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16  Entertainment / Poetry/Prose / Please help, I need to be titled on: November 08, 2006, 08:20:53 AM
My Lord, my God, my Savior,
my Father up above,
how is it that you can love me
with everlasting love?

I see all my failures,
all that I do wrong.
Why do you still care enough
to fill me with your song?

I feel so weak, but you are strong.
You know each step I take.
You know my strengths and weaknesses
and you know each path I take.

Thank you Lord for loving me
and leading me to you.
Please mend all my brokenness
and show me what to do.

I want to do your will, Lord.
So I come to you and say,
Please guide me each and every day
and help me to obey.

17  Entertainment / Poetry/Prose / Would anyone like to suggest a title for my poem? on: November 08, 2006, 08:02:21 AM
Weeping children why do you mourn?
Have you been sad since the day you were born?
You want to be accepted and you fight to fit in,
but the odds are against you, like there's no way to win.

There is so much in life that you would like to gain,
but you can't seem to do it, your held back by the pain.
You learn not to trust and you rarely feel loved,
and soon all that is left is God above.

Slowly and surely you deal with your past,
forgiving those who hurt you, yet the memories still last.
One little word, once simple phrase,
triggers those memories that can't seem to be erased.

God is so faithful, His love knows no end
and just when you need it most, He sends you a friend.
He knows that not just any friend will do,
so He sends those who are gentle, faithful, and true.

They gently help you get through life's storms,
despite that you feel all battered and torn.
For there's a rainbow that waits on the other side
and for that rainbow we wait with our arms open wide.
18  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello on: November 03, 2006, 07:32:57 AM
Hello and welcome.  Jump in and share where you feel comfortable doing so.  I'm sure that I speak for many when I say that we look forward to seeing your posts and interacting with you.
19  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello on: October 31, 2006, 12:32:40 PM
Hello and welcome!!!

I look forward to seeing your posts.

I have a brother who use to live in the State of Washington.  Oak Habor to be exact.  He use to be in the Navy and he decided to live out that way instead of coming home to Minnesota.  Although, he has thought about moving back here.  I think he will miss being out there if he moves back home.  He use to take us crabbing with him, to the beach, he took us to Seattle once, and much more.  We even got to see a seal in the wild once and have been there for the lowest tide of the year and got to see various kinds of sea life.....that was so cool!!!  That was a long time ago now.  He now lives in Oregon.  Do you live near the coast or inland?

20  Theology / Debate / Re: SHOULD I KEEP IT SECRET??? on: October 30, 2006, 01:59:27 AM
I think it would depend on your age and the woman's age.  If she is 20 years older than you I think you should send a older woman.  I also think that if you are a guy you should send another woman.

I tend to disagree.  There is a type of connection there that isn't there if a woman speaks with a guy or if a guy speaks to a woman.  I can speak to a guy and have him not understand, but if another guy says the same thing to the same guy it's like he seems to understand.  I've seen it happen and therefore I would think twice about sending a woman to address the guy.

Also, what would stop the guy from trying to hit on the woman that was sent to address him?  Some people don't care what other people think.  The idea of speaking to a guy without another guy present is one that would scare me because of something that has taken place in the past where a guy from church became obsessed with trying to build a relationship after having a innocent conversation with him just to include him and make an effort to get to know a little bit about him.  Before I realized what was happening this guy started following me everywhere and would know every place where I have been throughout the week.  He had also been seen standing outside an apartment building where I lived at the time like he was waiting for me to come out.  I later discovered that other people have had similar issues with this guy........after it was already too late.  I ended up moving away, attending a different church, getting married and having children of my own before I could visit/attend the church again and have him leave me alone. 

There are some creepy people both within and outside the churches and proper caution needs to be taken.  People of the same gender as the person being addressed just seems more acceptable to me.  It's not fun being stalked by a guy who is obsessed in trying to persue a realtionship that just isn't there.
21  Theology / Debate / Re: SHOULD I KEEP IT SECRET??? on: October 30, 2006, 01:18:07 AM
I agree with saved by grace.  I also believe there are times to follow the steps the Bible tells us to in confronting sin in anothers life.  But this situation, possibly speading deadly diseases to his wife, I think needs to be addressed immediatly.  I wouldn't do it though if I didn't have 100% proof that he was cheating.  Just guessing or assuming can cause such a big mess. 

your brother in Christ,

Bill  Grin

Ahhh.....good point.  Yes, addressing the husband as well once solid proof has been established would be the proper thing to do. 

In the case that I was involved in, the guy tried hitting on me and I found out by accident that his girlfriend that he spoke of was someone who I have known for a long time and who knew me as someone who would speak the truth.  I was at her home when he walked in the door and got a funny look on his face when he saw me.  When I later spoke to the gal about what took place between her boyfriend and I, she noticed the looks that were exchanged between her boyfriend and I the second that he walked in the door and was introduced to me.  I didn't tell her right away, but when she told me about how their relationship has changed, mentioned some of the behaviors she had noticed, and then asked me if I thought he was cheating on her, I couldn't lie to her and I told her in detail the conversation that I had with her boyfriend and I left it at that.  I told her what he had said to me and how he tried to hit on me......wanting me to go out with him and how I told him that I was married.  Granted, my marriage has issues of it's own, but I will not be unfaithful to my husband in that manner. 

