i know i claimed that the journal was dead, but i have an issue that i would like some feedback on and this is the easiest and most popular way to get it into circulation
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You may be able to be happy without God but sooner or later that happiness will run out. You were talking about decisions. What about when you loose a loved one? Did they always make the decision to die? Did you make the decision to let them? Where do you think the inner peace comes from? When you know God the peace and happiness he can give you is unlike any that the world can offer. Worldy materials can make you happy for a while but dont you realize that the more you get wrapped into your life and how much money you can make or what you can buy, you get further away from God.......its because worldy pocessions are not what God is made of or what he is about. When you hold things above him or when everything else becomes so much more important to you, it leaves no room for him in your life, thats stating that youd rather him leave you alone because you feel like you can do it without him. Youre building your foundation on sand. Sooner or later your foundation will begin to slip and everything will come crashing down. What will you
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#1: i don't hold tightly to anything. i've lost quite a bit in my time, and i've never had a rough time accepting it. but your point is well seen and understood.
#2: ok so let's move away from the topic of my decisions. so how is it that there are families out there without God involved that are way happier that most of the ones that go to my church? that question kinda got avoided...
Hey!My name is Amy Wray, I'm friends with Adrianna and Bradley... I went to BY. I listed mine as anonymous because I didnt know if you'd even want my opinion, seeing as you dont really know me. Anyway~ I hope nothing Ive said has offended you, Im just offering my whole hearted opinion
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first off, i wouldn't ask for you opinion if i would be offended by it easily, so you have nothing to worry about.
i have a follow-up question. why would God allow a family to be so happy without him? why would he "bless" them and only encourage them not to believe that they need to be guided by him? if they are strong enough to make their own happiness (and when i say "happiness," i'm refering to true happiness. not a joy in possessions or worldly things.), what reason is there to think that they need a higher being?
i figured i would tell you a story since i don't really have much to add. my brother, grew up in the church. he was in inter-varsity through two years of college. highly active in his church, and even tried to convert some mormons. he spent one summer working in a cheap place in order to save enough money for food and the rest of the time was learning about christ and telling others on mrytle beach about God. the past year he has became part Buddist. i might be getting this wrong, but he doesn't understand why God would give people an ultimatum after death. ie: heaven/hell. he thinks that as long as he lives a caring and the best life he can, then it shouldn't matter if he does everything for god.
if i made any sense just then..
but, you're not making a blind decision. but then again, if you're so certain in this, why are you questioning yourself?
i'm not certain, and i apologize for giving that impression. i'm questioning myself and asking for input because i don't know what to think. if i was unwilling to accept what anyone else had to say, i most certainly wouldn't ask for another opinion.
First of all, I can't tell you who I am because i feel that if you knew, you would cast my opinion aside. However, for some reason, when I was randomly reading everyone's away messages out of sheer boredom, i came across yours, read it, and was so incredibly burdened that i can't even begin to describe it. Usually, I would cast an entry like this aside, thinking there is nothing i can do about it, but for some reason, even after leaving the computer, i just couldn't let it go. I totally understand your questioning your faith. I myself go through the same thing, yet somewhere in the back of my mind, i always know that God is there. Something tells me that isn't the case with you. But how can you see miraculous things happen all around you everyday and not believe? How can you see a full moon on the water and not believe? and how can you look into the eyes of the one you love and not believe? I find that when i question my faith... it takes one memorable or "mountain top" experience and then it's like, the Lord does his work from there
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i wouldn't ask openly ask for others' opinions if i didn't want them. no one's will be ignored. thanks for the reply. check the latest journal entry for my thoughts on this one.
Maybe it is a rebellious preachers kid thing because I've been experiencing some of the same thoughts. I used to pray often.. almost every night I'd pray for like 15 minutes about everything from friends to Sadan to toothpaste. But the other night I was having trouble sleeping and realized that I hadn't prayed for like a month. I hadn't been really alive at church when I was there either-Just kind of going through the motions. And then JUST TONIGHT I saw a movie that really helped me out
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i was in this position not even three years ago, where everything was going fine & i felt happier then than when i considered myself a true follower. i was in control and whatever went wrong was my fault, so therefore i could fix it. and that lasted about... a year and a half. but eventually i just felt like something was missing. a contentness in my heart, i suppose. i kind of started toying around with christianity again, but then i got hurt in the process. long story short, it took a week in a mental hospital to wake me up & bring me back to God.
mitch, by all means, leave God behind and then find Him again in your own time, but please, please be careful. i don't want to see you go through all the crap i did. i ♥ you.
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#2: ok so let's move away from the topic of my decisions. so how is it that there are families out there without God involved that are way happier that most of the ones that go to my church? that question kinda got avoided...
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i have a follow-up question. why would God allow a family to be so happy without him? why would he "bless" them and only encourage them not to believe that they need to be guided by him? if they are strong enough to make their own happiness (and when i say "happiness," i'm refering to true happiness. not a joy in possessions or worldly things.), what reason is there to think that they need a higher being?
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my brother, grew up in the church. he was in inter-varsity through two years of college.
highly active in his church, and even tried to convert some mormons.
he spent one summer working in a cheap place in order to save enough money for food and the rest of the time was learning about christ and telling others on mrytle beach about God.
the past year he has became part Buddist.
i might be getting this wrong, but he doesn't understand why God would give people an ultimatum after death. ie: heaven/hell. he thinks that as long as he lives a caring and the best life he can, then it shouldn't matter if he does everything for god.
if i made any sense just then..
but, you're not making a blind decision. but then again, if you're so certain in this, why are you questioning yourself?
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mitch, by all means, leave God behind and then find Him again in your own time, but please, please be careful. i don't want to see you go through all the crap i did. i ♥ you.
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