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  1. Ballaurena

    Strictly Miscellaneous

    Yeah. I gave up on Reddit after a 'Christian' page banned me for saying "Love the sinner; hate the sin," or actually just respectfully disagreeing privately to the mods before I ever posted. Apparently summarizing the gospel message is homophobic.
  2. Ballaurena

    Insomnia -- Let's Have a Discussion That's Exciting Enough to Keep Us Awake -- Or So Boring That It Puts Us to Sleep! :)

    I hope you find what you need. You are correct that most dairy is a mixture of A1 and A2. Just to be sure, it is the A1 that is potentially problematic. A2 is what you want. Whoever named these should have done it the other way around since A2 is what existed first, presumably closer to God's...
  3. Ballaurena

    Insomnia -- Let's Have a Discussion That's Exciting Enough to Keep Us Awake -- Or So Boring That It Puts Us to Sleep! :)

    For me, I have been asking God for years why I often feel disconnected from reality and struggling with day-time sleepiness, though it is rare for me to encounter the really extreme reactions that make me non-functional. Basically there have been two really extreme encounters, and they were...
  4. Ballaurena

    The Singles Forum Goes to a Tea Party! (Come Join Us for a Spot O'Tea!)

    Thank you. It has been 17 years since Papa passed now, though your kind words aren't a waste, especially since my mom still struggles with his loss. As for the younger boyfriend, at least he got a good wife out of his efforts of facing a tea party, and THAT tea party in particular.
  5. Ballaurena

    Why is my spiritual status listed as 'unsure' as opposed to 'Christian?' Am I a follower of...

    Why is my spiritual status listed as 'unsure' as opposed to 'Christian?' Am I a follower of Christ? Absolutely. Am I a Christian? That depends on your definition since I follow Christ not Christendom, and the longer I follow him, the more the two diverge.
  6. Ballaurena

    Optimistic mood from colors?

    Yes, colors have spiritual effects and meanings. God indicated as much to my church, and science has also identified some of the effects, like green promoting life and health in hospitals, and the aforementioned pink that lessons agitation (So does fish oil, BTW). Once I went for a walk where...
  7. Ballaurena

    Anyone want to chat and debate?

    Why would homosexual repentance be any different from any other repentance? The repentance of salvation is repenting of what you ARE - a fallen being incapable of living a sinless life. Are we instantly forgiven? Yes, Jesus made that available a long time ago. Are we instantly perfected? No, but...
  8. Ballaurena

    The Singles Forum Goes to a Tea Party! (Come Join Us for a Spot O'Tea!)

    I am so definitely dressing up. Otherwise it isn't really a tea party to me, though I will take you all as you are. I'll have an Earl Grey pot of tea, some of those tiny little sandwiches and sweets on a three-tiered tray, and a scone with cream and strawberry preserves, though I know lemon curd...
  9. Ballaurena

    The Singles Forum Goes to a Tea Party! (Come Join Us for a Spot O'Tea!)

    I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one, though I'm sorry it sounds like you've got it worse. I still try a serving of alcohol once in a while, but I'm learning that, that is all it takes for me to have a headache before I leave the restaurant. And yes indeed, all those complexities of wine that...
  10. Ballaurena

    Insomnia -- Let's Have a Discussion That's Exciting Enough to Keep Us Awake -- Or So Boring That It Puts Us to Sleep! :)

    Actually, this sleep for 8 hours straight idea appears to be relatively new, coming about with the industrial revolution or some such societal change. I generally can sleep for 7, but as someone with a history of daytime sleepiness and a lot of loved ones that are insomniacs, I asked God why our...
  11. Ballaurena

    What are you listening to?

    And yet Days Gone sounds like it could be the name of one of the sisters' songs. Appearances can definitely be deceiving since the two clearly don't even harmonize in character.
  12. Ballaurena

    The great ages reached by biblical characters

    God changed something in all of mankind as recorded in the beginning of Genesis 6, but it took time for it to take full effect. I have wondered if God did something to the telomeres on our DNA (the bumpers on our DNA that get shorter with replication and thus increasing age until the actual DNA...
  13. Ballaurena

    What are you listening to?

    At the moment? Book of Days since I love me some Enya. But did you'll know she has a Christian sister that sings the same style named Moya/Marie Brennan? Here is her song The Light on the Hill.
  14. The Cost of Being Like Jesus

    The Cost of Being Like Jesus

  15. Happy Pentecost/Commencement

    Happy Pentecost/Commencement

  16. No Regrets

    No Regrets

    Life Lesson
  17. Ballaurena

    Old Beacon Hill

    Yes, all living things have a spirit (soul) and our spiritual environment affects us very much but with God the effects can be dealt with, at least in part. I personally grew up in a neighborhood that had a spirit of pride, including false humility, and it had me all out of sorts with trying to...
  18. Ballaurena

    Dealing with spiritual attacks

    Mine have looked different, being more often interference in my dreams or thoughts or health, but attacks by evil spirits happen to everyone, though often more covertly. They are like mosquitoes or flies that pop up from time to time. You have to swat the current one to make it stop but others...
  19. Ballaurena

    do you hear voice of the Holy spirit?

    Yes, I didn't grow up with such things at my childhood church, but the closest Christian college to my home was Pentecostal, and they weren't pushy about it, but one of my professors had us read part of a Christian book called "The Life You've Always Wanted," then told us to do a project on one...
  20. Ballaurena

    1) Why my unsure status? The term has become varied in its definitions. Is it someone who goes...

    1) Why my unsure status? The term has become varied in its definitions. Is it someone who goes to church, believes certain doctrines, is pursuing God, or who has Holy Spirit? 2) Because God is doing new things and this goes beyond Christianity as it has been known, just like Christianity went...