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i really don't know whether this site represents christians as a whole. maybe so, maybe not. but this place sometimes makes me feel like christians care most about:

pretty pictures of butterflies and schtuff
validation
agreement
disagreement so softly worded that it sounds more like agreement and validation than disagreement and truth
talking about their miserable days
providing people a place to entertain themselves and compete to entertain others
oh...and telling them they are right

these are the kind of days when i feel like this is a pretty lonely place.
 
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gypsygirl said:
i really don't know whether this site represents christians as a whole. maybe so, maybe not. but this place sometimes makes me feel like christians care most about:

pretty pictures of butterflies and schtuff
pretty avatar. nice boots!
validation
I so get you
agreement
You are absolutely correct
disagreement so softly worded that it sounds more like agreement and validation than disagreement and truth
...but it is quite possible that there may be some exceptions to your otherwise very true statements, almost all of which I agree with you on...
talking about their miserable days
but my cats are mean to me. I have to vent.
providing people a place to entertain themselves and compete to entertain others
...so the man tries to cheer the horse up and says "Why the long face?"
oh...and telling them they are right
but you are!

these are the kind of days when i feel like this is a pretty lonely place.
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gypsygirl said:
i really don't know whether this site represents christians as a whole. maybe so, maybe not. but this place sometimes makes me feel like christians care most about:

pretty pictures of butterflies and schtuff
validation
agreement
disagreement so softly worded that it sounds more like agreement and validation than disagreement and truth
talking about their miserable days
providing people a place to entertain themselves and compete to entertain others
oh...and telling them they are right

these are the kind of days when i feel like this is a pretty lonely place.
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Is that mainly this thread, or the forum in general?

Overall, I don't think this site is an accurate representation of the majority of Christians/Christianity. But I do think Christians, as a whole, are often too passive and agreeable. I'm this way myself a lot...though whether this stems from personality, or beliefs, or just a fear of putting myself out there and being disagreed with, I'm not sure. Anyway, I've lost the point of what I was saying, so I'll just end this with a pretty picture of a butterfly:





Kidding.
Eagerly awaiting your clarification :D
 
Hey strangers, just popping in for a moment. Lost my cellphone for those of you that have the number, not ignoring you if your trying to stay in touch. it will either turn up or ill have to get a new one
 
MissCris said:
Is that mainly this thread, or the forum in general?

Overall, I don't think this site is an accurate representation of the majority of Christians/Christianity. But I do think Christians, as a whole, are often too passive and agreeable. I'm this way myself a lot...though whether this stems from personality, or beliefs, or just a fear of putting myself out there and being disagreed with, I'm not sure. Anyway, I've lost the point of what I was saying, so I'll just end this with a pretty picture of a butterfly:





Kidding.
Eagerly awaiting your clarification :D
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I agree and im tracking what you are saying....this is a site and yes christian, people come from different reasons.
Im not passive, but i know others just dont like confrontation,
I think it all just boils down to why peeps are here. :)
 
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Donkeyfish07 said:
Hey strangers, just popping in for a moment. Lost my cellphone for those of you that have the number, not ignoring you if your trying to stay in touch. it will either turn up or ill have to get a new one
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Good to see you, Ryan. Stop being a stranger.
 
Donkeyfish07 said:
Hey strangers, just popping in for a moment. Lost my cellphone for those of you that have the number, not ignoring you if your trying to stay in touch. it will either turn up or ill have to get a new one
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no worries. i'll keep ignoring you, if you'll keep ignoring me. ; p
 
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I feel like most active Christians who are trying to transform the world (like in Acts), probably don't spend much time on the Internet. So, while many good things have come about due to this site (people being saved, growing in faith, friendships and marital relationships, etc...)... It's certainly not an accurate representation of the whole body of Christ. It does, however, represent parts of the body, and people where they are at/how they choose to represent themselves.
 
I always struggle with what is "active enough" or "too passive" as a Christian. In my life right now, my main contact with people is either at work, at church, or here on CC, and the chances I have to disagree with unbelievers/"witness"/"actively be a Christian" are mostly at work and sometimes on CC.

My own personal way of witnessing has always been to get to know people and invite them to church. I have a small circle of co-workers I've been asking for a year now, even offering to pick them up or meet them at a church they are interested in attending (not necessarily mine) but so far, there have been no takers. When co-workers open up about a problem, I ask if I can put my their names in my church's prayer box. And when I heard about certain rulings in the Supreme court, I spent the afternoon just telling God, "God, I'm sorry. This country has 'In God We Trust' on our money, but the reality is, we don't follow you at all do we? We were founded on an original belief in You, and I'm sorry we've strayed so far."

I just felt a huge need to tell Him we're sorry for all that's happening.

This is all I know to do in living my faith right now. Is it "enough"? Is it "active" enough? I actually ponder that all the time. Should I be confronting all the people around me (many of them publicly declaring to be Christians) who are living with a significant other? Yesterday I was thinking of some young people from my old church who have dedicated their lives to living off the donations of others and caring for orphans in war-torn countries. Compared to them, I look like a pacifist heathen.

But someone has to go to work everyday to earn the money to donate to people who choose to live like this. And none of this is pat myself on the back, for sure, but rather, to point out my own shortcomings. However, we all play different parts in the body of Christ.

I often feel very small and insignificant among the sea of believers because I don't have outstanding Evangelistic skills with which to dazzle the public. I'm not a successful business person who can dedicate a building or a church. But I am one person, and when I read about the everyday things other Christians do here: selling at the market (maybe they offered a kind word to someone who needed it), raising their kids (and opening their home to other kids who may not have a loving home life), being real about their struggles (which others can relate to), and offering rides to work... etc. etc. etc.

