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Thank you for your very wise and kind words. I have spent my time with JC, in fact, we had a long, long talk. You should talk to him sometime. He told me to go to the big guy, and I did.
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
You claim to be insane. I think that's as solid a reason as any to discount everything you have just put down However, as a Christian, I do not totally discount what you experienced. If indeed you have lost your sanity, I believe you have been deceived by a demonic spirit, because God's word clearly says He has given us a 'SOUND MIND' [2 Timothy 1:7]. In the New Testament, there are accounts of people like you who had lost their mind. They were in-fact demon-possessed. This is very likely your state as well. If you are a seeker of truth, turn to Jesus Christ, who IS the truth.
Do you believe everything that is written? Could truth and logic come from the insane? Take what you believe is the truth, and let the rest lay on the side of the road
You claim to be insane. I think that's as solid a reason as any to discount everything you have just put down
Sounds good to me.
Receiving the Holy Spirit does not instantaneously make one courageous and full of love. One has to grow in these qualities by yielding to God and using His Spirit.
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
I believe you have been deceived by a demonic spirit, because God's word clearly says He has given us a 'SOUND MIND'
And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Who other than God can read the hearts and minds of men? Do you want the long answer or short? Look to the biblical term "Creators".
Originally posted by HIFIGUY
Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
I believe you have been deceived by a demonic spirit, because God's word clearly says He has given us a 'SOUND MIND'
Who other then God can read the hearts and minds of men?
And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
I personally don't believe the Divine will hold that against you, at least your being honest, and that is far better than claiming something you don't understand or don't believe in
Thank you so much for sharing such a beautiful story. I consider myself to be a "spiritual atheist" and this story touched me at the core.
Thank you for your comments, and input. I realized your comment was not directed at me. As this person decided to hide their identity there would have been no way to send any message. And I did not hold a answer to your question from the light, I only posed a supposition, a suggestion. Your answer to the question I suppose would lead to the same direction, same source, in time. Do we have that time?
Originally posted by HIFIGUY
reply to post by All Seeing Eye
In my earlier response, I was speaking to the anonymous poster and not the OP.
I know who can read the hearts and minds of men. If you were to walk in my shoes, an experience difficult to pen, much less understand.
I was happy to read this OP as the experience of hearing yet not hearing is exactly how it can happen. One of many ways, but one I too have personally experienced.
Your experience is compelling moving believer and non believer alike.
Peace
I suspect I know the force you speak of, and can only say, I suspect, its time draws to a end. You may be underestimating my powers of observation, and of comprehension. If at such time you would like to share that part of your life please don't think no one would understand, there is at least one who might, and that should always be your choice.
I know who can read the hearts and minds of men. If you were to walk in my shoes, an experience difficult to pen, much less understand.
Originally posted by All Seeing Eye
If at such time you would like to share that part of your life please don't think no one would understand, there is at least one who might, and that should always be your choice.
Originally posted by Dave Rabbit
.... And only because I don't have the time to back over all of your posts.... there are no Silly Questions... only Silly Answers
Originally posted by Dave Rabbit
put time and thought about why you believe what you do and the path that led you to it.
CNN March 31st 2005 HEMMER: Twenty minutes before the hour. Checking this video from Seattle, Washington. Lightning striking the famous Space Needle there. It's 605 feet tall, well prepared, 25 lightning rods there. Those bolts landed while some people were eating lunch. There's a restaurant up there. A few of them, in fact, at the top of the Space Needle on Tuesday. They didn't seem too bothered by it. Some said taking the hit was spectacular. They took some photos along the way. Some of them actually said it was fun, too.
There was a time when men were kind,
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song,
And the song was exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong...
I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine, untasted.
But the tigers come at night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart,
And they turn your dream to shame.
He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!
And still I dream he'll come to me,
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...