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Isolation
buddyjc:
Hi Seekeress,
I feel isolated as well, and I know what you're going through. I'm sure the apostle John felt isolated on the island of Patmos where he received the Revelation of Christ. Hey...did you guys know that the word 'patmos' means 'my killing?' Well...I thought it was interesting anyway. :shock: Many of the believers in Paul's day turned against him as well. It is inevitable that we will feel isolated at some point, but cheer up, Christ is with you all the time, and He is known as the 'Comforter.' I know we would like to have a friend that has 'skin,' but Jesus is the best friend I ever had. Anyway...welcome to the forum.
Brian Wilson
buddyjc:
Hi Seekeress,
I feel isolated as well, and I know what you're going through. I'm sure the apostle John felt isolated on the island of Patmos where he received the Revelation of Christ. Hey...did you guys know that the word 'patmos' means 'my killing?' Well...I thought it was interesting anyway. :shock: Many of the believers in Paul's day turned against him as well. It is inevitable that we will feel isolated at some point, but cheer up, Christ is with you all the time, and He is known as the 'Comforter.' I know we would like to have a friend that has 'skin,' but Jesus is the best friend I ever had. Anyway...welcome to the forum.
Brian Wilson
Lightseeker:
I guess I have a different experience than all of you. Six months after getting born again in '72' I was having acclerated growth, from self study just going to different events and home groups. But getting into the church was like cutting the engines and gliding....down. I was raised Catholic but we joined my wife's Lutheran church, and when we hit the door we were qualified as leaders.....just because we were warm bodies. Within 6 months I had a youth group and was teaching high school Sunday school. We were in the church for two years. Disenchanted with organized religion we left the church for 17 years, fellowshipping with believers wherever we could and thriving in a homegroup mentoring situation where we met three times a week for two years.
The Rapture doctrine was the first to fall within those first few years, and then we went to a retreat in Arkansas and was exposed to ultimate reconcilliation in '74' I think. About 8 of us from our homegroup went and our view of God was challenged. It took 10 years of study looking at all my questions to fully embrace 'reconcilliation'.
But 18 years ago I felt like God was calling us back into the organized church. We were experiencing 'all knowledge little application Christianity'. That was just wrong IMO. We checked out several before ending up in the last place I'd have expected to be called to. An non denom. independent Baptist church with a tongue speaking preacher. We had our tribulations and trials but God hasn't called me out of that church yet.
I have had extensive imput in mentoring 3 of the six elders in this body and been allowed quite a bit of freedom. I was given the job of establishing the deliverance ministry and had taught Sunday school regularly, and on and off as a substitute. I've led homegroups and had a men's ministry, and young men's mentoring group over the years.
We got a new pastor 3 years ago. Upon arrival he got all the 'poop' on where people were at. He...like the last pastor for 14 years didn't agree with reconcilliation. But they couldn't deny my bonified love for Jesus and willingness to be used of God in ministry to the body. But neither was I ever able to teach openly about reconcilliation. Most of the body really doesn't know 'what all that I believe'. They just keep hearing that, "He's way out there doctrinally.
That hasn't really bothered me because some truths according to Paul require a measure of maturity before being exposed to anyway IMO. Is
1CO 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
eutychus:
WELCOME.
DONT FEEL LIKE THIS;
Splendid Isolation - Warren Zevon
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I want to live alone in the desert
I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe
I want to live on the Upper East Side
And never go down in the street
Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation
Michael Jackson in Disneyland
Don't have to share it with nobody else
Lock the gates, Goofy, take my hand
And lead me through the World of Self
Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation
Don't want to wake up with no one beside me
Don't want to take up with nobody new
Don't want nobody coming by without calling first
Don't want nothing to do with you
I'm putting tinfoil up on the windows
Lying down in the dark to dream
I don't want to see their faces
I don't want to hear them scream
Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation
Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation
berny:
hi,
i also felt lonley thought i was crazy and could not find anyone who understood where i was coming from, then i found this site i live in newcastle upon tyne and would love to meet up with anyone who lives nearby to discuss bible truths i have a great husband and two kids but he is not interested in religion, sorry i am pretty boring as god and bible truths is all i can think about lately.
berny
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