[Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.

Wed Sep 4 18:00:09 UTC 2013

Yeh, it is a big project, but I was thinking just small bites, something to 
put on your list of books to get to. I may read a few in a month, or a few 
in a year, I usually have a few books of other topics going at once.
Blessings
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From: "Debby Phillips" <semisweetdebby at gmail.com>
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> Thanks.  I have read some of them, but not in order.  That sounds like a 
> big project, but maybe it's one I can do.  Thanks again.    Blessings, 
> Debby
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:46 AM, "Poppa Bear" <heavens4real at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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" 
>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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