while under persecution
Today we as the people here are looking back to this event that has now today taken place
And even Job saw this in Job 19:25, and went through it all trusting God no matter what the enemy could throw at him, never cursed God, sinned as all have, so Sister go ahead walk away from religion, Christianity, just think this are you going to curse God for all the tragedy you are going through?
I think not, for I think you know in your heart, God's unfathomable love to you
Prayer is with you to do as led by God, and not anyone else, for God sees us all the same no one better than the other, so please do not be imtimidated by this Pastor and just say all you want is to know God fully and be loved as God did and does love us all by Son at the cross, period.
\That you are called to peace and that it is far better to live in the corner of the attic, than with anyone that is tyrannical, as is why you left, no love back to you as the man is told to love wife as deep as God loves you
Eph 3:16-18
So see the song "how deep is your love" forget the you have to and must or else __________________________ A willingness is freedom a have to is not. And we are called to freedom and thus we willingly do what is needed out of Love not force ever
\That you are called to peace and that it is far better to live in the corner of the attic, than with anyone that is tyrannical, as is why you left, no love back to you as the man is told to love wife as deep as God loves you
Eph 3:16-18
So see the song "how deep is your love" forget the you have to and must or else __________________________ A willingness is freedom a have to is not. And we are called to freedom and thus we willingly do what is needed out of Love not force ever
So THAT's what that Motörhead song is about!
I didn't take you for a metalhead at all...
I didn't take you for a metalhead at all...
Big mistake, big mistake, for he did not understand me as to why I said this
Uhhhhhhhgggg. Just lost another volunteer helper. She has to leave town for the next 2 months for work. This completely messes up the perfect system I was finally hoping I would get in place so things would run smoothly. Grrrrrr. I'm not a happy cinder right now. I do not like change / disruptions.
Though in all fairness this girl is seriously lacking in common sense and basic discernment and part of me is glad to have a couple months of not fielding questions about whether she should get more plastic surgery or give money to this person or that person. If only I didn't need her help for work. (I probably sound like a horrible person about now, but this is my vent zone. I am nice enough not to say any of this to her face; or even show her how frustrated I am with her work opportunity).
Though in all fairness this girl is seriously lacking in common sense and basic discernment and part of me is glad to have a couple months of not fielding questions about whether she should get more plastic surgery or give money to this person or that person. If only I didn't need her help for work. (I probably sound like a horrible person about now, but this is my vent zone. I am nice enough not to say any of this to her face; or even show her how frustrated I am with her work opportunity).
M
I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. Like maybe I crash-landed in it. Because I was riding a bike at high speeds down this dirt road, downhill of course, and scenery was flying by me in a crazy blur, and then I reached the bottom of the hill, finally slowed down enough to enjoy my surroundings a bit...when THUMP! My front tire hit a rock sticking up out of the road (which I think I should complain about to the county commissioners), and I went flying through the air all cartoon-style before landing on my back side in a deep, muddy rut. SPLAT.
There's just been so much insanity and whatnot the last several months that now it's finally settled down, I feel kinda...flat. 2D. Deflated. And numerous other words that mean something similar to being vaguely pancake-esque.
Autocorrect doesn't like that made up word and thinks it should be "pancake-sequence". Because that makes so much more sense.
Actually, now I think about it, a pancake sequence sounds pretty delicious. Oatmeal pancakes with melty butter and orange marmalade. Is that weird? I don't care, it sounds tasty.
One of these days I should just let autocorrect completely mutilate an entire post and leave it that way.
There's just been so much insanity and whatnot the last several months that now it's finally settled down, I feel kinda...flat. 2D. Deflated. And numerous other words that mean something similar to being vaguely pancake-esque.
Autocorrect doesn't like that made up word and thinks it should be "pancake-sequence". Because that makes so much more sense.
Actually, now I think about it, a pancake sequence sounds pretty delicious. Oatmeal pancakes with melty butter and orange marmalade. Is that weird? I don't care, it sounds tasty.
One of these days I should just let autocorrect completely mutilate an entire post and leave it that way.
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I think this is pretty normal. You spent more than 6 months of your life focusing on goals, leaving, moving, figuring out how to make this new life work, all the emotions tied up in this. The spiritual and personal growth, learning, mistakes. Discovering your true self again. Fear, anxiety, stress. Ups and downs with people close to you, rebuilding relationships, losing others. you've had a lot going on and now that things are easing off a bit it leaves you feeling the impact of all of that. Its kind of like exercising, you push yourself and push yourself, then when you're done and stop you feel the consequences in ways you didn't during the exercise.
