Few questions to anyone who have time to share your experiences.

[Angel-A]

1. What are the most close to your heart part of the Bible (letter, psalm, or even few sentences of chosen part) and what the challenging?
2. Is anyone in your life who you find very challenging to be around or even worry that you may very much dislike him/her?
3. If someone did something very bad to you – how do you cope with forgiveness to that person?
4. How do you find yourself among disbelievers – when they start to talk about God in negative way or just behaviour in disrespect way to others?
5. Is your family supportive to your faith in Jesus or not?
6. Have you ever experience something very painful and difficult to understand – and you were drawn to doubt God’s love and existence?
7. If you could have one wish come true just for a day – what would you chose?



1. The Moses books are the most challenging. I don’t have the favourite part of Bible – I like different parts in different times on my live.
2. My sister – she was always difficult to be around – it takes so much to get close to her and so litter to move apart again.
3. That is something I find as a very difficult thing to do – I don’t want to choice the easy way out that is why I struggle to forgive and forget a lot. What I have noticed so far – that forgiveness is God’s given gift – it is not part of human nature – our nature rebels to it and that is why so many people find it difficult to do so. I try for months to forgive just one person – I dwell about it, wirte about it, explaine over and over to friends – just to discover one thing = that in the end I can proof any of that dwelling thoughts so why I’m wasting my time? Letting go without needs to understand and asking God for that gift = is the only way I find helpful in my case.
4. Before I was quiet and not respond to any of that and then I blame myself for being that way, then slowly I’m starting to speak up but I’m not any good with confrontation so there is still lost to learn.
5. Yes and no. yes – when I talk about something which doesn’t have anything to do with them, no – if is the other way round – and it can be difficult at times. For me finding the line where I should not cross always was the biggest problem – sometimes I don’t’ know where it is and the problem of talking too much or too litter often comes to life.
6. Yes – nothing had sense at a time, I was angry as I never been before - blaming myself, God for not telling me what to do, other people. The biggest anger come from not knowing why that was happening and what was the purpose of it – and where I should move from it. It took long time to even start to understand what happen and why. It felt at a time like someone put you in the middle of nowhere with lots of dangerous creatures and ask you to stay there until you either die or survive. I learn after the dreadful time lots about myself and still feel there is more to know but I know now that it is ok – not knowing everything. In a way that experience open my life more than anyone or any book ever did – I slowly change to someone less controlling and less attached to other human being. In the end God can used any experience in our life (bad and good) but the most dangerous once are the most likely to change us – so for that reason I’m very grateful to Him for all this time and I know I wouldn’t be the way I’m now without that hard time.
7. I would like to spend that day with someone close to my heart – who is died some time ago.

 

[Donkeyfish07]

1. What are the most close to your heart part of the Bible (letter, psalm, or even few sentences of chosen part) and what the challenging?
2. Is anyone in your life who you find very challenging to be around or even worry that you may very much dislike him/her?
3. If someone did something very bad to you – how do you cope with forgiveness to that person?
4. How do you find yourself among disbelievers – when they start to talk about God in negative way or just behaviour in disrespect way to others?
5. Is your family supportive to your faith in Jesus or not?
6. Have you ever experience something very painful and difficult to understand – and you were drawn to doubt God’s love and existence?
7. If you could have one wish come true just for a day – what would you chose?

1. John 3:16 def.

2.Challenging and difficult...lol, yea plenty of them. I can love/like anybody even if they are lying backstabber so I don't really dislike anybody. I wasn't always that way, just asked god to get rid of my grudge holding tendencies and he did .

3. Forgiving is easy but I need distance to really get over it. Also make a point to tell them why I want a breather.

4. I just pray for them silently. I have a lot of friends that say GD all the time, I don't mind cussing but I can't stand it when they do that. The really bad ones I just don't hang around at all anymore....it's just too difficult to have to hear it all the time.

5. Very Supportive. They're thankful my previously pagan but got saved.

6. Not since I got saved at all. Not even when my mom died. I think most people go through it but I've always considered myself lucky to be saved at all.....and grateful that my family is saved. Whatever suffering I experience here is negligible compared to how awesome that is.

