Maybe it’s time for another tobacco thread. The Lord led me to give up tobacco back in 1986. Actually, I think he wanted me to quit before that. Have any of you had any experiences with tobacco?
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I gave up cigarettes many years ago when the Lord spoke to my spirit and said, "They are your God of Comfort". I then realized that it was like worshiping an idol. I smoked for comfort instead of spending time with the Lord and receiving His comfort alone.
No one gives up tobacco until they really want to. And the best reason is a spiritual one that God gives. I never judge other Christians who smoke because I smoked for years as a leader of bible studies, etc. There is always the next layer to be peeled away at the right time. Usually it is for new experiences with the Lord. In my case, He revealed Himself as The Comforter in a deeper way after I quit.
No one gives up tobacco until they really want to. And the best reason is a spiritual one that God gives. I never judge other Christians who smoke because I smoked for years as a leader of bible studies, etc. There is always the next layer to be peeled away at the right time. Usually it is for new experiences with the Lord. In my case, He revealed Himself as The Comforter in a deeper way after I quit.
Absolutely correct.
I have had more than a passing relationship with tobacco.
I experimented with cigarettes starting at about 14 or 15... not "regular", just occasional. I started smoking regularly just after high school... by regularly, I mean at least a pack a day. This varied over the years, with me being over two packs a day for a while... maybe a couple of years.
I started dipping snuff (I was a Skoal man..) when I was 16, and used at least a can a day for about 25 years.
I quit cigarettes the day before my wife and I got married... I think I was about to turn 30. Just threw them out.
I finally quit snuff in my early 40's... that is one habit I could start back immediately... I truly enjoyed dipping...
I have zero desire to smoke cigarettes... but I do smoke a cigar a day. It's more a matter of enjoyment than "need", though... unlike cigarettes.
Smoked cigarettes for 10 years and quit, November, 1987.
Chewed/dipped for 15 years and quit, May, 2001 (promised God I'd never do it again).
Smoke an occasional cigar, maybe three or four a year, on warm Summer evenings.
I can so relate to your story. Been there, done that. Would be great to attend a worship service together one day then afterwards have a cigar while reflecting on the Word.
No, but my dad used to smoke a pipe several decades ago.. And my sister smokes like a chimney. :/
Well, there are tobacco fields all over where I live, but I imagine there is less call for it than there used to be.
As for my experience with burning tobacco, I'll smoke a pipe every few months. A cigar on special occasions. Unlike Utah, I typically partake during colder seasons.
When it's warm, I prefer to kick back with something cooler.
As for my experience with burning tobacco, I'll smoke a pipe every few months. A cigar on special occasions. Unlike Utah, I typically partake during colder seasons.
When it's warm, I prefer to kick back with something cooler.
I've smoked one cigarette and it was no fun to draw on. The tobacco tasted like soot. No complex flavors.
Supposedly it was a higher-quality one too. Disgusting.
There is nothing at all attractive about chew.
Supposedly it was a higher-quality one too. Disgusting.
There is nothing at all attractive about chew.
As for why I like the world of the cigar afficianado- it isn't the smoke as much as it is the company. In multiple ways.
1. How many places today are almost exclusively manly? You go to it and there are (generally) just other men to talk to. Cigar shops are cool that way.
2. The kind of men who typically show up are from all walks of life who share one thing in common= They are in the shop to relax and enjoy the company of others. Divisions that would normally keep them separate outside the shop tend to evaporate.
3. Most tobacco shop haunters are intelligent and generally experienced. Conversations are invariably interesting. Friendships are often made.
4. Finally, smoking itself has something fraternal and transcendent about it. The cigar and pipe are not just a quick relaxant. There is a ritual to them. A ritual man has practiced for thousands of years. Something transcendent about it.
1. How many places today are almost exclusively manly? You go to it and there are (generally) just other men to talk to. Cigar shops are cool that way.
2. The kind of men who typically show up are from all walks of life who share one thing in common= They are in the shop to relax and enjoy the company of others. Divisions that would normally keep them separate outside the shop tend to evaporate.
3. Most tobacco shop haunters are intelligent and generally experienced. Conversations are invariably interesting. Friendships are often made.
4. Finally, smoking itself has something fraternal and transcendent about it. The cigar and pipe are not just a quick relaxant. There is a ritual to them. A ritual man has practiced for thousands of years. Something transcendent about it.
Naw, man,I could totally see you walking around with some spitting tobacco in your lip.
Tobacco and the smoking of it represents death to me.... Mom, Dad, Brother, Uncle all because they liked to smoke tobacco....while they rest in peace - I miss them all....
I also miss my mother. Smoking and lung cancer killed her. Christmas was never the same again because she died a month before christmas day in 2010. My father still smokes but I pray everyday that he can quit.
When I was about 11 years old, my mother caught me and my siblings blowing smoke from a fake cigarette made up of rolled paper. She was so mad, she beat the crap out of us that we learned our lesson well and never tried it again.