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What Keeps You Grounded
Akira329:
Well, I wasn't closing out the topic, if anybody else has comments they're more than welcome!
I do want to say what I'm looking for:
I'm looking for examples of times when you thought what you believed was being challenged by another belief but something brought you back to what you believed was true. (I assume you believe scripture is true, if not you can't help me)
The simplest example would be Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. His comfort was in what is true(scripture)
Have your foundational beliefs been challenged?
Has anyone tried to tell you different but your comfort was in what you believe to be truth
(assuming you believe scripture is truth!)
What scripture kept you from yielding to temptation?
What scripture kept you from changing your mind?
I hope this helps give a clear picture.
I thank the ones who have answered so far!
Keep the topic rolling if you like!
Antaiwan
River:
Akira329,
Even if someone believes the scriptures are true, that doesn't mean they understand them correctly. Many here believed the scriptures were true and yet they now believe something else. So I guess what your asking is what scriptures that help you in your current understanding? Your post confuses me because it seems to imply "what you believe to be truth" and the truth of the scriptures. These are two complete different things. Could you clear this up for me?
Akira329:
Nevermind,
I also assumed we on this site believed the same things.
Carry on.....
Antaiwan
GaryK:
--- Quote from: Akira329 on September 14, 2011, 02:54:43 PM ---Nevermind,
I also assumed we on this site believed the same things.Carry on.....
Antaiwan
--- End quote ---
Allow me to apologize for the prior hijacking of your thread Antaiwan. I was responding to Arcuturus more than to your original posting and question, sorry, although I did give a scripture as a required response.
I understand what you’re saying. It appears you and maybe others want to know words to make all things assured and confident on a steady basis, words that can be recalled, at will, so sinking ground appears solid. Nothing wrong with that, who doesn’t, me included. Every bookstore has shelf-loads of ‘self-help’ books with solid sounding words, but I’ll bet the overall success rate of any is laughable.
My thrust of response back to Arc was that somewhere down the road one will come to where words of scripture and life, or life experiences, don’t exactly neatly parallel like you once believed they should no matter how hard one tries to make it so. Suddenly words that can be recalled, by the human will, don’t look and feel so solid because the human understanding and God’s purpose appear to be at war. It’s then the words that can be recalled by the human will aren’t enough and one wants and needs a stirring in the soul kind of hearing. The challenge isn’t so much a mountain of ‘word ’ to be learned, leaned on, and recalled but a mountain of empathy, sympathy and compassion to be felt. When Arcturus mentioned the “die before you die”, that’s what came to mind. Jesus knew words too, but he always showed an endless supply of compassion. That’s where the solid is in my opinion. It measures up to this crusty so and so, just not to your thread.
People are introduced into this forum every day with a ‘different’ set of beliefs…………….and THEN we begin to learn in cohesion. To assume we’re all on the same page at the same time is presumptuous.
gmik:
great topic! I have enjoyed the posts.
I don't even know if I am grounded!! Had it not been for the structure of 30 years in Babylon I don't know if I could have kept up "no structure" for these last 6 years w/ Ray.
Some of my Babylonian friends think I am def. backslidden! For a year and a half I have attended a women's bible study every week (just to go out to lunch w/ some old friends). Fortunately it is not very doctrinal nor very deep so I can stomach it. At lunch, the gals and I just don't mention certain "topics" that they know I don't agree with. but at least this makes me get into scripture.
I just believe what I believe, I know what I know and try to live my life. I don't formally "pray" that much unless I have said I would for someone. I love Jesus and hope that is enough. For 30 years I DID christianity, now I am trying to LIVE it- not by preaching to my neighbors but by being a good neigbor.
That kind of thing! simple and basic....some would look and say she is doing nothing! ha
I got an e mail today from a cousin I haven't seen in 10 years but when she was a child I "led her to the Lord". Apparently she never forgot. She asked me today if God would get tired of her excuses of a sorry life and wash His hands of her!!!
I wrote her of His neverending Love affair w/ us and she responded so happy and full of awe for Jesus. So maybe I don't just do nothing! Again, simple and basic.
Haven't been on in awhile. this was a great thread.
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