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joyful1:
--- Quote from: ciy ---Lu 9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
So....you are saying that whatever little I have it will stretch to provide? Not sure of the message in this one...could you please explain it to me?[/b]
2Co 8:14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
This one I get! It's saying that as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, we should not try to make things unequal by holding back from another who has less...right?
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
This one I get as well: God will provide....
Jas 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
And this one is an admonishment to the attorney?
If we could only believe.
CIY
--- End quote ---
joyful1:
bobby, He is actually a distant relative that my father recommended to me when I needed help...I suppose I should give you a quick testimony to explain...a drunk driver hit the car my husband and son were in....my husband died instantly and my son also required cpr, was brain damaged with multiple internal injuries, etc. I was pregnant, had a two year old as well, neither one of us were in the car with them... God graciously prepared my heart for this tremendous event by warning me in a dream a couple of weeks prior...not with a terrible message but with a great storm that shook me (the dream did) for days afterwards....not knowing exactly what was coming, but feeling pretty sure that it was from God, I began to pray for strength and courage to endure whatever it would be....as it turned out....I felt as though God literally was holding me throughout the entire ordeal...getting the news about my husband....going through months of being by my son's side in intensive care (surgery, emergencies, nearly loosing him several times) and then the birth of my child that my husband did not get to see...there were so many "coincidences" that kept my son alive, I feel certain, that it was just meant to be that he stayed here...I'm so thankful to have had him all these years....they said he wouldn't live to see his teen years as he was just a toddler at the time ....but soon he will celebrate his twenty-second birthday...and his joyful spirit brings out love in the coldest of strangers once they actually see him, hear his laughter and look into his clear child-like eyes....the ONLY words this child can say is "I love you." I've had speech therapists work with him for years....I've been with him constantly for all this time, praying for a miracle....I've worked with him myself, and to this day...its only "I love you"...it has become a great blessing, however to hold on to that precious sentence...for in the end...that is REALLY what it is all about anyway! Sorry for rambling on...I never know quite how much to say to people....but I feel amongst "true believers" here and it seems safe enough to me to tell you these things...about the attorney...my dad thought, way back then (he has since fallen asleep in the Lord) that I should trust this relative/attorney to help us....here is a lesson for others that may find themselves in a similar situation: it is OK to make a person helping you to be ACCOUNTABLE. It keeps the temptation to steal from you at arms length. So, even though I was mentally and physically exhausted during those years...I should have made it a point to make him accountable...trouble is he was filing reports to the court that made it "look" like everything was ok...but kept the truth from me and made me sign the papers anyway....I thought that I could and should trust him, since he was a Christian and a distant relative. So...anyway..thank you to love_magnified and cyi as well as you, bobby... it is so refreshing to know that others understand the need to "make sure your intentions are right"...thanks gmik also for the prayers! I promise not to post any more "books" online, y'all! :)
orion77:
Joyful1, this seems like an insurmountable dilemma you are going through. God bless you for your honest heart. I believe in the scriptures, when God is talking about suing one another, it is between us, brother and sister, the called and chosen. Apparently by the actions of this lawyer, he now is most definetly not called and chosen to spend money that does not belong to him, especially money that is designated towards a child with handicaps (sorry, I do not like to use that word, for I have experience with this). Not myself, but family members and I can assure you they are not handicapped in the way the world likes to think.
You take care of your child, in the way God has taken care of you. Do not let this lawyer take advantage of your sons future. This is not carnal reasoning. You fight for your son, stand your ground and show him, what for. Would our Father be any different?
This has nothing to do with suing one of the brethren. Suing each other of the same mind, I believe is what God does not like, for we are to love each other, yet there a lot out there who love to take advantage of us. We all have experienced this, I am sure.
That is great of you to share your unfortunate problem, God bless your heart. Do not forget the love of God is strong, stern, forgiving and above all with RIGHTEOUS judgement. Take care of your son, Joyful1.
God bless,
Gary
ciy:
Joyful1,
Lu 9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
So....you are saying that whatever little I have it will stretch to provide? Not sure of the message in this one...could you please explain it to me?
No I am talking about the disciples immediately said "Send them to the world let the world take care of them. We do not have the means to feed them. Send them to the world to fend for themselves." And Jesus said, "No. You take care of them."
2Co 8:14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
This one I get! It's saying that as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, we should not try to make things unequal by holding back from another who has less...right?
No. I am saying the "called and the chosen" should be taking care of others.
2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
This one I get as well: God will provide....
No again. I believe this is saying that God will supply us so that we can supply others when they are in need.
Jas 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
And this one is an admonishment to the attorney?
No. This is talking about us when we say, "Joyful 1, that is tough but I hope you make it through. Maybe there will be a way for it to work out. I will pray for you." I am talking about how we are so verbal and close to God with our tongue, but we are so far away with our hearts. Yes I know prayer works, but we so often use it as an excuse to exit an appointment with God to feel good about ourselves. I am talking about myself as well as others
Let me ask a question, how much money do you need to get over your next hump?
I love this site and the heart of the belief in the true gospel of UR. I hope we are not forming a nonreligion religion.
CIY
joyful1:
You take care of your child, in the way God has taken care of you. Do not let this lawyer take advantage of your sons future. This is not carnal reasoning. You fight for your son, stand your ground and show him, what for. Would our Father be any different?
Thank you orion77! I get this!! And thanks be to God and this forum....the picture is becoming clearer and clearer for me...its almost like when my eyes were opened to the "true gospel" of Jesus Christ....the gospel of "the kingdom"....I have to say to myself...."why did it take so LONG for me to understand these things?" My eyes were obviously blind....but knowing that God was true and righteous, I knew that the answer had to be there in the scriptures SOMEWHERE!! I am finding PEACE with the counsel that I have received here and am so grateful for this place...so grateful! Thank you!! Thank you all!! joyful1
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