So i'd say don't worry about this phase you're in. Its all just been a shock and you're finally being able to process things more and during this time your mind may leave you feeling 2D until it's all done. But once this phase passes you'll feel better than you have in a while. I suggest just sit back, pray for yourself during this time and let God make the changes and adjustments He needs right now. This could be a very good time to allow yourself to be very pliable with God.
So i'd say don't worry about this phase you're in. Its all just been a shock and you're finally being able to process things more and during this time your mind may leave you feeling 2D until it's all done. But once this phase passes you'll feel better than you have in a while. I suggest just sit back, pray for yourself during this time and let God make the changes and adjustments He needs right now. This could be a very good time to allow yourself to be very pliable with God.
I'm sure many of you know my history with a Christian ministry that I worked for the summer of 2012. For my new job, a third-party company checked my background and history. I got an email yesterday saying that the ministry "was unable to locate documents of my employment in their system." I had to fax the background check company my W2 form, so I'm glad that I was able to find that.
It made me pretty annoyed/angry at the ministry/woman there. After all that happened, I'm not sure if they just genuinely couldn't find my stuff, if they threw it away, if the background check company actually just couldn't get ahold of them, or what. But really, it should be the company's job to keep previous employment records, right? Isn't that kind of bad business practice not to have them?
I probably shouldn't be as upset as I am, but considering the heck I went through there...it just made it hurt again.
I highly doubt it would, since I provided the information necessary, but I'm worried that the new job company will take back their offer or something. I'm trying to do better about worrying and not play so many "what-if" games, and taking things as they come instead of worrying about them beforehand.
I also need to work on my forgiveness. It's a work in progress, a continual thing, because I thought I had fully forgiven her, but then things come up that make me realize that it is still something in my heart that Christ must work through me with. There is still anger there, apparently.
It made me pretty annoyed/angry at the ministry/woman there. After all that happened, I'm not sure if they just genuinely couldn't find my stuff, if they threw it away, if the background check company actually just couldn't get ahold of them, or what. But really, it should be the company's job to keep previous employment records, right? Isn't that kind of bad business practice not to have them?
I probably shouldn't be as upset as I am, but considering the heck I went through there...it just made it hurt again.
I highly doubt it would, since I provided the information necessary, but I'm worried that the new job company will take back their offer or something. I'm trying to do better about worrying and not play so many "what-if" games, and taking things as they come instead of worrying about them beforehand.
I also need to work on my forgiveness. It's a work in progress, a continual thing, because I thought I had fully forgiven her, but then things come up that make me realize that it is still something in my heart that Christ must work through me with. There is still anger there, apparently.
Just a couple thoughts ran through my head when reading this:
-That isn't good business practice at all. I don't know what the standards are for that type of thing, but I would think employee records should be kept for at least 10-25 years (I know that's a wide timespan, but I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff haha). I'm not sure what happened with that ministry, but I'm sorry that you have to deal with this extra bit of stress.
-Rachel, if God wants you to move to Missouri and start this new job, it is going to happen. I know you've already said that you're trying to do better about worrying, but just to give you a little encouragement, God already has this all worked out. It's like 99% likely that this little gaff with an irresponsible employer will prove to be inconsequential anyways, though. Just hang in there
-That isn't good business practice at all. I don't know what the standards are for that type of thing, but I would think employee records should be kept for at least 10-25 years (I know that's a wide timespan, but I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff haha). I'm not sure what happened with that ministry, but I'm sorry that you have to deal with this extra bit of stress.
-Rachel, if God wants you to move to Missouri and start this new job, it is going to happen. I know you've already said that you're trying to do better about worrying, but just to give you a little encouragement, God already has this all worked out. It's like 99% likely that this little gaff with an irresponsible employer will prove to be inconsequential anyways, though. Just hang in there
M
Rachel-
Want some of us to go annoy that woman into finding your records? Cuz we could...I mean, I considered the possibility of threatening her, but what am I gonna do, pour glitter in her coffee? ANYWAY, the point is, no employer worth working for will hold it against you that someone else can't get their poop in a group, especially since you provided what they needed. Also, the forgiveness thing...I think you're doing better with it than you give yourself credit for. You Want to forgive, and you're Trying to forgive...which is more than a lot of people would do in your situation. ALSO...good luck with your imminent relocation! Praying for you
Want some of us to go annoy that woman into finding your records? Cuz we could...I mean, I considered the possibility of threatening her, but what am I gonna do, pour glitter in her coffee? ANYWAY, the point is, no employer worth working for will hold it against you that someone else can't get their poop in a group, especially since you provided what they needed. Also, the forgiveness thing...I think you're doing better with it than you give yourself credit for. You Want to forgive, and you're Trying to forgive...which is more than a lot of people would do in your situation. ALSO...good luck with your imminent relocation! Praying for you