I also think that if at all possible, that a guy or maybe even a couple guys in some cases confront the husband and that the wife may respond better to a woman breaking the news to her.  I also believe that the confrontations need to be based on the facts and not clouded with one's own thoughts and opinions.  When people start adding their own thoughts and opinions, the truth has a way of being stretched and made into something that isn't true.  Similar to playing the game "Telephone" where you whisper a phase to the next person in line and the last person is to say the phrase out loud......It's not always what it started out as being. 
22  Theology / Debate / Re: SHOULD I KEEP IT SECRET??? on: October 29, 2006, 11:47:55 PM
IF A HUSBAND WAS CHEATING ON HIS WIFE AND YOU KNEW ABOUT IT, WOULD YOU TELL THE WIFE???

I won't try to tell you one way or another as to what you should do, but if it were me (and I have been in a similar situation) I feel that the wife deserves to know the truth, but that the truth should be told as gently as possible......even if it hurts.  There are some sexually transmitted diseases out there that I wouldn't wish on anyone.  There is also ways to still save the marriage if help is sought in the early stages.......even though it would be grounds for a divorce.  This is something that is very, very damaging to a marriage and put the marriage in high risk to end in divorce........especially if help is not sought in the early stages.  Also, even though the truth would hurt and I would be angry towards my husband, I would want to be told if my husband was cheating on me. 

I have a brother who has chosen the homosexual lifestyle despite being raised better than that and taught that it's wrong.  My brother now deals with AIDS and requires medications that costs over $1000 a month just to stay alive.  It's a horrible disease that he has brought on himself by his lifestyle, but it would bother me to no end if an innocent person got such a disease because their spouse was cheating on them.  I have seen my brother go through things that make me gag just thinking about them because they are so gross.  I would not ever want to see an innocent person experience that......it's bad enough when the person brought it on themself with full knowledge that they had put themself in high risk for such a disease.  AIDS/HIV is not only part of the gay society......it's so widespread that it's everywhere where proper precautions to prevent it are not taken and affects those who are straight as well as the homosexuals.
23  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello! on: October 26, 2006, 05:00:27 AM
Hello and welcome. 

I'm new here as well, but so far from what I have seen this seem to be one of the better sites that I have been to. 
24  Welcome / About You! / Re: New Member! :) on: October 26, 2006, 04:55:20 AM
Hello and welcome!!!
25  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello wanted to introduce myself on: October 24, 2006, 01:13:00 AM
Hello. I am new here and wanted to say Hi! I live in Alabama and have 2 children. Going through some tough times right now with personal issues but I know it can only get better.
Hope to make some new friends.


Hi and welcome.  I'm new here and I too am having some tough things to deal with, but God is so faithful to His promises!!!  Praying for you.
26  Theology / Debate / Re: Respect for other religions on: October 24, 2006, 01:04:49 AM
Hi, i cant understand when christians, christian leaders make a statement that they respect other religions. isnt  that like saying i agree with  what you are doing?

I don't think any one denomination has all the truths and I think there is a difference between respecting one's beliefs and agreeing with them.  I have my doubts about some of the things that I have been taught as a child, so I question them and try to find out the truth.  I find nothing wrong or offensive about saying something along the lines of "Now that I heard what you believe, let me share what I believe".  I think it's important to know what we believe and why we believe what we do. 
27  Theology / Debate / Once Saved Always Saved??? on: October 23, 2006, 11:17:12 PM
I was raised Baptist and taught once saved always saved.  This is also the teaching in the Alliance and Evangelical Free churches that I have attended.  If this teaching is true, they why does Hebrews 6:4-6 say what it does?

Hebrews 6:4-6 (New International Version)

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

28  Fellowship / Testimonies / Re: Overcoming My Past on: October 23, 2006, 12:32:17 PM
WAHOO!!!!  Awsome testimony.
29  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello on: October 23, 2006, 12:21:04 PM
Thanks everyone.  There appears to be some awesome people here. 
30  Welcome / About You! / Re: Hello on: October 23, 2006, 12:18:15 PM
I can highly respect what you are doing with your kids and the medicine. Too many parents want to take the easy way out when it isn't really neccessary causing more problems for them and their children.

I myself have a child that was diagnosed as retarded with a bunch of other medical issues. We were told she wouldn't make it past the 4th grade or 6th grade. The schools kept trying to hold her back. We decided to homeschool her. She is 22 now, graduated from high school and a very loving, proficient mother of a 3 yr old. Our youngest son was diagnosed as autistic and dylexic. They wanted to medicate him also and put him in special education. We homeschooled him as we did all of our children. He has graduated and at 18 yrs old was living on his own with a full time job making more than most others. He is 19 now with two beautiful twins.

My prayers go with you and your family.



I sometimes find myself wishing that homeschooling my kids was an option for me, but I work full time to pay the bills. 

Your right....people tend to under-estimate these kids.  Myself included, until my son taught me otherwise.  I too refuse to be told that my kids will only develope to a certain point and that they will never be able to do certain activities.  I don't believe that there is a limit as to what people can do if they just set their minds to follow their dreams.  I think that all too often, people just don't want to deal with these special people......sadly some churches included.  The kids and I have left a church because of how they would treat my son and I.

We now attend an awesome non-denominational church.  It's different and they sometimes speak in togues and dance, but the teachings go hand in hand with what the bible has to say.  Never before have I been this excited about what God and his will for my life.

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