Re: God

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Ken, all,

I can't think of a better description of God for most of us: One who gives

hope and perseverance. It has taken me some years, but I have learned how

to differentiate between God and other people. I often blamed Him for the

ungodliness of others toward me. It wasn't Him; it was just them. No, I'm

not paranoid. But too often we seem to blame the uncaring attitudes and

lack of listening and understanding on God instead of those who are

exhibiting the behaviors that are hurting us.

Another observation is found in this story:

A married couple were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The wife

said: " Do you remember the days when we would go driving and we would sit

close to each other and you would put your right arm around my shoulders? "

The husband responded: " I haven't moved, dear. I'm still sitting in the

same place. "

I think that we often blame God for leaving us or ignoring us when it wasn't

He who turned away.

Ray in Virginia

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Ray in Virginia

Re: In Response to Randy Hawkke!

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>>

>>>From: Andy24747@... (A. )

>>>

>>>>>i was only looking to connect with people to talk to on this journey

>>>of knowledge to understand why-to understand what i did wrong in this

>>>life-or past lives to deserve all that fate?GOD?life? whatever you want

>>>to call it has dealt me!!!!!!!!! >>

>>>

>>>

>>>I went to some very interesting workshops this summer. And they had to

>>>do not only in dealing with pain but in healing in general. And what i

>>>head from two different speakers, and always believed myself, is those

>>>that are " healed " , not cured. (Healed being an emotional state where

>>>cured is a physical state), are those who don't waste their energy

>>>trying to figure why something happened to them. The truth is that we

>>>will never know.

>>>There are those who believe that any pain or problems that they have are

>>>a punishement from God. There are those who believe any pain or problem

>>>is a gift, something that we choose before coming to earth, etc, in

>>>order to learn lessons, become a better person. I don't think either is

>>>the whole truth but studies have shown that those who hold the second

>>>belief survive better.

>>>I personally believe that God doesn't have control over what happens to

>>>us but that He is there to help us deal with it, if that's what we want.

>>>See I kind of held your old belief system as a child growing up in an

>>>abusive home. I too tried to figure out what I did wrong to deserve all

>>>those things that happened to me. As I got older, I came to understand

>>>that God had nothing to do with what happened to me but He was there to

>>>help me heal.

>>>One last thing. The whole thing really hit home after my mother's

>>>murder. So many people kept calling and saying " it was God's will " . I

>>>told them, in no uncertain terms that the God I believe in doesn't want

>>>people to suffer and I can't imagine a God sitting somewhere going,

>>>let's have this person stabbed to death today.

>>>Anyway to get to the point, we don't alway have control of of lives and

>>>our pain, but we can gain some control over our thoughts and beliefs.

>>>

>>> ºº ºº

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>>>Sucess is not relative to others. It is a feeling of love and

>>>accomplishment for yourself.

>>>

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