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Deborah-Leigh:
Peace to you Dawn.
This scripture comes to me in response to your kind words of encouragement.
John 14 : 1 Do not let your hearts be troubled, distressed, agitated: you believe in God, believe also in Me.
I AM NOT TREATENING to leave!
I am pondering the accusation leveled against me.
It is amazing what Joe has expressed about me....not because it can not be true...it can very well be true.... but because there is nothing impossible with God.
HE can do ALL THINGS and THIS thing HE is doing has for His reason and purpose, got me involved. I know God loves me and he loves you all too.
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
dawnnnny:
I seemed to have been given an appreciation of "words" from my young adulthood. They always fascinated me, the origins, etc. How the original word could change over years, etc. Maybe that's why, when I did become a believer, I became one who just dug into the Word. I'd read a lot of other Christian books about theology, etc. I got a good mix of a bunch of different viewpoints for sure. ;D Which I'm VERY grateful for. I guess when you see all perspectives of an issue (be it something spiritual or something so simple as a voter's pamphlet) it can be at first very confusing. To me, both sides sounded valid and I feared I would never figure out what the truth was. So years later I find myself at BT and seeing how everything is coming together, everything has built on all the things I've read in my life. Its all very exciting..but I digress (I do that often) ;D
Being a lover of words in general, you would think I'd know better than to use words at times when verbally speaking would have been a better option ::) I've gotten misunderstood so often with emails to my kids if I was upset about something, etc. No matter how hard I tried to be loving and cover what I felt about the issue, most times it wasn't taken that way. It only took me several years to figure out that emails were NOT the best way to handle family disputes ;D ;D ;D thankfully, my family survived.
But I guess I just wanted to say, and I'm sure everyone has experienced this, that a lot of times the written word can be taken the wrong way. You can take a sentence and read it several different ways. I'd love to think of a good example right now but nothing is coming to mind.
I think its important to remember the wonderful fellowship here and to try to not take things too personally. I guess to hopefully discern, by God's grace, what the message is and how it is given. I hope when I'm ready to start diving in with things that I'll have that quality, that I won't get hurt by something written (hehe I probably will though), but that I'll get over it quickly :) reminding myself that you are all brothers and sisters in Christ!
This isn't like other fellowships that I've visited, where certain words that were voiced or written, were like a knives stabbing me in the heart. I feel safe here and I just wanted to thank everyone for that feeling of safety :)
Love,
Dawn
pylady:
Hi Dawn,
Thank you for that reminder about how easy it is to misinterpret what someone has written.
"Truly I tell you today you will be with Me in paradise." Hope that thief didn't expect to be in paradise within 24 hours! :(
Your post reminds me to ask myself when I read a post what the writer really intended to say, and what spirit it was said. And, if I post, to ask myself am I being clear in what I intend to say (hard one for me!), and what is my motive for what I'm writing (to ask a question, to share something I've learned, to contribute a thought to a thread - all good motives to help each other spiritually).
It's so easy to get sloppy when writing our thoughts, and then so easy to be misunderstood! I truly believe many of our problems on the forum are simply misconceptions about what was said or intended. Is our Father teaching us something here?
Dawn, thank you for your wise reminder.
Your sister in Christ,
Cindy :)
dawnnnny:
--- Quote from: pylady on September 14, 2007, 07:45:50 PM ---
"Truly I tell you today you will be with Me in paradise." Hope that thief didn't expect to be in paradise within 24 hours! :(
--- End quote ---
Cindy!!!! Thank you for providing that example that I just couldn't think of, it was PERFECT :)
God bless you!
Dawn
YellowStone:
Hi Dawn and All :)
Words are words, they cannot bring joy, peace or anger. They cannot make you smile or inflame you. They simply cannot. :)
Taking this a Little further, words being written such as I am writing now, are just as powerless. I cannot make anyone believe what I am writing. Oh, I could lash out and call someone a fool, but do you see that words know not what they say.
It is how each of us receives the words that emotions are attached. Each one of us is responsible for how we react when reading a post. It's not like, he so made me angry or she really upset me. It's not! It's I who allowed myself to take offense, or allow my feelings to become hurt. No one can MAKE a person do this and certainly NO words. Just ones carnal nature.
Yet, I see in this forum attack after attack, how rarely (but I do see it) are words of reconciliation written instead of harsh derogatory words; words and accusations that have no place in this forum. Yes, no place at all, and here is why:
Rom 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
We are to always to seek peace and edification (clear understanding) in a way that is indicative and supportive of the Spirit that is in us. The Spirit and it's fruits should not be hid or tucked away. Neither should they be spoken of but not seen.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
If any lives in the Spirit, let them walk in the Spirit and dare I say Talk in the Spirit. If this simple truth is remebered and etched deep upons ones heart; thoughts of vindication, and demoralizing words and actions will vanish forever, they need not be supressed; because they will be replaced always with the afrementioned fruits of the Spirit that changes lives for the better. Actions speak way louder than any word.
I trust all will take this in the spirit that it is written.
Love to you all in Christ,
Darren
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