If I may suggest - Don't let yourself be depressed by all this. Have courage, claim your own identity and power. I deal with things by knowing I am a child of God, and that life is eternal (including after death - for which I am a witness to). Coming to know that, it has given me a LOT of power and strength, and has dismissed a lot of fe…
If I may suggest - Don't let yourself be depressed by all this. Have courage, claim your own identity and power. I deal with things by knowing I am a child of God, and that life is eternal (including after death - for which I am a witness to). Coming to know that, it has given me a LOT of power and strength, and has dismissed a lot of fear about what is to come. I honestly don't have words sufficient to adequately or properly describe the love that Jesus Christ has for each of us. I can only tell you it was so powerful that it flowed through me in ways I can't describe, and stayed with me for nearly two weeks after the event. (I could feel love for everyone around me in a similar way. Sadly, I only have a small remnant of that today, and look forward to being in His presence again.) The memory of that experience has been a rock by which I can build a foundation upon and not let others oppress or depress me.
All I can say is to have faith, look up, and seek for your own witness. He's SOOOO willing to share of His love.
Thank you Justin. We do need reminders of this and I needed one today. ❤️ We are but witnesses to this time and if we look through eyes like that we can somewhat disconnect from the sadness of it all so that it doesn’t interfere with our purpose. I know we are placed here to give love to others and be God’s arms and legs for service and hugs and His mouth for truth, but If I knew I was also placed here to give an accounting one day before God of what I am seeing and what is occurring, I can approach it more like a journalist and take it less personally, and feel less threatened. There is no threat to us here or in eternity when we have chosen to align with God and live for Him. I’m sure the Angels, when they came to earth in bodily form thousands of years ago on various missions from God, never once felt threatened or discouraged for the time they spent here. Disappointed and sad maybe at times, but never depressed. They had a much different perspective and one that we need to master: we are not of this world either!! I forget that. And we are children of the one true King, so what do we really have to fear from all these evil people? They can take away my freedom, heck they already took away my daughter and almost crushed my spirit with that, they can even take away my life if they are so bold and cruel, but they can never take away my soul or my eternity, or my place in God’s family. That’s out of their reach. What is being forced down our throats today is only possible here on earth, and most likely in hell, but it will never be allowed in our eternity. We need to pay attention with a critical eye as if we were plopped down in a moment in time, sent back from the future, to bear witness to what is happening and report back. That inspector frame of mind surely would stop my feeling so threatened by it all.
What it means, Kat, is that not everyone has the same beliefs or perceptions of reality. I myself respect the Bible and Christian beliefs. I don’t particularly feel respected as a person, however, when Christian beliefs about god, Christ, “the King”, are shoved down my throat. By this I mean when those beliefs are touted as the only and obvious truth. I think those beliefs are kinda cool and I especially like the idea of Jesus. But what I don’t care for is the rigidity and arrogance of feeling that one knows the truth of the universe and is free to unleash it as ultimate truth on those who may have another view.
Personally, I perceive ‘God’ as more an ethereal and transcendent energy. Is that a person? Unlikely, in my opinion, but who’s to say? I would feel that it’s unlikely that my human mind is up to the task of defining god, especially in such concrete and rigid ways, assigning personhood and even gender to what and whoever god may turn out to be.
And there goes Elise, speaking for god, no less. Kinda smug and arrogant if you ask me. But also childishly concrete.
Thanks for the clarification. I disagree with the “shoving down my throat” comment because that is actually your discomfort. I would say to analyze your discomfort.
At least, that’s what I do when I feel discomfort because there is a reason, and it’s usually my problem. Thanks again.
I actually have analyzed my discomfort. I will say that the shoving down the throat comment was not precise and was somewhat guided by emotion. My bad, I suppose. As I said before, I like Christians and was raised one myself, but I do not enjoy being told how things are as if the person has some absolute knowledge, when actually that kind of knowledge is agreed upon. May be 100% true; maybe not. I do tend to find with Christians an absolute certainty that their view is absolutely correct, no questions asked. I personally think we all should have open, questioning minds, rather than mindlessly buying into what we’re told. To me this kind of attitude demeans the beautiful book from which they believe they derive their rigid ideas.
It’s childish thinking and probably not all Christians anyway. I notice other religions are not as prone to this kind of talk, even if they do believe that their beliefs are the right ones.
By shoving down my throat I meant the habit of blindly assuming, in a way, that everyone shares their beliefs, though they must know that’s not true.
