my story is sub-titled so you can skip ahead to parts that interest you most.. by way of reminder, my posting on "faith in god and the church" is not meant to convert anyone, because i have been out of the preaching business now for 14-years.
i am sharing my views given the questions i get when i do post about belief in god or my association with the catholic church.. why the catholic church?
protestants, especially fundamentalists and evangelicals have a hard spot with the roman catholic church.
Finally this shows something ... as soon as we focus on something/someone else than Christ (and all what he means) regarding to the bible ... we got lots on the matter.
ok I'm going to put it in another way and it won't change it meaning (what is really important)
Finally this shows something ... as soon as we focus on something/someone else than Christ (and all what he means) regarding to the bible ... we got lots on the matter
my story is sub-titled so you can skip ahead to parts that interest you most.. by way of reminder, my posting on "faith in god and the church" is not meant to convert anyone, because i have been out of the preaching business now for 14-years.
i am sharing my views given the questions i get when i do post about belief in god or my association with the catholic church.. why the catholic church?
protestants, especially fundamentalists and evangelicals have a hard spot with the roman catholic church.
Finally this shows something ... as soon as we focus on something/someone else than Christ (and all what he means) regarding to the bible ... we got lots on the matter.
since valentine's day is right around the corner, please share what your favorites are.. i like a variety of music, so i'll list by genre:.
80's: tie--"the beautiful ones" by prince, "a groovy kind of love" by phil collins and "almost paradise" by mike reno & ann wilson (heart).
r&b: "so fine" by mint condition.
by Eric Clapton / Get lost - This is my favorite over all (I just had forget it was Clapton ... )
I'm sorry.
Why should I say I'm sorry?
If I hurt you,
You know you've hurt me too.But you get lost inside your tears,
And there is nothing I can do,
'Cause I get lost inside my fear
That I am nothing without you.You're angry.
Why shouldn't you be angry?
With what we've been through,
Well I get angry too.Chorus
'Cause I am nothing without you.
Why should we have taken so long
To be looking inside of our mind?
Everything we tried went wrong.
Are we worried 'bout what we might find?I'm sorry,
But can I say I'm sorry?
If I hurt you,
You know it hurts me too.Chorus
And you get lost inside your tears,
And there is nothing we can do,
'Cause I get lost inside my fear
That I am nothing without you.'Cause I am nothing without you.
And I am nothing without you.
'Cause I am nothing without you.
'Cause I am nothing without you.
Marvin Gay / Sexual healing (it's about the "I can't wait for you to operate" )
Get up
get up
get up
get up.
Wake up
wake up
wake up
wake up.
Oh baby
now let's get down tonight
baby I'm hot just like an oven.
I need some loving - and baby
I can't hold it much longer.
It's getting stronger and stronger and when I get that feeling
I want sexual healing - sexual healing.
Oh baby
makes me feel so fine
helps to relieve my mind.
Sexual healing
baby
is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's good for me.
Whenever blue teardrops are falling
And my emotional stability is leaving me
There is something I can do
I can get on the telephone and call you up
baby
and
Honey
I know you'll be there to relieve me.
The love you give to me will free me
If you don't know the things you're dealing
Oh
I can tell you
darling
that it's sexual healing.
Get up
get up
get up
get up
let's make love tonight.
Wake up
wake up
wake up
wake up
'cause you do it right.
Baby
I got sick this morning
a sea was stroming inside of me
Baby
I think I'm capsizing
the waves are rising and rising
And when I get that feeling
I want sexual healing.
Sexual healing is good for me
makes me feel so fine
it's such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind
and it's good for us.
Sexual healing
baby
is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's good for me
And it's good for me and it's so good to me
My baby oohhh - come take contro1
just grab a hold
Of my baby and mind soon we'll be making it.
Honey
oh we're feeling fine
you're my medicine open up and let me in
Darling
you're so great
I can't wait for you to operate.
Get up
get up
get up
let's make love tonight.
Wake up
wake up
wake up
'cause you do it right.
I can't wait for you to operate
When I get this feeling
I need sexual healing.
Oh
when I get this feeling
I need sexual healing.
Oh
when I get this feeling
I need sexual healing.
John Hiatt / have a little faith in me (oh my a plus with his voice hummmmmmm ... )
When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark
An' have a little faith in me
An' when the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try, baby
An' have a little faith in me
CHORUS:
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
An' when your secret heart
Cannot speak so easily
Come here darlin' from a whisper start
Have a little faith in me
Duet: An' when your back's against the wall
Just turn around an' a you will see
Duet: I'll be there, I'll be there to catch your fall
So have a little faith in me
Duet CHORUS:
Vocalizing in the background:
Cause I've been loving you for such a long time, baby
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend
'Cause for us there is no end
All you gotta do is have a little faith in me (have a little faith)
I will hold you up!
