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Amarielle
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Name: Anna Marie
Country: United States
Gender: Female
Interests: The Creator (God) and His will for my life. Natural health/alternative health, and right now the improvement of my vision!
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  MizAnnaMarie
Member Since:
11/25/2005
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| “Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.” Harry Emerson Fosdick quotes (American clergyman 1878-1969)
"Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it."
~ Annonymous
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| God asks us, as His followers, to be "safe" people in an unsafe world.
A few years ago my mom had a marriage counseling tape (or something of the sort) blaring through the house (she's a 1/4 deaf) and the speaker was saying that in order to have a healthy relationship with your spouse you must be a "safe" person for the spouse to come to with their problems, fears, thoughts, weaknesses, sins etc. You will not blow up at them, harshly judge them, jump to conclusions, or take it personally, but will help them spiritually, emotionally, and so forth. By this you will become their refuge of a sort. On the other hand if you do react negatively during these times then they will build up walls protecting themselves from you. The person will eventually avoid you when they are going through times of trouble and will suffer through it alone.
After hearing that message (I couldn't help but hear it) I realized that a safe person is the type of person that God wants His follower to be in every relationship, to a degree, not just marriage. God wants us to love (agape) EVERYONE like He loves us. I want to be that person with which others can feel 100% safe when they tell me something which would make them vulnerable in any way.
It is easy to think "Awe...I'm probably am not too far away from being a 'safe' person, but hey, if I slip up a bit and be insensitive to a few people...it probably won't matter too much." But in reality it is at those times that it is unnatural for us to be kind and loving, is it most vital to do so, for that is when it should be God working and loving through us.
Sometimes it is easy for me to forget the sting that insensitivity or dislike from others can bring to me personally. I think God purposely brings people into our lives once in awhile by which we are hurt and we feel left out in the cold (socially, or emotionally perhaps) It is hard to be a forgiving, loving person to those people who are not only unsafe but are trying to bring pain into your life. Maybe He brings these circumstances as reminders of the pain which we ourselves can cause others, and as a reminder that He is the perfect refuge to run to.
Oh, the freedom which comes from loving others!
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| Ha wow....I am so sorry for all those people who had to read my past posts...they are so negative and unedifying. God really is the One from whom all blessings flow. His mercies are new each morning...we get the fun of being joyful in Him and praising Him each moment for every blessing He daily gives us...sometimes we feel like we have to search for the blessings but the truth is they are never are far away.
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| I attempted cleaning one of our disgusting bathrooms this afternoon. The main chemicals I used were so harsh that they could eat through wood, and yet all they did to the grime was to barely loosen it enough for me to scrub at the grime until my arm fell off. The difference in the bathroom is barely visible. But that could be because the noxious fumes from the chemicals may have damaged my eyesight. Which wouldn't be too outrageous since it has eaten through the skin on my hands, and has seared my lungs beyond use. | | |
| Back on this thing to blather about myself to...no one really...because no one even reads these retarded things. Well I have gone off to college and come back home again...after one semester, I'm on break now. I am quite content to stay home. I have never spent that long away from home before. Horrors, get this, next semester is 5 scary months long. Five months in which I must slave away making pitiful attempts at socializing inbetween miserable hours of studying subjects that I would normally avoid if I were in any other environment. Naw it's not that bad...If God wants me there then I will survive I suppose. On to happier subjects...I have found the perfect game. I am in raptures It is a board game which has been sitting in the game closet unused for over a year(?) Well I pulled it out and forced my family to play it with me (at least 3 of my fam) and almost won - except they all whimped out and quit before it was even done. The title of this marvellous game? !THE FARMING GAME!
yay ahh I will expound more later...maybe. | | |
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