I start to see a bigger picture of how one person... here, there, and all around the world... really can hold up a light for Christ. I might be carrying a tealight compared to another person's flamethrower, but I know that for me, the CC community gives me hope, and many examples of how I can live out my faith just a little better every day.
 
One thing to keep in mind when trying to determine how God thinks about us is to remember that He cares about repentance. One example of this was in the 19th chapter of Luke. Jesus knew that Zacchaeus was repentant. It became evident to everyone else when he pledged to repay 4 times that which he had taken unjustly.

When Jesus was talking to the woman about to be stoned, the last thing He told her was "sin no more". The main reason I'm mentioning this is due to having seen uncertainty about how exactly God thinks about us compared to, let's say, a murderer. The murderer is offered atonement for sins just as much as the little boy who was covered in gasoline and set on fire. However, not only is it not okay what the murderer has done, much restitution is needed before the murderer can be treated on this Earth the same way as the little boy is treated (likely an impossible task this side of Heaven). I'm trying to phrase what I want to say accurately, but basically it's that God is also a God of justice. He sees both former abuse that influenced the behavior of some (maybe all) and current transgressions people do willfully.
 
One more thing: Cristen (MissCris), I know you see yourself as not being very important, but you are. When you're gone, I miss you, and I definitely notice.

This is just my own personal musings, but many people don't realize how much their posts help other people. There are some people whose posts I look for daily as a relief to the daily stress in my life. I remember a post a long time ago in which Cristen mentioning stepping on a "purple singing hippo" and it made me laugh out loud... and made my day a whole lot brighter. Catherder's and Lynx's posts often give me a similar reaction.

I've fought with depression all my life. Many, many days, like Elijah, I tell God, "I've had it, God. I'm done. Take me now." But I know what He's going to tell me. He's going to tell me to suck it up and face another day (I often wish a raven would then conveniently appear out of nowhere with dinner, but alas, it hasn't happened yet.)

And then I see a post from a "familiar face" here--and there are too many of you to name--and it's like, "Ok, God... one more day..." Maybe I'm greedy, or too small-minded, but I often thank God because I tell Him, "Lord, I think one of Cristen's (and/or so many others here) callings is just to get me through another day, and I thank you for that!"

Hugs and much love <3 to you!
 
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Kim, I've found that a lot of people have to sort of be confronted about God. Not trying to make you do something without being there myself; it's just that you seemed to be asking if we had any suggestions as to what to do to be more evangelistic. Maybe the church could also bus in some disadvantaged children. I generally find it easy to talk to those youngsters. I also know of at least one teen here who mentioned you talking to her, so there's that way you've helped as well :).


Also, my last post was because of something you said in another thread,
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I always have this picture in my mind of God wrapping His arms around the abusive person and telling him or her, "I love you, my precious child!!! You are perfect in my eyes!" in just the very same manner as what He would say to me, and I am still in the process of accepting that.
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I don't find it to be "the very same manner" when a person is unrepentant. I'm sure in some ways it is. You're both loved, but tough love is a real thing. We're only made perfect through Jesus' death on the cross, as you know. Jesus called the religious people names sometimes, and used a whip on the moneychangers in the temple.
 
Just watching Chronicles of Narnia - Voyage of the Dawn Treader with my dad and future step mom (I'm on her laptop for just a little bit). It's just me and them today. Nobody else. Did some yard work. Drove to the store with them supervising. Kind of nice. It's a nice break. Being around them takes my mind off of all the things I've been thinking about.
 
Making a kid of low-carb jello coffee dessert. We shall see. It's only "kind of" low carby cuz I am adding some chocolate syrup to it. Otherwise, it's sweetened with a combination of Splenda and stevia. We shall see. I think I shall take a nap while it sets in the fridge.
 
Catherder, I simply must tell you and both baby Jesus and I are crying over your 'dessert'. CRYING, I tell ya. You and I are gonna have to have a sit-down, Mister. A come to Jesus meeting, as it were. Not involving cherries though, because I know you don't like 'em.
 
Sold so many cheesecakes. So.Many.Cheesecakes. Sold the bread by 12:30 and all of the rolls that I use for samples were sold an hour later after the bread was gone. People begging for bread. One woman drove 1.5 hours to buy two loaves. Isn't that amazing??

God is so unbelievably good to me. Well, to all of us, but I'm kinda astounded right now.

But I can't tell if my headache is because I'm tired, dehydrated or hungry. Probably all three. I'm gonna make some dinner and them nap, and then I'm gonna chat later, because there's often a good conversation in the evenings. :)
 
Olerica said:
Catherder, I simply must tell you and both baby Jesus and I are crying over your 'dessert'. CRYING, I tell ya. You and I are gonna have to have a sit-down, Mister. A come to Jesus meeting, as it were. Not involving cherries though, because I know you don't like 'em.
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I just don't like cherries in dessert. By themselves, they are OK.

And yes, coffee jello seems a bit strange, but the picture shur looked purdy.
 
I know you are low-carbing it, but splenda? :( Splenda makes me weep for humanity. All the fake sugars do. I'll give ya the pass on stevia, because a little of that is good and goes a LONG way.
 
Olerica said:
I know you are low-carbing it, but splenda? :( Splenda makes me weep for humanity. All the fake sugars do. I'll give ya the pass on stevia, because a little of that is good and goes a LONG way.
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YES. Sucralose is evil....EVIL I tell you. I seem to actually have an allergy to Sucralose. Like...it makes my brain foggy, my depression and fatigue even worsens. Just awful stuff.
 
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