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Struggling - 3/16/2008 7:41:38 AM
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Georgia-Peach
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I have struggled with this fear every since I was a little girl and I know I even discussed it once already on here when I was pregnant. It really upsets me that I struggle with this because I feel like it makes me a bad Christian or that I disappoint God. Sometimes the thought of the rapture never bothers me and then other times I become panicked at the thought which is where I am at right now. I struggle with how does God want us as Christians to live our lives daily. Are we suppose to be sitting and waiting for his return or are we suppose to be following his commands, but also living each day to the fullest. I am also being tormented with the thoughts of what kind of world my son is growing up in and my future children are going to grow up in. It seems like it just keeps getting worse and worse, but is it really that much different from when I was a little girl. Does the fact that we have internet, every news channel imaginable make it seem worse. As you can tell I am really struggling with all of this. I don't want to live each day of my life in fear and I don't want to pass that on to my son or future children. I really need some strong, spiritual women to encourage me, give me scripture, and just share with me.
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 7:59:46 AM
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Chelle, I think women in every era have struggled with this. Imagine how the Israelites must have felt while they were enslaved in Egypt, looking at their babies and knowing they would live a life of slavery too. Or early Christian women, knowing that a brutal death for themselves or their husbands was more than just a slight possibility. Our kids are going to grow up in a world that is and will be sinful and messy until Jesus returns. It wasn't better 1000 years ago, and it won't be better 1000 years from now (unless He does return before then!) because sin remains a constant.
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or are we suppose to be following his commands, but also living each day to the fullest.
I think it's this one. We are to throw ourselves into the work He has given us, whatever that may be.
As moms, I think we actually have a great opportunity to impact the world, awful as it may be. We are raising the next generation, and we are possibly the biggest influence on our children that they will have in our life. The boys we are raising now are going to be men one day and we can impact what kind of men they will be. Rather than focusing on how violent and messed up the world is, we can focus on raising our children to be "peculiar people" (different from the world), and if we are doing that, we will be a light in the darkness even in the present.
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 10:15:45 AM
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Sometimes the thought of the rapture never bothers me and then other times I become panicked at the thought which is where I am at right now.
that is why I have found that I can not read books about it or watch too much tv/movies about it...or listen to sermon's about it....I start to get freaked out too. I am not saying I don't believe in the rapture....or that I don't know what the Bible says....but I tend to ignore it when it is being talked about. I can't even stand to see movies with horses that are freaky looking because of a "special" I watched a few years ago that I regretted from the beginning (it talked about the four horsemen of the apocalypse...and the horse they showed had a freaky face and glint in his eye......and ever since then I can't stand horses...it's weird)
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or are we suppose to be following his commands, but also living each day to the fullest.
YUP.....prepare for tomorrow...live like it will be here...and rejoice when it isn't.
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 1:17:28 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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Its nice to know that I am not alone in this fear and that other women experience it too. Just within the last few days it has become a bigger struggle than normal. Thanks for sharing ladies!
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 4:12:35 PM
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I think Maggie put it really well, and I doubt I'll do as adequate of a job...but I think that every generation has had it's evils...and I dont know that you can truly quantify it to say this time has more (or less) evil than a past time. I'm sorry that you feel so much fear Chelle...I will pray that God takes that fear from you.
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 7:34:09 PM
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I think Maggie put it really well, and I doubt I'll do as adequate of a job...
LOL....You have finally arrived around here!!!! I think every poster that sticks around long enough says that same thing about Maggie at least once!!!!LOL
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 8:44:41 PM
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I think Maggie put it really well, and I doubt I'll do as adequate of a job...
LOL....You have finally arrived around here!!!! I think every poster that sticks around long enough says that same thing about Maggie at least once!!!!LOL
LOL...glad I've arrived!!!
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RE: Struggling - 3/16/2008 11:33:21 PM
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I think Maggie put it really well, and I doubt I'll do as adequate of a job...
LOL....You have finally arrived around here!!!! I think every poster that sticks around long enough says that same thing about Maggie at least once!!!!LOL
LOL...glad I've arrived!!!
LOL...I'm glad you stuck around long enough to arrive!!!!
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RE: Struggling - 3/18/2008 1:56:52 PM
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I think Maggie put it really well, and I doubt I'll do as adequate of a job...
LOL....You have finally arrived around here!!!! I think every poster that sticks around long enough says that same thing about Maggie at least once!!!!LOL
LOL...glad I've arrived!!!
LOL...I'm glad you stuck around long enough to arrive!!!!
Of course I stuck around...I love it here!!!
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RE: Struggling - 3/18/2008 7:43:38 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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I am struggling in my walk with the Lord currently as well as fear in general. I am fixing to start a bible study called "The Excellent Wife" too. I just feel like fear has gripped me and I am having a hard time overcoming it. I know its not of God and I need to get into the Word to help me in this area.
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RE: Struggling - 4/4/2008 2:08:48 AM
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. . . I don't want to live each day of my life in fear and I don't want to pass that on to my son or future children. [. . . ] give me scripture, and just share with me.
I was hoping to find other scriptures on this thread, but I haven't seen much, so here are two of my favorite scriptures for this kind of stuff ~
Chapter 26 of the Book of Isaiah is a Song of Trust in God's Protection
The last two verses (20 & 21) end with:
Come, my people, enter into your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until indignation runs its course.
For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity...
When read in context, this surely sounds like it is one of those "double layer" texts and the future-time layer would be that God's people are hidden in a safe place during the Tribulation. Maybe I am weird, but I find it quite comforting to know that the rampant sin of rejecting Jesus will be punished. Meanwhile, I plan on entering into a room God prepared and closing the door behind me.
And this one from 2 Samuel 24:3b-5 is just a beautiful picture of promise. ~
3 The Rock of Israel spoke to me, `He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
4 Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.'
5 "Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?
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RE: Struggling - 4/4/2008 11:12:30 AM
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Chelle, I struggle with this sometimes, too. When I hear about awful things happening to people in other countries, or about how Christians are persecuted even today, I have to fight back fear. I think of how easily those bad things could have happened (and still could) to me or my loved ones, and I know I certainly wasn't spared because I "deserve" it. I don't know why God extends grace and protection to me, because those being persecuted for their faiths are most certainly more devout and stronger in their spiritual walk than I am.
I don't understand it, and it bothers me a lot... why God allows bad things to happen to some and not others. Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for my "turn" for the bad stuff, like the other shoe is always waiting to fall. I know that's not right, and I try hard to not dwell on those thoughts and feelings.
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RE: Struggling - 4/7/2008 6:25:50 AM
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It doesn't matter how strong you are or think you are in your spiritual walk. He protects you for the same reason He protects anyone else. Everything He does for you is a gift. Appreciate it and praise Him for it. Everything He's done for you is a gift and it's done for a reason. If you want to know why, just ask Him when you see Him. LOL
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