Me: 44, Wife: 39 M: 17 years T: 20 years Bomb on 08/25/09 1/13/10: MC started 1/28/10, 2/8/10: More bombs 8/28/10: Wife moved out No talk of D, no movement
It's interesting to note that there are 365 verses in the Bible that say, "Fear not." God provided us with one 'fear not' message for every day of the year! Do you think God is saying, "Get the message. Don't be afraid!"
I never knew this and I am so happy to have it pointed out to me...
I am going to have to take the time to put together those 365 verses and then print them out and keep them handy.
May All Who Seek To Take My Life Be Put To Shame And Confusion; May All Who Desire My Ruin Be Turned Back In Disgrace. ~Psalm 40:14~
Yes, the first thing God says in many situations in the Bible is "Fear Not". Yet we fear. Someone once said to me, if you were in a cage with two lions and Jesus was in the cage with you and said Fear Not, would you fear? Probably. Even though he is IN THE CAGE next to you? Probably. Well, he is next to us all the time and still we fear. Fear is just a feeling. It passes.
My sitch seems to have taken a turn for the worst but I wlll try my best not to fear but to TRUST that God is leading me where I need to be. Honestly, I think it is more pain than fear that gets to me these days...
Last few posts reminded me of something I heard in church last weekend. Sermon mentioned how joy is something that God wants for us - it's just whether we want it for ourselves. Even in the grim times of Zapaniah, there is an encouragement of this. People often talk of the Old Testament God and the New Testament one. It was pointed out they're the same God. There is no "angry" God, not the way people paint it. We do it because God gives us choices to make, and despite conscience, intelligence, and all our other gifts, we inevitably will make choices we know to be wrong. And thus, it makes it easier to blame a vengeful, demanding, angry God for the consequences rather than look in the mirror.
It has such similarities to the WAS / LBS dynamic it stuck in my mind.
Me 42 W 39 Married: 11 Jan 1998, T: Since 1992 First Bomb: Sep 2007 Confirmed A/OM: 4 Nov 2007 Kids: D10, S5 Reconciled and together again after (alot of) time and heartbreak. 3rd kid, S, born 2 Jan 2010.
Last few posts reminded me of something I heard in church last weekend. Sermon mentioned how joy is something that God wants for us - it's just whether we want it for ourselves. Even in the grim times of Zapaniah, there is an encouragement of this. People often talk of the Old Testament God and the New Testament one. It was pointed out they're the same God. There is no "angry" God, not the way people paint it. We do it because God gives us choices to make, and despite conscience, intelligence, and all our other gifts, we inevitably will make choices we know to be wrong. And thus, it makes it easier to blame a vengeful, demanding, angry God for the consequences rather than look in the mirror.
It has such similarities to the WAS / LBS dynamic it stuck in my mind.
Interesting point. The difference between Old and New is that God provided a solution on how to get back to him. The "soulution" is a choice and journey we must walk.
ps 'soulution' was a typo, but I like it.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
