Fluffy

Hey, Mark! Being 'on the mountain top' is what I call that. It's not something we should seek to have all the time, that is impossible! However, when God does choose to let us experience that, we should enjoy it, remembering that we will 'come down to earth' and get back to every day living.
Too many Redbulls will very likely have that kind of effect, so its best to use them in moderation. Like everything else...balance!

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Most of us need to beware of the highs and lows of FEELINGS. Faith is NOT a feeling. Faith takes you through whatever's happening, be it something that's great, or something that's hard. Please understand that feelings can be extremely unreliable as a guide to how we're going Spiritually. Sounds like you went right to the peak of the mountain top. But none of us can stay THERE! So next day, or whenever, we're back down on the plain, and we are missing - maybe badly missing - the high we had yesterday.

I too must remember that on my walk. It all was such a high on Monday, Tuesday was filled with anxiety waiting to give notice.. and man Wednesday I was having to pull up from the boot straps.
I'm getting there.. this whole life is a journey and I am loving what I am learning!

Faithwoman

Mark_18

Ya, life was so boring before finding Him. I was just living day to day. I had silly selfish goals in life, just trying to be happy. He saved me though. I need not fret, as I am young and he is always with me now.

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Luke 15:31 - And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
Joel 2:28 - I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Matthew 7:7 - Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Psalms 126:5 - Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.

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Bondman

Oh, yeah! That is all so GOOD, Mark!! One of the things I just ADORE about belonging to Jesus is that I can just reeeeee-aaax!!! His love surrounds me always. I am in His hands. I am loved - TOTALLY!! And all is OKAY!!!!!

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Bondman

Wow, great post, Fluf!!

And what you said is SO true: I've seen so many who live for the 'high' and seek it constantly, and it becomes so seriously bad for them because this HIGH actually replaces Jesus! I hope that shocks you dear ones here, cos I've lost count of the number of things I've seen or experienced in my long life that we can - and DO - use to try and fill our lives, and so what happens?... THAT THING DOES REPLACE JESUS, YET WE CAN BE TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE!!! Yikes-a-mundo!!!!


"Balance". Absolutely spot on again. Know what I reckon, hon? - we serious 'fair dinkum' Christians ought to rename ourselves so that "Balance" becomes our middle name!!! And I'm not joking. Moderation, balance, keeping cool, 'chill' as our young people used to say (do they still? - not sure). This will all help no end in keeping our FOCUS. We just GOTTA be hitting the dead centre of the target every day! Who is to be

the absolute CENTER

of that FOCUS

of our WHOLE LIVES:

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SERIOUS PRAYER REQUEST

I'm sadly lacking in knowing what to say here. I trust all of you guys who are Inner Roomies (no matter whether you post or not). You literally ARE our family. We are quite alone in this world EXCEPT FOR YOU GUYS!! We have carers who come in and keep us alive and going for 16 hours per week. The other 152 hours it's all up to us.

The ill-health from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (new people can read about this HERE) and Fibro-myalgia that we've had most of our lives have been getting worse and worse in recent time. We are now both very close to the end of our rope. Off with a carer to our wonderful Doc yesterday and he's at his wit's end concerning us too - does NOT know what else to do with us. In desperationa about me, he's ordered a great battery of tests to try and ascertain what's 'killed' my memory and affecting my brain so adversely. I just can't retain things in my mind (excepting for Spiritual things, and Ministry stuff here!!! - but even that is beginning to get hard.)

I'm driving my Beloved crazy cos she's having to remember stuff for me, find things I've 'lost', and so on and on. But she's so sick and tired all the time that she's got a full-time job trying to look after herself - without me as EXTRA. Doc can't give her any more pills and potions to help her stay out of serious clinical depression she's constantly fighting against - cos they would interact with the many meds she already takes!

The over 5 months of continual computer problems I'm having to work on each day whether I'm well enough to or not has been the 'straw' that's broken the camel's back for us both. We'd have managed to cope with just our ill-health - but that PLUS computers has just about done for us. This IS all very serious, probly moreso that I can adequately express.


Some years ago God promised me COMPLETE healing for us both. Cos He's ANSWERED this prayer I prayed for for many years, He's told me I am not allowed to pray for it further (just THANK Him - perfectly logical, right). But I believe that it's okay for you guys to earnestly ask Him to help us, so we can make it through. There IS a major blockage I'm aware of that I cannot do anything about. I have no sense that this is to do with satan - but rather simply needs urgent and serious prayer to the Lord, so that HE can (and will) sort it!

