[Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.

Wed Sep 4 16:46:52 UTC 2013

Hello Debbie, I am glad you were moved to think about these things and 
contact me. That is all the father wants, he wants us to think about this 
stuff and not be silly gooses making excuses for why we aren't close to him, 
resting in him and so on. He is not a hard Master, he does have such a 
tender love for all of us, and yes at times I do not live in the reality of 
that love, but I try to keep resting in him. If there is one or two things I 
am 100% sure of, this world, money, people or status cannot satisfy me. I 
could take a trip to almost anywhere I could think of right now, I could buy 
many things that could fulfill my earthly interests, but I know that none of 
it can compare to one minute of being intimately connected with him. I think 
I have downloaded that book "House of Bread" at one time, but I never read 
it for whatever reason. If you are on the talking book list and down load 
your books, I would maybe think about the House of Winslow series by Gilbert 
Morris. There are about 70 books in the series and the story line follows a 
family and its different offspring from the inception of America, through 
the wars, industrialization, great depression, up to modern times. They are 
not extremely thrilling, but they do have a good balance of God, adventure, 
history and romance.

Well I will be praying for you and feel free to drop me a line if you have a 
question or thought that you think I could pray about or share my opinion 
on.

In His loving grip

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debby Phillips" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.

> Hi, I hope you don't mind that I am replying to you privately.  It is true 
> that I have a HUGE disappointment, and a lot of anger.  I am actually 
> afraid that I can't find my way back to God again.  When I try and pray, 
> it is like there is this terrible high wall that surrounds me, except for 
> when I need something.  What a childish way to approach The Lord after all 
> He has done for me.  But it's where I'm at right now.  When I try to read 
> the Bible, my mind wanders away.  Interestingly enough, I have been 
> reading two novels, In This House of Brede, which is mainly onbe woman's 
> story as she enters a Benedictine monastery, and the other is about an 
> Order of nuns called Bethanie and the life of a woman who comes out of a 
> life of prostitution and joins the women of Bethanie.  I have no idea why 
> I chose to read those particular books at this time.
>
> I must have some desire for The Lord deep iunside me because when Iset up 
> my Pandora recently I chose several Christian stations.  If you don't mind 
> praying for me I would appreciate it.    Blessings,    Debby
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:47 PM, "Poppa Bear" <heavens4real at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your words Debbie, and sharing about that none who impacted 
>> your life in such a powerful way. You know I find that much of the time I 
>> become disappointed and disenchanted with the Church it is because of 
>> something that is going on inside of me. I can say I am trying to lean on 
>> the Lord, but if I am honest with myself during those times I feel that I 
>> am really harboring some disappointment inside of me, some sin or 
>> stubbornness. When I am right with the Lord it doesn't matter if there is 
>> ten feet of snow outside, I just want to be in a building where somebody 
>> loves the name of Jesus, where I can hear one sentence read from the 
>> Bible, one song sung together in public/corporate worship. At that 
>> moment, I want to show God how thankful I am for all the blessings I do 
>> have, I want to sacrifice my discomforts, inconveniences and all of my 
>> silly hang ups, I want to bring them to his alter, I want to bare my 
>> crosses. I want to be in a place where I know that somebody has had that 
>> encounter with the Savior, even if I don't talk to them, just to know 
>> that they have been at the same feet. Just to be in a place where there 
>> are hurting people, scarred and broken just like me, full of regrets, 
>> mistakes and shame that can only be taken away by the Blood, that is what 
>> I want the crystallization of my worship to consist of, that and so much 
>> more, things that I can't put into words, but things I don't get sitting 
>> at home fault finding my Lords bride. It is like we are all 
>> mother-in-laws finding faults with our Sons brides to be sometimes, there 
>> isn't any bride or groom good enough for parents, but through faith and 
>> love we press on and still give our blessings.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Phillips" 
>> <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
>> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>; <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 8:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.
>>
>>
>>> Pospa Bear, you make so much sense.  I guess I'd like to just say that 
>>> nobody except the Lord can judge whether a brother or sister is "on 
>>> fire" for God.  One of the most "on fire" people I ever knew was a 
>>> Benedictine nun.  She loved Jesus with all of her being, but she didn't 
>>> make huge ripples in the world, and many of you would say that because 
>>> she's Catholic she couldn't possibly be Christian.  But I watched her as 
>>> she loved the other nuns in her community, as she loved me (she was one 
>>> of my readers) but it wasn't just reading that she did for me.  She 
>>> encouraged me when others didn't, she loved everybody.  She showed 
>>> kindness when it would have been easy to be mean-spirited.  She just 
>>> quietly went about her day, doing what she had to do.  She was in 
>>> remission from cancer, and eventually she got sick again.  I visited her 
>>> in her room.  It was a place of peace, filled with the Presence of God. 
>>> To my knowledge, she didn't protest anything, didn't go on the Internet 
>>> and write petitions or whatever.  She just loved God and loved the 
>>> people that God put in her life.  When she died, I know there were 
>>> tears, but there was great joy, too.  I knew a housemother at the School 
>>> for the Blind in Oregon.  She was a kind, loving, wonderful woman of 
>>> God.  She loved the Lord and that love that she received from Him was 
>>> poured out on us students.  She truly loved us.  Yes, she cared for us 
>>> because it was her job, but it wasn't just "a job" to her.  She actually 
>>> cared with her heart.  I know that many of my friends from that school 
>>> who are Christians are so because of her.  So please, let's not judge 
>>> each other about whether someone is "on fire" for the Lord, or not, 
>>> whether someone is "interpreting Scripture truly".  Not even Bible 
>>> scholars agree about everything.     Blessings,    Debby
>>>
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