7. Just for a day? Wish I could have my mom and dad back just for a day.

 

[Ugly]

1. What are the most close to your heart part of the Bible (letter, psalm, or even few sentences of chosen part) and what the challenging? To me 'Jesus wept' is the one that gets me. It allows us to see Jesus does understand out pain, not just physical, but mental and emotional. Makes it easier to see him as more than some guy in the sky.
2. Is anyone in your life who you find very challenging to be around or even worry that you may very much dislike him/her? I find that very many people in my life have either been, or more often, end up being very difficult. Often hurtful. I've been through it so much its actually getting easier and easier to deal with on many levels. Forgiveness is now something i don't consider because i'm learning to expect my 'friends' to hurt me in the end.
3. If someone did something very bad to you – how do you cope with forgiveness to that person? Depends on who they are and how bad the mistreatment was. If its someone i don't know well and it was minor i may ignore it or talk to them. If its bigger i'll just write them off. If its a friend, pretty much the same thing, though i may be more inclined to talk to them on bigger things first.
4. How do you find yourself among disbelievers – when they start to talk about God in negative way or just behaviour in disrespect way to others? I don't spend much time around non-Christians, unless i'm at work. And i haven't had much trouble with people talking negative about God when i'm around. I don't hide my faith, but neither do i go around preaching at people. So think most people respect that and in return show respect for my beliefs when i'm around.
5. Is your family supportive to your faith in Jesus or not? Yes, all my local family are Christians. The family in other parts of the country i'm not close with, so it doesn't matter, but most people in my family consider themselves Christians, even if they don't act like it.
6. Have you ever experience something very painful and difficult to understand – and you were drawn to doubt God’s love and existence? No. The times when i've most doubted God is when i made my own bad decisions and questioned God, to some degree, but more i questioned myself in what i truly believe.
7. If you could have one wish come true just for a day – what would you chose? Nothing. A wish being true for one day is just a tease and would only make it harder to cope with, when i lost it.

do dah do dah dooo

 

[Jullianna]

1. What are the most close to your heart part of the Bible (letter, psalm, or even few sentences of chosen part) and what the challenging?

Closest to my heart:
LUKE 10: 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Most challenging: "Yet I want your will to be done, not mine." It is what I want, but letting go can be so difficult at times.

2. Is anyone in your life who you find very challenging to be around or even worry that you may very much dislike him/her?
No, but there have been a couple in the past. God removed them from my life.

3. If someone did something very bad to you – how do you cope with forgiveness to that person?
Unforgiveness is toxic. It steals from us. People who are capable of very bad things rarely care whether we forgive them or not, so we only hurt ourselves when we don't.
Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

4. How do you find yourself among disbelievers – when they start to talk about God in negative way or just behaviour in disrespect way to others?
I won't stay in the company of anyone who speaks negatively of my God.
As far as people behaving badly, I usually just let their bad behavior speak for itself (most people are smart enough to see that sort of behavior for what it is...insecurity) unless they are clearly bullying someone. As the lady said in another thread..."Ain't nobody got time for that"

5. Is your family supportive to your faith in Jesus or not?
Absolutely

6. Have you ever experience something very painful and difficult to understand Yes – and you were drawn to doubt God’s love and existence? Nope

7. If you could have one wish come true just for a day – what would you chose? I'd like to travel back in time and sit at the feet of Jesus like Mary did, and listen to Him.

 

[arwen83]

1. What are the most close to your heart part of the Bible (letter, psalm, or even few sentences of chosen part) and what the challenging? Seek first the kingdom of God, the rest will follow
2. Is anyone in your life who you find very challenging to be around or even worry that you may very much dislike him/her?
Yes, my two brothers.
3. If someone did something very bad to you – how do you cope with forgiveness to that person? I am not good at forgiveness, I am not sure what it is suppose to feel like, or what to do aside from asking God to help me.
4. How do you find yourself among disbelievers – when they start to talk about God in negative way or just behaviour in disrespect way to others? I get annoyed if they are closed minded so much that they won't hear what I have to say. I don't try to go convert people or be overbearing, it is best to be myself and authentic and honest as possible- I don't have all the answers, but I can share my own experiences. In the end, I trust that God will use anything I said to them to His will. Its a personal choice to follow God, I cannot make someone. But God has a way in wooing us, and reminding us of certain things that resonate with us.
5. Is your family supportive to your faith in Jesus or not? My parents haven't really said anything, I guess they figure that it is my personal choice and they're fine with it.
6. Have you ever experience something very painful and difficult to understand – and you were drawn to doubt God’s love and existence? Yes. And questioned His character.
7. If you could have one wish come true just for a day – what would you chose? That God would put His life into me, so I can live more than I am living now. Fill my heart with Him. To show Himself to me, that I could begin to trust Him again.