You lovely and dear folks all know that I know He'll never let us down. But struggling on our own to get through each day in one piece is getting closer and closer to impossible! I do fear that my Beloved could 'lose it', cos she's already very close, and this would be absolutely catastrophic for us both. For reasons much too complex to tryu and explain, we cannot be hospitalised, and I cannot go into a Nursing Home (not without making things WORSE rather than better!!! - these are simply NOT solutions for us...)

Okay, that's more than enough. GOD IS ABLE!!! THANKYOU for caring about us and lovinig us. Man, we sure don't take THAT lightly! Bless you all!!

- Bondman and his Lady

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Bondman

I don't know how I missed responding to this post, dear one! Thankyou for your very kind words. You are such an encouragement!

Yes, it happens that we take time to 'get it'. I guess we're coming from such a sinful position that God has a mighty big job to get our eyes open and our mind open! I look back too and wonder how I could have been so dumb... But like you say, what matters is NOW, and that's sure true, and Scriptural to boot.

A fantastic God Who's constantly working in us to make us to be like Jesus. A Saviour and Lord Who's so amazing as to be beyond words to describe. And that Spirit Who we've been sharing about together, Who reveals truth to us, and reveals Jesus to us. WOW!! How we are blessed beyond measure!!!!!

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Faithwoman

Ok I have question.
Last night I spent some time with a girlfriend of mine, who is really trying to seek God and her purpose for being here.
At 11:30 I prayed with her.. I said Amen and then she said wait a minute.. she then said Dear god.. man I feel Dorky. I don't know how to do this. I told her just talk to God.. I talked with her..We held hands and talked to God for 2 hours. It was such a cleansing experience for her.

Now the thing that her and many ask is Why Does God let bad things happen. She had alot of anger about her dad's death which was some time ago.
She said like I prayed so hard for God to heal my dad and not let my dad die and he died anyway. I have had other folks say like why did God let that guy kill all those kids at the Columbine School.

So in speaking to another very close friend of mine today from years ago , and even though we are at a distance, we were talking about life. She said remember the time your grandfather talked to me ( my grandfather was a Lutheran pastor). She cannot remember the circumstance but my Grandfather said there are times when we do not know why, but you are to listen.

So.. Bondman or others can you help me out how to respond to people when they ask why the bad things happen and why God allows them.

Thanks a heap!
Finally got to bed at 1:30 am and back up at 3:30 Am to go and do Angel Food Ministry. It was a great day, my last day for doing that local ministry here in this community.. God is taking me to a different place, the land of the unknown for me. but God has a plan for me.. and I wait with excitment for it all!

Faithwoman

Fluffy

OH, Faithwoman! You have asked the question of the ages! The answer is God has given us free will, and man in the beginning chosen to sin. Sin is in the world, and is wreaking havoc.
But, we ask, if God is all powerful, why doesnt He intervene? In some instances, He does. But not always. And often not in the way we think should happen. Bad things happen to good people because that is life. Life is hard, and often times unfair.
His ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts.
When rough times come and things get confusing, we are to trust in Him. Trust that He knows what He is doing and He has a bigger picture than we do. Many times, the best answer we can come up with to questions like these is "I dont know. But I trust God."

There is a song that goes "There's a bigger picture you cant see, you dont have to change the world, just trust in Me, I am your creator, I am working out My plan, thru I will show them I AM"

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SweetSurrender

Faithwoman,
Yes, that is truly one of "those" questions.

Even as Bondman and his Lady struggle so every day, they still continue to minister to us. They truly share the love of our Lord through their lives. And you can bet their care-givers see this and it has somehow changed their lives as well.

I used to be a caregiver and a lot of my patients tried to share His love with me too, but I didn't "get it." It was too foreign to me. But, knowing Bondman, I'll bet there is no doubt about it. He is straight forward and Spirit led.

Thanx, Bondman for the Love you share with us all and if we could, if it were possible, we would go down under and lay hands on ya!

So, yes, this is one of the most difficult questions for me. What is going on with these two lovely people? I've told my husband about you guys and he said it sounds like it's something in your home that is causing so much reaction since you both have the same problems. I know both FM and fatigue are hard-to-treat diseases and hard to even diagnos. I'm sure the Drs. have looked into your environment, though.

Just know that you are both in our prayers and we should all be hearing some good news soon. Maybe it will even take fasting and prayer.

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