[Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.

Poppa Bear heavens4real at gmail.com
Wed Sep 4 20:40:42 UTC 2013 

Yes mam.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.


> Debbie and "Papa bear",
> this is personal so  perhaps you two should take it off list.
> Debbie said hers was private, but it was on list. Sharing about where you 
> move, when and why and details about it are personal.
> This list is archived. Just a suggestion. Besides, this group should have 
> stuff interesting the whole list.
> To send  messages to each other, write the person's address in the to line 
> and erase the faith talk list.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Poppa Bear
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 12:46 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] blind sence child birth.
>
> 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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