K4D Rising #4

[K4D]

25yearsmlc,

I hope that you and your family are healthy and doing well. I hope that your daughter is not back in the hospital, but if she is, I pray that she heal quickly.

Kevin

[K4D]

So many people are ready to just quit and walk away. They have become exhausted after their stands for their M's.

I know it is hard. But isn't it worth it in the end? When we can say that we fought the good fight and our M was restored?

We live in such a "please me now" world and patience is something that just seems to be lacking so much with this generation. Some stand until it is done, and others give up when they have decided that it is time to end it.

Ultimately, who decides when it is over? Don't we have a covenant? Wasn't it for life? When someone is sick, don't they need a doctor?

Our WAS's are sick right now. Many of us have caused that sickness. I know I have. It is our job to repair that sickness through Jesus.

I hate to see people losing faith and hope and giving up and quitting their stand for their M. They see something else that looks good to them and decide their covenant isn't worth standing for anymore. But I tell you that it is worth standing for as long as it takes.

The enemy works so hard to draw us away from our stand. He brings other people into our lives and tells us that the other people are better for us. But it is all a lie. It is designed to get us to fall away from what God has asked us to stand for. The reality is you eventually become just like your WAS when you give up your stand for your M. People don't want to be told that. But how can anyone deny it?

The weakness, loneliness, fear of the future, etc takes over and becomes so strong that people give in to it. It is a powerful force against us. But that is when we must keep our faith and stand stronger. Pray, fast, spend time with God, keep working on ourselves and building a life as if while not losing sight of the ultimate prize. A restored M better than it ever was before.

I just felt the need to post this after reading some threads of people being ready to walk away and quit.

If it even encourages one person to keep standing for their covenant M, then it was worth it.

Kevin

[PMA_Baby!]

I understand what you're saying Kevin and for the most part agree. I also know that it does "take 2" and you CAN NOT force someone to WANT to do THE WORK. All you can do is let them go by detaching and moving on. If someday they choose to do THE WORK then you can decide if you still want that.

It's that simple...

PMA

[K4D]

PMA,

I agree. You cannot force someone else to do the work. And I wasn't saying you could. I am simply encouraging anyone that may read this to not give up and lose faith. Thats all.

Kevin

[MrBond]

All right I have to chime in here because I can't believe what I just read.

"They see something else that looks good to them and decide their covenant isn't worth standing for anymore."

Are you serious? There are people that have been here for years and have never seen anything good to them. There's an issue of self-respect and many times the LBS is just tired of being the scapegoat all the time.

Kevin, you really don't have the right to be judgemental here. If you want to tell people not to give up, that's fine. But don't make judgement calls like "oh you're so easy to give up". Give me a break.

Even in the Charlyne and her H were divorced. Sometimes that's out of our control. But don't pass say we LBS who are here are weak because some want to stop the emotional abuse they are going through.

[K4D]

Stuck808,

A simple misinterpertation. We are ALL weak at times. I am not judging anyone. I am simply trying to enourage people to not give up on their stand. And with regard to Bob and Charlyne, Charlyne realized that what she did in divorcing Bob was not God's will.

Nobody is being judged. I am simply saying don't give up on your stand. That is all. I am not saying to not build a life for yourself. Build it. I am just saying don't go to someone else who may come into your life. Keep your stand up. Put it in God's hands. But don't go down the same path because you are emotionally exhausted to those who choose to.

You can build your life, get relief from it without walking away from your covenant.

Keep up the good work and the stance, but make yourself a happy life while waiting for God to do his work.

Just don't give up.

Kevin

[K4D]

Stuck,

You have to be one of my most favorite people. I never know when you are going to pop in and out, but I can almsot always guarantee you are going to have something to disagree with me about. And that is ok.

Kevin

[MrBond]

And as usual you haven't READ what I wrote. In fact, you didn't even read what you wrote.

You just insulted all the LBSs who don't "fight" or "stand" for their M. Which is demeaning and undeserved.

Read your post again.

[K4D]

Stuck,

I did not insult anyone. I encouraged them to continue to stand for their M.

Kevin

[missmyfriend]

Kevin, I am not being critical but a stand is something that is very solitary. People with different feelings on the subject can be very offended, even when it is not the intention. I have made comments, in the past, that I didn't try to offend but that is what I did. I believe in standing, for me. Until God tells me otherwise, I plan on standing and I actually pray that God will be my strength to help me do what He tells me to do.

Keep the faith, Kevin