mostly off-topic (was Re: Setting the record straight...)

[Guest guest]

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> For me, gaps are caused by a lack of friends and loved ones, not by

my

> unbelief in a supreme being which wants a lot of my time and money

and

> which insists I believe all sorts of bizarre things.

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Oh , they say it's not the God who is, but it's the God we create

in our minds...

i think sometimes we create God in 'our' image, and imagine Him to be

Who we think He is and not what He truly is....

(for example i've heard we tend to look at God the way we tend to

look at our own father.)

i believe that every person who seeks after the True God ultimately

finds a Loving Father who demands neither time or money nor strange

beliefs...but He is there for all who want Him, or seek Him, or love

Him, or trust Him...

i have given up church mostly to go inward and focus on prayer. the

messages from churches were multitudinous and conflicting and

confusing...i wanted to turn inward to try to hear that still small

voice.

He is the most kind and loving Father if we just focus on that and

leave the things of this earth behind...the hard, difficult and

horrible things of this earth. but it's not an escape...He gives us

the courage to face and to 'deal'. and peace...

but people still hurt us. every day...even here on this list. the

gaps left by friends and loved ones will always be there...but there

is One Who fills those gaps...and He is Real...

laura