I'm gonna hold you up!
Becuase your love it gives me strength enough
So have a little faith in me (have a little faith)
Hey hey! (faith, have a little)
All I want you to do for me tonight, baby (faith, just a little)
All you gotta do is justa have a little faith in me (have a little faith)
Yes! Yes, Ow, Baby! (faith, have a little, faith, just a little)
All you gotta do is justa have a little faith in me (have a little faith)
Just a little, said-a (faith, have a little, faith, just a little)
(guitar strumming)
SUNG OVER FADE:
Have a little faith in me (have a little faith in me)
Have a little faith in me (have a little faith in me)
Have a little faith in me (have a little faith in me)
now that i am questioning the entire issue of god, who knows what i might 'believe in' later.
ufo's?
hey, why not?
Filled with color and unexpected pattern and messiness? Where some things can't be explained and it doesn't even matter if you have all the answers anymore? You are just so glad you are finally allowed to ask the questions!
I've always like the idea of being free ... in every aspect I can be ... wanting to have answers is only about curiosity but about life in its meaning and value the answer will always have something to do with "respect" (life is beautifull by itself).
my story is sub-titled so you can skip ahead to parts that interest you most.. by way of reminder, my posting on "faith in god and the church" is not meant to convert anyone, because i have been out of the preaching business now for 14-years.
i am sharing my views given the questions i get when i do post about belief in god or my association with the catholic church.. why the catholic church?
protestants, especially fundamentalists and evangelicals have a hard spot with the roman catholic church.
Thanks lovelyLil,
I feel the same on the matter.
Amazing : The problem with the Bible is that too many people have made too manyinterpretations
It's not really about interpretation ... it is about agreement on what is the most important (Charity including forgiveness against Ego) towards others. That's how things gets revealed if we agree (even if we are sinners) with the matter itself and then the message becomes clear.
Matthew 1:25 At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.
(So it's not about being smart on the matter) The reason why I'm saying that it is all about how you feel about others (Charity including forgiveness against Ego) is about spiritual humility (the little one can be the bigest ones) - For instance (and that's only one example on millions but a biblical example) JW's focused on God and can only see Christ as its son. Also you can focused on the Pope when the Pope has nothing to prove he is whatever.
The first will be the last, The tyniest will be the greatest ... It talks alot !!!
Any leader in this matter is only supposed to lead to the Word/Jesus/The Lord ... they are not supposed to be our Leaders spiritually, and the church/Assembly is spiritual (it's said : Christ is the temple)
Peter being the chosen one is quiet weird if you really think about it ... and that talks alot too : he is the one who cut the soldier's hear (he does not take the time to think christianlike) / he is the one who diswow Christ 3 times by fear (in knowing that Christ I've told him just before) later he is the one to whom Paul had to say WTF are you doing? (Galate 2) because hiding his ways and misleading on the real rules which would not allow to understand things have change since nothing is really a sin only wanting to be bad and hurting others(in a way or another) is (if you have no regrets about that) ... You can't just believe any Leader on this matter but Christ.
Now put this facts (regarding Peter) with Jesus asking to Peter 3 times " do you love me" it's not for the style, not even to get his answer ... it's to tell US ... What really matters is that you love me - the Word (its wisdom related to charity including forgiveness against Ego). In this message he is talking to us and it means ... any leader who don't just lead to me (the real meaning of the Word) is working for himself
also Roman 9:15-16
15. For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." 16. So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.
Since our Ego is willing a bit too much ... its like saying : I deverve. But do we really know what we deserve? And what will we be able to do to deserve if we do not take care of what is really important?) that's how JW's in being sinceres gets somehow crazy about it.
Being Christian is not a matter of being in any religion (Christ said to the Jew and to resume the matter : listen to the Pharisees / and check you'll see how wrong they are - cause they ain't gowing nowhere their ways) He didn't say and didn't have have to say ; change your religion (it's not important).
We look a bit too much about the BIG ONES / Those who's got a name, who are recognise (by humans) ... but who are they for real (how will we know - are they important to us anyway NO not more than any of our brothers.
i thought it would be fun to think of positive scenarios you could see happening to the posters here.....things that are realistic.
i believe by putting good thoughts out there....helps them come true.
so....have fun...and include a "prediction" for yourself!.
