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HoneyLamb56:
I have read, reread, reread the paper on Free Will and the postings re same.  Sure are a lot of people who are very articulate in their writings.  My head spins.  Now I lay in bed at night unable to sleep because I'm trying to guess what God's purpose is.  Going thru the why's and did I make the right choice?  Of course, I tell myself I did because there is no free will.  There is some consolance in the fact that I'm not alone.  Everyone has their situation; here's mine.
My husband and I sold our home with only 2 years left on the mortgage.  He was retired (not by choice) and I resigned from my job (with hesitation).  My parents are in their seventies and my husband has no family.  We had an agreement with my parents that we would leave our community and move to their location as that is where all my family is.  They were to put their place up for sale and we would buy something together i.e. a duplex, granny suite, whatever as we would eventually be their caretakers.  We did our part; paid the mortgage penalty; left a nice, comfortable home; left our friends who thought we were nuts.  I prayed but really did not feel peace but my husband was more persistent so we did it.  Guess what!!  It has been almost 2 years and my parents have no intentions of selling (live in the country).  We are now in an apartment in a city with no friends; my siblings work and we don't have all that much in common.  Thus the resentment sets in.  Thinking of moving back to where we had a life.  Then I start the trying to out guess God.  We moved here to enjoy our time with my parents while we can (i.e. health etc.)  Is this God's reason for this?  He has a purpose, right? Suck it up!  Was this the decision I was to make?  Remember, I did not feel peace about it.  On it goes!!!
Just venting as I don't have any friends.  I volunteer at the hospital one morning a week but don't really get to socialize with anyone.  My husband will be starting parttime employment.  Maybe that will help.  Had started attending a church for the purpose of meeting people but that didn't last because of my beliefs.  The merry-go-round doesn't stop and yet I think I know better!

Ninny:
Well, HoneyLamb..my prayers are with you! I have no advice, only prayers for your peace... :)
Kathy ;)

Roy Coates:
"Just venting as I don't have any friends"

You do now ;) vent away, pray and pray, study and trust in Him, He will sustain you. Peace

Nelson:
Hi Folks,

A free will we do not have but we do have choices. God inspires and leads us. We can resist Him but pay the price for that (reap what we sow etc.).

Who we are in Christ is wholly the work of God, but there is still the 'us' there making our own choices. When the spirit speaks to our inner person we can choose to listen or ignore it, but if God wants us to do something very specific then we simply will not be able to resist it at all. The road to life is narrow and cramped but rejoice in the truth that God has chosen you to know the truth and will lead you to life, the real life.

Time does not permit me to go into this in any depth, but trust in the Lord and pray earnestly about your plight. Ask for His word on the matter and follow that inner voice, trusting Him no matter what,


* "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths" (Pr 3:5,6)
Grace and peace to you and yours

Nelson

arion:

--- Quote ---Now I lay in bed at night unable to sleep because I'm trying to guess what God's purpose is.
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There was a time where I was consumed with the thought that although I know that nothing can resist God's plan and purpose, (No weapon formed against us will prosper) yet I thought that I could somehow mess up God's plan for me.  I thought that if I didn't do it right that I was thrust into a bed of my own making and that I 'missed God' and now it's too late.  This is a thought process that will drive you nuts and bear only bad fruits.  The truth is that even your bad choices and choices that were made by others that effect you is also God's will.  He knows the beginning from the end and is the master chess player as it were.  Make the best choices that you can which are within your control.  Know that you really can't screw it up.  The choices that you make, even poor ones are not able to thwart God's will for you and neither can anyone else's choice.  When I really began to understand the fallacy of free will a real weight began to lift from me.  God knows the beginning from the end and he will make sure that it all goes according to his plan.  Not even you and yours are able to change that fact.

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