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Kat:

Hi Pinko,

That was a spot on first post, I totally agree, we are all exactly where God intended for us to be.
I am glad you have joined us and hope you will continue fellowshipping with us here  :)

mercy, peace and love
Kat

iris:
Hi Pinko,

Welcome to the forum!

Good post!

Hope to hear more from you.


Iris

judith collier:
Thank you Pinko. I need to believe that and reading about free will and maybe reading it again will help cement this thought more firmly. But I was taught about free will differently, God's perfect will and God's permissive will. But I always believed God would "work all things for good to those who believe" This situation I am in just doesn't seem to have worked out very "good" I do not know what good is being accomplished here except for the fact 2 blind men have me as their caretaker which I sometimes resent  so badly I could scream! People are always saying, " I don't know how you do it" at which point I say "you have to believe there is a God if you see ME doing this" So, maybe that's it, but not sure. And I don't even do it that well but then again my standards are so high you would have to have a rocket to shoot them down. I am babbling here.

OBrenda:
 ;D Hi Judith,

We usually don't understand "WHY" until we look back on it.
You are learning priceless spiritual lessons, let me encourage you, your treasures are stored up in Heaven.

Matthew 6:19
"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But keep on storing up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal, because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Mark 9:35
So he sat down, called his twelve disciples, and told them, "If anyone wants to be first he must be last of all and servant of all."

And although I  agree with what has been shared I would like to add to this for Fester & Judith & My Understanding!

1 Corinthians 9:19
Although I am free from everyone's expectations, I have made myself a servant to all of them to win more people.
To the Jews I became like a Jew in order to win Jews.
To those under the law I became like a man under the law, in order to win those under the law
(although I myself am not under the law).
To those who do not have the law, I became like a man who does not have the law in order to win those who do not have the law.
However, I am not free from God's law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.  I do all this for the sake of the gospel in order to have a share in its blessings.

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.  Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades. {Treasures in Heaven}

2 Corinthians 6:14
Stop becoming unevenly yoked with unbelievers. What partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? What fellowship can light have with darkness?  What harmony exists between the Messiah and Beliar, or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common?  What agreement can a temple of God (we are the Temple) make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."  Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.

2 Timothy 2:15Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

I always need to pray for God's Grace & Understanding...Seeking to be lead by the Holy Spirit to be a Light in this world.  To correctly descern the Will of God when we are learning to apply all these scriptures to our walk/situation.

Sorry for being so long-winded,
Brenda

Kat:

Hi Judy,

Let me share with you a little, so as maybe my experience may help you a bit.  My marriage situation is by no means ideal, my husband is not a believer.  But at this point I have graciously accepted what God has given me and am thankful for the many blessings I have.  But a few years ago I did not have this state of mind at all, I literally was miserable and wanted out of my totally unfulfilling marriage very badly.  But I was a stay at home mom and never developed a career, so I was kind of stuck.  I had developed major resentments towards my husband, that I had been trying to overcome, but I just couldn't.

Well 3 years ago I 'stumbled' across Ray's teachings at Bible Truths, it was then that God opened my eyes.  For about 7 months I spent every minute I could reading for hours every single day.  I was seeing one profound truth after the other, my heart was overjoyed and I just could not get enough, still can't.

So soon after I came to the BT site, my whole attitude change almost instantly.  The resentment that was greatly hampering my relationship with my husband just fail away.  Though he is still not what I would consider the ideal loving mate, he is the one that God prepared for me and is a very good provider among other good qualities.  Even though sometimes I do look on him as a thorn in my side, because of his blatant carnal attitude.  But I also see that as a means that God is using to teach me as to how better to deal with adversity.  We all have our cross to bear and it is meant to be difficult.  I am trying to be the best wife I can be and build character at the same time.

Mat 5:43  "You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
v. 44  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
v. 45  that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
v. 46  For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
v. 47  And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?
v. 48  Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

I do not really consider my husband my enemy, but sometimes he does provoke my spirit and it is teaching me self-control and that is a good thing.  It is indeed a daily effort to be content in all things.

Php 4:11  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

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