Mouthy ... I was not expecting this one !
i find myself in a situation that has me very confused.
id like your input on this.
i work for a large company (over 550 employees) and as such, romantic and or sexual relationships between employees tend to develop every once in a while.
I guess I’m just nervous.
Yeah ... ... Your story is just cool ....
Best wishes, who knows maybe she's the one !!!
my story is sub-titled so you can skip ahead to parts that interest you most.. by way of reminder, my posting on "faith in god and the church" is not meant to convert anyone, because i have been out of the preaching business now for 14-years.
i am sharing my views given the questions i get when i do post about belief in god or my association with the catholic church.. why the catholic church?
protestants, especially fundamentalists and evangelicals have a hard spot with the roman catholic church.
Interesting:
I too went to the catholic church and realised how more loving they were (big contrast) in there teaching, and ways to lead to the Word personified in Christ as being the Lord … the forgiver / the one who take care of our hearts trough him and those who follow him (in knowing him or in agreeing with the holly spirit) because somehow it is the same thing (like you said) it’s like listening to him from the inside).
I really like the way you described the holly spirit
The Holy Spirit teaches, comforts and recalls Gods words, Jesus words, to our minds. We are not guided by a Governing Body or some institution, but by the Holy Spirit. If we let him do his job, he will be the one who comes into our lives and lead us the rest of the journey. This is what I finally experienced ...
I resumed it as being the force of true love (the love of the good) … It talks to you, it teaches you more and more even through your errors (you can fail but you’ll understand) it is also what makes you feel bad if you did bad and want to do better next time.
I can get too much into Trinity (but only multiplicity of personifications God/Christ) just because it doesn’t really help to understand from the bases what you’ve said (which is correct to me from A to Z)
Matthew 12: 30. "He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. 31. "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32. "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
IF you take it as a person (even Jesus himself from this verses for instance) you don’t really understand how you can sin against it, and if you take it just as god’s power you still can’t get it … if you are not initiated spiritually.
Blasphemy against the holly spirit then means being hypocrites against true love (the love of the good) and not listening to what it says to us – it’s not a question of sin / it’s clear in those verses – it’s a question of : you know you are unloving but you are still working getting into it with no regrets … that’s indeed is going very far (and that’s what most religious leaders did means going to the point to misleading our hearts – like some other monsters on this earth) those are the once who are not forgivable.
There is nothing to fear about God/Christ the choice is ours: as long as we follow our heart and are without hypocrisy and have true feelings for our brothers everything is ok Charity of every kind including forgiveness is the key about the how (when it’s possible – we are imperfect and will have to deal with that till we die).
But I have a problem with associating with any church:
Matthew 24:15
it happened but everyone have to understand it as his own time (people have seen it yet or not) but you talked about it in your comments about all churches … there is a time to understand that we can’t just follow them … The Christ is the leader and the temple … the holly spirit our guide from the inside which interact with the bit of spirit of God all have inside.
So it’s all about wanting to believe to know is his there (he is there anyway) to hear him and you hear him already (believer or not) since you have feelings for others and also for yourself … (there are no sin unforgivable – if we can follow our heart without giving our ego too much space in it to the point to be monsters) we are the son’s of God. And for that we do not even have to agree on the details of any doctrine … the base of the doctrine lays in that.
we just need to be Christian in our heart (even without being Christian officially by any church).
first---thank you, lady lee, for providing the articles on rape.
the one on marital rape is especially catching my eye now.
now, the question, and i welcome any serious answers: my boys are all seriously alienated from me by my abusive jw ex-husband, who has physical custody (because of my physical health limitations).
(((J-ex-W)))
I feel for you, you are cumulating a lot of troubles at the same time, you are not superwoman (and no one is) and if you have no ressources you just don't have them ... you need HELP/SUPPORT take it where you can get it (you won't be able to help your sons if you don't feel right) one thing at the time.
Take care
I just don't know what to say to help here
I just wish you'll get all the support needed.
so i'm going to propose to my girlfriend this weekend!
what do you ladies think would be totally romantic?
how did you dudes propose?
Lonelysheep said !
As long as you're looking directly in her eyes, it doesn't matter if you're standing or not.
Yeah ...
GBL,
Maybe after I ask I'll just explain to her that I would have gotten down on one knee but the tradition has pagan origins and would have upset my Bible trained conscience.
oy oy oy ...
you are already looking for fals excuse just because you don't feel to get on your knee ...
What's next? you are kidding right?
Just kidding myself ... I guess you're under pressure ! be yourself (if she loves you everything will be just OK).
