Lol!!! Thank you! I do really appreciate that. I got a great chuckle...
I do apologize, I have not been on here to respond to many that left me comments.
I do appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm just curious... where do you live at on our country?
It's fascinating how we can meet people all through our nation!
Yes, beauty is merely skin deep. I truly look for things so much more, deeper, in the person and their walk in the Lord. But some people are absolutely naturally beautiful. I've never claimed that but that was very kind of you!
Hi, Jamie.
I normally do not give out personal information like my name, location, etc., so I hope that is okay. Suffice it to say, I live nowhere near you (at least 2000 miles away).
I felt a little embarrassed/awkward/worried after I made that post, so please just give me a moment to explain why I said what I did.
I truly have been a very devout Christian for many years, and the Christian life can seem a bit overwhelming at times. Sometimes, that is due to my own personal growth in the Lord. In other words, when I go through a period of chastening from the Lord, for my own potential good, as scripture says, initially, it is grievous, but it ultimately yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness when I submit to the same (and I always do submit).
At the other extreme, I often experience great heartache because of the actions/inactions of others. Normally, that occurs as I grieve for lost souls in general, and, closer to home, as I grieve for loved ones/family members who are headed down paths of destruction.
On top of this, my life has also been one of much (almost constant) slander and betrayal, so that can weigh heavily upon one's soul, too.
Anyhow, when I get a bit overwhelmed, my first source of comfort is always God himself. In other words, I spend even more time than usual in prayer and in reading and meditating upon his word. In a natural sense, I also tend to seek to soothe my soul by focusing upon some form of natural beauty in this fallen world. Sometimes, that can just be spending time out in nature. Other times, I might go to a zoo or something while focusing on the beauty of the animals which God has created. At other times, I might just find some movie online about love.
What does any of this have to do with the post that I previously made?
The day that I made it, I was going through tremendous challenges (and I still am), and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. As I was reading some of your posts, and as I saw the photos you had posted... If I may use a boxing analogy, then that one-two combination momentarily floored me. I am sorry, but I saw a lot of beauty there, and I believe it was by God's Spirit, so I commented.
I truly am a content single man who is not looking for any sort of relationship, so, again, I was not seeking to flirt with you. Instead, I just got a bit captivated by the beauty that I was seeing, and I could not help but to comment.
Please just take what I said as a compliment from the Lord. I truly was concerned that what I said might have offended you, so I am happy to see that such is not the case, and that you have returned here.
God bless you (and NO MORE PHOTOS...lol).
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