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A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

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bambam:
Romans 8:18(KJV)  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Romans 9:22-23(KJV)  What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:  and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.

James 4:14(KJV)  For what is your life?  It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Romans 11:33(KJV)  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!  how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past finding out!

Romans 8:28(KJV)  And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.


Things I know for sure-
*Life is short.
*Suffering hurts, but compared to our future, it also is short.
*There is a definite purpose for suffering.
*God is in control of it all, and his wisdom and knowledge is rich, and his judgements are unsearchable!
*We just have to trust him that he really is working all things for the good like he says he is.

Hope this helps :) 
Beth

Ninny:
I have to say this much...The parents of these kids who are sick give all the glory to God! They always say how God used their children to touch people in ways they wouldn't even think of. It is hard to keep our eye on the whole picture when our view is so limited. I have always said that this life and this world is like a big puzzle. God moves each piece of the puzzle in His way and in His time. We can only view our small piece of the puzzle, but God has the lid to the puzzle box! (with the whole picture on it!)

In my own human understanding I will never understand how things work or why...Why a person would drink, do drugs and a thousand other destructive behaviors, when the answer to wholeness lies in God! It is God's plan and I don't understand it! I know that one day it will all be revealed although some things are just WAY beyond human comprehension in this age...

If there were any words to describe the peace I get from KNOWING, not necessarily understanding, that EVERYTHING is under God's control, I don't know what they are and people wouldn't understand it anyway! So we keep all these things in our hearts and we just sit here and love each other and thank God that there are those who feel the same way. We are just a small group of people of the many groups of people in the world, but I thank my good sweet God every moment of the day for each of you, I love each of you so much, you are the best friends, sweetest companions and fellow travelers anywhere to be found!!! Have I told you lately that I love you? ;D
Kathy ;)

lauriellen:
for me it is almost like each day, i wake up, and i decide (or God does rather) to put on my "armor" and do mental warefare.....to decide to trust God, to fight off doubt and negative thoughts, and keep my eyes on God.  but, when everyone speaks about the "drunkard" or "drug adict",  we really can't judge them or put the blame on them, if God is working through them to accomplish his plan.  Like i have read, everything we do is a "caused" choice according to God's will.  this revelation has REALLY changed the way i look at people in general.  i had little or no sympathy for lazy people, drug addicts, ect, because i always thought that "they made their own bed, let them lie in it.", but now i learn, these are "caused" choices.  My son who died spoke with me 2 days before his accident about the "mind war" going on with him.......about how he wanted to do right (on the one hand), but that it was like he had another voice inside him saying, "no, this way is much more fun."   I am to understand now that he had no chance to resist if it was God's will and plan?
i don't mean to keep harping on this one point, but it is just soooooo hard to understand sometimes.
lauriellen

Ninny:
lauriellen,
there is comfort in the fact that your son wanted to do what was right. That is a sign that God was dealing with him and he was wanting to do that which was good and right. That is a huge blessing! the sad part is that so many just don't care. Your son sounded like he did care! Praying for you!
Love
Kathy :-*

aqrinc:

Hi lauriellen,

GOD Causes,

Psa 68:6 (MKJV)
God causes the lonely to live at home; He brings out those who are bound with chains; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

2Co 2:14 (MKJV)
Now thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and He revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of Him in every place.


We still choose.

Jos 24:15 (CLV)
and if wrong in your eyes to serve Yahweh--choose for you to-day whom you do serve; --whether the elohims whom your fathers served, which [are] beyond the River, or the elohims of the Amorite in whose land you are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Yahweh..

Php 1:22  (MKJV)
But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

george. :)

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