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I am far from perfect and wonder why you would say that. I am sorry but my heart is burdened right now and though I turn to God and give all to Jesus it does not remove the sorrow, or the wondering, or the pain of separation, and desire for unity.

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I am sorry, too, and I would do anything to remove your sorrow, if I only could, and it hurts that I don't know what I can do, if anything, to ease your burden.

I don't know what the separation is that has you down,
but I DO know the pain of separation you spoke about.
All too well, do I know that pain, and though whatever the
separation is you're experiencing, perhaps far greater than mine
at this time, I can't know, but I have been very much burdened
and in pain over mine, I'm fighting back the tears even now,
if you only knew, so I can at least share in what your going through,
and try to let you know you're not alone.

I will pray for you if you want, if you think it might help.
In fact, if I can pray WITH you even now.....

Father. Our Father who art in heaven, thank you, Lord,
that we can come before your throne because of Jesus,
and give you our thanksgiving for your awesome love,
even though right now, Father, our hearts are burdened with
pains of sorrow and separation.

Lord, I pray for your comfort and care for magenta,
as her heart is heavy, but you know, Father, what is
both the cause and the cure. So please, Lord, let her know
that she is not alone, that she is loved with an everlasting love,
and that you, our awesome, all-powerful creator, love her personally,
intimately, and tenderly, the way only our perfect heavenly Father can.

Sometimes, Lord, as much as we want to love perfectly,
as you do, we get it wrong, in our desire so much to get it right.

Lord, please help me to learn to love you and others more,
but Lord, especially at this time, please hold magenta close...
don't let her be sad too long, Father, cause her sorrow to soon
turn to joy, not being uncaring or forgetful, Lord, the pain is real,
but to let your love, and the joy of your salvation override any sorrow.

Let your goodness and mercy be with her more assuredly,
Lord, please fix any places of brokenness.....
We know we have peace WITH God because of Jesus, Lord,
help magenta.....help us both, Father, ...... have the peace OF God
as well. We thank you, Lord, help us have the unity in our situations
that we seek and seem to need so much,
help us lift each other up in love.
We want to honor you, Lord,
and so we pray in the wonderful name of our Savior Jesus. Amen.

Magenta, please feel better, I wish there was something I could do
to make you smile. If you think of anything, please don't hesitate
to contact me and ask. Anything.

If we ask Jesus together,
He's sure to supply all our needs. {♡} :)
 

Magenta

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That was a very beautiful prayer. Thank you.
You have a special heart.
 
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Complete_In_Him

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Point being: I look at God as an enemy instead of a friend.
Look again, He is the God of our salvation. We live in a world of circumstance and vanity. What we need most is the free gift of righteousness. "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"


Alexander,

How are you preparing for eternity? What fruit and works have abound to your account? We must all give an account. How is your building in your inner man? The weight of our measure, as in understanding(gold), knowledge(silver), wisdom(precious stones). A false balance is an abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal"

The fruit of the Spirit is more precious than gold. "Set your mind on things above", this is where we have our inheritance, "not on things of the earth"

[SUP]19 [/SUP]My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.[SUP]20 [/SUP]I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:[SUP]21 [/SUP]That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
 
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cmarieh

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I will admit, I had a negative attitude towards God. I perceived him to be a joke...a useless overseer...an uncaring distant overlord. I no longer believe that, and I've come to understand that our LORD created everything on this earth, and secured our eternal freedom through Christ Jesus who died on our sins, as the son of God come as son of man.

More importantly, I understand my attitude determines what I accomplish, and the main thing is to dilute my negative with positive. The big problem is...I still look at God as an obstacle instead of a heavenly father. I do not know how to let Go and love God...I know he's the one who's holding the floodgates of blessing back, and he isn't moving. He's holding it all back from me, without giving me a reason why, and it's starting to piss me off, BUT...I cant let that affect me. I must remain faithful.

...Point being: I look at God as an enemy instead of a friend.
I agree with your point of it being all in the attitude, however I disagree with most of your other statements. I will share something with you, in the past month I have split my head open and wound up with a severe concussion that not only altered in how my brain functions but in how I get through the day with a horrible headache. Do I want anyone to take pity on me no way. I have had to see a specialist twice now and possibly looking at a third because I had another injury to my head that made things worse. I have had to seriously think about taking a leave of absence from my classes, but there is no way I am allowing that in my life as I graduate in June with a degree. Could I have easily given up and not fight and blame God for causing me this? Yes, I could but I choose God's love and will over my life and nothing could ever happen to me to make me doubt who God is and how much he means to me, which if I don't have him I am nothing. He is the one I cling to in times of trouble and I don't know where I would be without him in my life. He is everything but to be considered an enemy and I was extremely upset when I read that statement. God created us to have hope and dreams and any negative thoughts you have are not from him and I will be praying for you. Yes, there have been so many that have been hurt, but God can use the negative situations to have a positive outcome we just need to have faith, listen, and be obedient to what he says.
 

phil36

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Well, it is Thursday here. So may you all have a blessed day when Thursday comes to you.
 

seoulsearch

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You were here as another user... Something to do with a fox, correct?

And were you not banned?

The problem is that coming back under another name is against the forum rules, and as soon as the mods are made aware of this (which regular users will report), you will be banned again.

The reason why I remember you is because many of the users here gave you very heartfelt and compassionate responses to your posts, but the only points you answered were ones that supported and/or stirred up contempt. It's not that we don't welcome your discussion, it's just that you had/have a lot of anger and were only interested in taking it out on other people, instead of heeding any of the feedback we all took the time to sincerely give the last time you were here.

I wish you all the best, but respect (following forum rules, etc.) must come from both sides.
Alexander,

I want to publicly tell you that I am sorry for being so harsh. I was out of line and want to apologize in front of everyone, because I also made my original posts in front of everyone to begin with. I also want to apologize to the CC administration for jumping the gun and trying to do their job for them. I know it doesn't justify my rash behavior but I want you all to know that I sincerely apologize.

I spent a couple hours looking for old posts from the former user I had referenced. I won't mention his name in this post because he is no longer here, and re-posting his old posts would be pointless. However, the important thing I found out was that this user was NOT banned and left this site under his own request (his username said, "Guest", indicating he had his account closed at will.) I apologize to this former user for stating that he was banned (because this was not correct), and I want to apologize to Alexander for insinuating that he is the same person and would also be banned. Being my multi-talented self :rolleyes:, I managed to slander two people in one post and for that, I apologize and am very sorry.

In his previous posts, the former user I had mentioned had stated that: 1. his main goal in life was to become as rich as possible; 2. God Himself was keeping him from that goal; 3. if a man had enough money, a woman would never leave him; and 3. Christians had to decide between riches and God and he was choosing riches. Several users had tried to give him reasonable answers but this former user was set on venting anger at anyone who disagreed with him in any way. My whole purpose in saying anything in this matter was to try to prevent another circular argument.

However, I was unfair in assuming Alexander was the same person and/or that he would react in the same way.

Alexander, I apologize to you, and to the CC staff, I am sorry for interfering and acting as if I had any type of status at a moderator (this is probably a prime example as to why I would never become a mod anyway! God has a lot of work to do on me! )

I hope you will eventually find it in your heart to forgive me but I understand I've made a grievous error. I will certainly try to be more careful in the future.

Thank you for your generous consideration, at the very least.

Sincerely,

Seoulsearch
 

mar09

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eternally-gratefull

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Happy Thursday everyone! Please forgive me for my rant yesterday, Some people just hit a nerve..