I was thinking how hard it is for everyone who never reads their bible and can find some comfort in the scriptures .
But there must be a start ......sharing mine here .
I remember not being able to even read it at all , it was as if the book was sealed and could not understand any of it at all.
I remember being 23 and we just lost my only brother Tom at 20 we was 2 months away from being 21 . and he died on my dads 47 th birthday .
I can remember how this caused the whole family to fall apart , just trying to accept it . I thought why did God do this ?
A lot of things kept racing though my head , like a tornado whirling in every direction and there was no peace what so ever in it .
Pleading with God for some answer , please God help me understand your plan , I don't get it ...
There a stages of grief to go though .
In this life , I do believe the man of sin suffers much loss , the son of perdition utter disaster, ruin, or destruction.
Everything we think in our little world crumbles in a moment and in that moment you cannot see anything good in it .
Now it is grieving for everyone whom is in that place and praying for them , Knowing God comforts us in mourning . first scripture was Ecc 9 , when nothing anyone could say to help ease this pain and torment of not knowing anything but death , God / Life answered .
God has answered mightly though the Lord Jesus Christ , my true friend , I can honestly say now I love Him with a clean conscience , by removing a lot of the guilt that our sin nature rises up in us in times when we are put to the test .
Learning to lean on Him in every way has become a joy , that was never possible when I never knew Him like now .
I would turn away in my shame before and struggle in my sins , that is so hard to overcome and took many years and trials of faith to make me finally realize , I will always fail in my weakness , but He is our strength in those times , learning to call out to Jesus and ask Him for the right kind of help , not my own ideas of what is the right thing to do and learning to wait on Him , which was soooo hard to do at first , it was killing me to wait and see what God would do , but God proved faithful every time , and in ways I could have never imagined them to be !!
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So wanting everyone to be delivered from that pain and torment , it is a misery .
I know God can and will do it because He is willing , the Spirit is willing when the flesh is weak ....we learn these things though the experiences .
I hope everyone can recall GOD answering a prayer so perfectly that their faith has increased and God helps them to grow in truth and that amazing grace that really does abound the more . and more as the world seems like chaos to them now .
Death has to come first before Life /Jesus can make everything new , and death has many forms by which to kill us by , not just literally . but that last enemy is death before Christ comes to us all ...
We are comforted by the Word and the Spirit of God being Life itself within us moving the mountains of sin and unbelief out of the way so we can see Jesus in the end .
Romans 5 Death in Adam, Life in Christ
...19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20The Law was given so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness, to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord....
Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the Law. For the Law merely brings awareness of sin.
Romans 6:1
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? no way .
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
Galatians 3:19
Why then was the Law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. :HeartThrob:
Rose, thank you for that post.
There is always such love in your words.
:HeartThrob: Pat
:iagree: :iagree: Beautiful post Rose.. Amen!! :HeartThrob:
Great post Rose! It's so true, needing to learn to lean on God and pray and wait...He is faithful and never fails. I'm still learning to do this in my life. It can be so discouraging with all the pain and loss in this world. Your post is a great reminder of how to live.
Quote from: Patinak on February 18, 2018, 08:00:00 PM
Rose, thank you for that post.
There is always such love in your words.
:HeartThrob: Pat
Thank you and would love to hear your prayers answered by Jesus , bro Pat ! :HeartThrob:
Everyone has a wonderful testimony of Gods mercy in their lives :dsunny:
Quote from: marie glen on February 18, 2018, 08:44:24 PM
:iagree: :iagree: Beautiful post Rose.. Amen!! :HeartThrob:
Thanks sis love you sharing and caring heart !! :HeartThrob:
Quote from: GodIsLove on February 18, 2018, 08:57:25 PM
Great post Rose! It's so true, needing to learn to lean on God and pray and wait...He is faithful and never fails. I'm still learning to do this in my life. It can be so discouraging with all the pain and loss in this world. Your post is a great reminder of how to live.
Amen sis love to hear what GOD is doing in yours right now , It is that Love of GOD that makes all the difference of how we can bear all things in Christ whom strengthens us we just got to ask Him often .. :HeartThrob: