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my favorite time to walk is between 1 and 3am.
outdoors.
with coyotes as my, er, companions.
gulp[/Qnoooo...beautiful Ellie! Trust me! Never fear coyotes...I scare them away all the time! Just shout. "Get outa here". They run! See wolves wont run from sayin get...but coyotes will! Dont be scared...I promise I wouldnt lie to you!
noooo
outdoors.
with coyotes as my, er, companions.
gulp[/Qnoooo...beautiful Ellie! Trust me! Never fear coyotes...I scare them away all the time! Just shout. "Get outa here". They run! See wolves wont run from sayin get...but coyotes will! Dont be scared...I promise I wouldnt lie to you!
noooo
idk, sky...i've seen a pack of coyotes take down a deer.
i do not think 'shoo' would do it if they were hungry enough.
(my singing voice might be! lol)
but everywhere i go, God goes, too. so i know whatever befalls, it's
.
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Kodiak? Lol...ok...when I went to Canada at age 5! This is for Roxxy too! Canada is Soooo beautiful yet ok....every lake I dipped my toe in...within 5 seconds an ugly black leech clung to my toe! Ugh...question is? Do Canadians have to deal with them ugh...leeches in every lake? Or hopefully it was just lakes I swam in? Just always wanted to ask that?
Kodiak? Lol...ok...when I went to Canada at age 5! This is for Roxxy too! Canada is Soooo beautiful yet ok....every lake I dipped my toe in...within 5 seconds an ugly black leech clung to my toe! Ugh...question is? Do Canadians have to deal with them ugh...leeches in every lake? Or hopefully it was just lakes I swam in? Just always wanted to ask that?
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No, only in certain lakes you will find them ... they are few and far between. We call them 'bloodsuckers'. Grampa used to camp with us at a little place called "Shaw Dam" and that lake was full! It was so hot that of course we went into the water, and there would grampa be, on guard, pulling them off of us. We have many beaches here in Ontario where there is none at all.
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I just wanted to share something that's bothering me.
I've tried to talk to 'a friend' who feels she's a Christian (has been for many years). We are childhood friends in RL but have stopped speaking recently since I began pointing out some error and counterfeit that she might be leaning into such as the god-self and various other new age hocus pocus nonsense lingo. She goes to church, reads the bible, post scripture, has christian friends, witnesses about Jesus, etc. However, I also see where she posts online about those new age thoughts or quotes as if they're equally wonderful things to embrace. Even if I try to talk to her about it, she politely ignores it all. How can a Christian have one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom and say that both are profitable for spiritual growth? How can we sift through the things of the world gathering what we assume is spiritually edifying and then discard the rest? My concern is that she is not listening to the Holy Spirit's voice but to a different voice.
I've tried to reason with her with an understanding that if we took a gallon of the purest drinking water and added a tablespoon of dung to it, would we still drink it saying it was safe. couldn't it possibly make us (spiritually) sick or contaminate our (walk/minds) body?
How should we view such behavior without condemning that someone in the Lord?
They are...
a. being deceived
b. being rebellious thinking that they know best
c. running after other gods
d. all the above
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 13:12
Please pray for 'B' that the Holy Spirit will open her eyes to the truth of what she is doing. ty
I've tried to talk to 'a friend' who feels she's a Christian (has been for many years). We are childhood friends in RL but have stopped speaking recently since I began pointing out some error and counterfeit that she might be leaning into such as the god-self and various other new age hocus pocus nonsense lingo. She goes to church, reads the bible, post scripture, has christian friends, witnesses about Jesus, etc. However, I also see where she posts online about those new age thoughts or quotes as if they're equally wonderful things to embrace. Even if I try to talk to her about it, she politely ignores it all. How can a Christian have one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom and say that both are profitable for spiritual growth? How can we sift through the things of the world gathering what we assume is spiritually edifying and then discard the rest? My concern is that she is not listening to the Holy Spirit's voice but to a different voice.
I've tried to reason with her with an understanding that if we took a gallon of the purest drinking water and added a tablespoon of dung to it, would we still drink it saying it was safe. couldn't it possibly make us (spiritually) sick or contaminate our (walk/minds) body?
How should we view such behavior without condemning that someone in the Lord?
They are...
a. being deceived
b. being rebellious thinking that they know best
c. running after other gods
d. all the above
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 13:12
Please pray for 'B' that the Holy Spirit will open her eyes to the truth of what she is doing. ty
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wait...Australia has time zones, doesn't it??
i always thought they're between 8 and 10 hours ahead of eastern time, US?
at any rate, Breno's the one who said morning.
how's that for Christian fellowship?
i just tossed him right under the bus.
i always thought they're between 8 and 10 hours ahead of eastern time, US?
at any rate, Breno's the one who said morning.
how's that for Christian fellowship?
i just tossed him right under the bus.
Some of what you are talking about might be bad, but then it might not be bad. Not all wisdom and edification has to come from the pages of the Bible.
Many great people all down through history have left us with tens of thousands of fantastic quotes..... AND many of them parallel the Bible. We can often use that simple fact to point out to people like your friend that God's word leads the parade of wisdom men think they have uniquely come up with.
Many great people all down through history have left us with tens of thousands of fantastic quotes..... AND many of them parallel the Bible. We can often use that simple fact to point out to people like your friend that God's word leads the parade of wisdom men think they have uniquely come up with.
This is too important for me to leave just yet. One of the truisms I still live by was made by a Lebanese poet....
"Do not say, 'I have found THE truth, rather say, "I have found A truth." This even applies to Jesus. Although, beyond the shadow of a doubt, He is THE truth, none of us can truthfully say we know all the truth of Him and His ways and teaching, and how He related to people and to God.
Another comes from Abraham Lincoln: "I don't think I like that man over there, I think I will go over and get to know him." This is literally loaded with wisdom and truth straight from many parts of the Bible.
I have often said, "Don't just parrot Bible verses at me..... this shows me nothing of your heart." I feel that if you cannot take God's word into yourself, and breathe it back out in your own esoteric words, and in your daily living, then you may have done little more than just learned some words on a page.
"Do not say, 'I have found THE truth, rather say, "I have found A truth." This even applies to Jesus. Although, beyond the shadow of a doubt, He is THE truth, none of us can truthfully say we know all the truth of Him and His ways and teaching, and how He related to people and to God.
Another comes from Abraham Lincoln: "I don't think I like that man over there, I think I will go over and get to know him." This is literally loaded with wisdom and truth straight from many parts of the Bible.
I have often said, "Don't just parrot Bible verses at me..... this shows me nothing of your heart." I feel that if you cannot take God's word into yourself, and breathe it back out in your own esoteric words, and in your daily living, then you may have done little more than just learned some words on a page.
That's great, I don't so much agree with the first one because I see it this way, Jesus is the Truth, and if I have found Jesus, or rather He has revealed Himself to me then I have found the truth. Perhaps that quote was from someone who hadn't found the truth and is fumbling around trying to find it and has found the definitive truth? Either that or I don't fully grasp what he has said (which is quite likely) lol
And I agree with not parroting the bible, quote the verse and your understanding of it. I have a habit of replying my current understanding of a scripture and totally leaving out the scripture which some people may not like because they want scripture and only scripture. But the devil can and has quoted scripture, religious leaders past and present know scripture but have no understanding
And I agree with not parroting the bible, quote the verse and your understanding of it. I have a habit of replying my current understanding of a scripture and totally leaving out the scripture which some people may not like because they want scripture and only scripture. But the devil can and has quoted scripture, religious leaders past and present know scripture but have no understanding