If I may suggest - Don't let yourself be depressed by all this. Have courage, claim your own identity and power. I deal with things by knowing I am a child of God, and that life is eternal (including after death - for which I am a witness to). Coming to know that, it has given me a LOT of power and strength, and has dismissed a lot of fear about what is to come. I honestly don't have words sufficient to adequately or properly describe the love that Jesus Christ has for each of us. I can only tell you it was so powerful that it flowed through me in ways I can't describe, and stayed with me for nearly two weeks after the event. (I could feel love for everyone around me in a similar way. Sadly, I only have a small remnant of that today, and look forward to being in His presence again.) The memory of that experience has been a rock by which I can build a foundation upon and not let others oppress or depress me.
All I can say is to have faith, look up, and seek for your own witness. He's SOOOO willing to share of His love.
Matthew 7:7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A7&version=NIV
Thank you Justin. We do need reminders of this and I needed one today. ❤️ We are but witnesses to this time and if we look through eyes like that we can somewhat disconnect from the sadness of it all so that it doesn’t interfere with our purpose. I know we are placed here to give love to others and be God’s arms and legs for service and hugs and His mouth for truth, but If I knew I was also placed here to give an accounting one day before God of what I am seeing and what is occurring, I can approach it more like a journalist and take it less personally, and feel less threatened. There is no threat to us here or in eternity when we have chosen to align with God and live for Him. I’m sure the Angels, when they came to earth in bodily form thousands of years ago on various missions from God, never once felt threatened or discouraged for the time they spent here. Disappointed and sad maybe at times, but never depressed. They had a much different perspective and one that we need to master: we are not of this world either!! I forget that. And we are children of the one true King, so what do we really have to fear from all these evil people? They can take away my freedom, heck they already took away my daughter and almost crushed my spirit with that, they can even take away my life if they are so bold and cruel, but they can never take away my soul or my eternity, or my place in God’s family. That’s out of their reach. What is being forced down our throats today is only possible here on earth, and most likely in hell, but it will never be allowed in our eternity. We need to pay attention with a critical eye as if we were plopped down in a moment in time, sent back from the future, to bear witness to what is happening and report back. That inspector frame of mind surely would stop my feeling so threatened by it all.
Give me a break.
He did, and you rejected it.
Indeed, Elsie!
Florinda is completely entitled to his/her POV and it would have been nice to actually hear the extended version.
“Give me a break.” What does that even mean?
What it means, Kat, is that not everyone has the same beliefs or perceptions of reality. I myself respect the Bible and Christian beliefs. I don’t particularly feel respected as a person, however, when Christian beliefs about god, Christ, “the King”, are shoved down my throat. By this I mean when those beliefs are touted as the only and obvious truth. I think those beliefs are kinda cool and I especially like the idea of Jesus. But what I don’t care for is the rigidity and arrogance of feeling that one knows the truth of the universe and is free to unleash it as ultimate truth on those who may have another view.
Personally, I perceive ‘God’ as more an ethereal and transcendent energy. Is that a person? Unlikely, in my opinion, but who’s to say? I would feel that it’s unlikely that my human mind is up to the task of defining god, especially in such concrete and rigid ways, assigning personhood and even gender to what and whoever god may turn out to be.
And there goes Elise, speaking for god, no less. Kinda smug and arrogant if you ask me. But also childishly concrete.
I hope that helps.
Thanks for the clarification. I disagree with the “shoving down my throat” comment because that is actually your discomfort. I would say to analyze your discomfort.
At least, that’s what I do when I feel discomfort because there is a reason, and it’s usually my problem. Thanks again.
I actually have analyzed my discomfort. I will say that the shoving down the throat comment was not precise and was somewhat guided by emotion. My bad, I suppose. As I said before, I like Christians and was raised one myself, but I do not enjoy being told how things are as if the person has some absolute knowledge, when actually that kind of knowledge is agreed upon. May be 100% true; maybe not. I do tend to find with Christians an absolute certainty that their view is absolutely correct, no questions asked. I personally think we all should have open, questioning minds, rather than mindlessly buying into what we’re told. To me this kind of attitude demeans the beautiful book from which they believe they derive their rigid ideas.
It’s childish thinking and probably not all Christians anyway. I notice other religions are not as prone to this kind of talk, even if they do believe that their beliefs are the right ones.
By shoving down my throat I meant the habit of blindly assuming, in a way, that everyone shares their beliefs, though they must know that’s not true.