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winn is offline winn Post #1  June 24,2009, 10:44pm

Please tell me where I can find a normal man???

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[COLOR=black]In the past couple of months I have gone on a few dates with one particular guy. After dating, talking via email and phone and taking some time to contemplate we realized that any attempt at developing a relationship would have to go slow for many reasons which I can't and won't disclose. So we agreed to see each other only once a month and not phone as often as we had been doing. During the lulls in our communication, we agreed to spend time in contemplation, meditating on God's word and spending time in prayer. When we phoned each other after the agreed amount of time apart we both realized that we had been contemplating and praying about the exact same thing.
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waltercl is offline waltercl Post #2  June 25,2009, 12:25am
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I'll be thinking about this, but I first just wanted to comment that it sounds like you are taking a healthy approach to this new relationship, and I hope it goes well.
 
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In my Christian experience, there has been nothing more lovely than to be aware of the move of the Holy Spirit.
There seems to be a 'hush' to this Move.
And a Stillness.
And a great Power.
As for 'fearing' what God will ask of us - well, I think that God prepares His children.
Heaven must be made up of this Move of God and we don't fear Heaven, do we?

I can't really figure out what you are saying here. It seems more about yourself than the Holy Spirit.
Which means that you are stll in control - after all.
You see, it is to be all Him.
His Decision.
His Wish.
His Strength.
His Power.
His Way.

His Idea.

It's not about 'us' doing anything or even wanting anything.
All of this must be placed in us by Him - or else, don't you see, it is back to ourselves again.

Look at prayer: they are the prayers that He, Himself, places in our own spirits that are prayers.
His prayers in us to pray.
These are the prayers with the Power.
Why?
Because they are of Him - all Him - and none of us.

It is the Holy Spirit or nothing.
We are the nothing.
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In my Christian experience, there has been nothing more lovely than to be aware of the move of the Holy Spirit.
There seems to be a 'hush' to this Move.
And a Stillness.
And a great Power.
As for 'fearing' what God will ask of us - well, I think that God prepares His children.
Heaven must be made up of this Move of God and we don't fear Heaven, do we?

I can't really figure out what you are saying here. It seems more about yourself than the Holy Spirit.
Which means that you are stll in control - after all.
You see, it is to be all Him.
His Decision.
His Wish.
His Strength.
His Power.
His Way.

His Idea.

It's not about 'us' doing anything or even wanting anything.
All of this must be placed in us by Him - or else, don't you see, it is back to ourselves again.

Look at prayer: they are the prayers that He, Himself, places in our own spirits that are prayers.
His prayers in us to pray.
These are the prayers with the Power.
Why?
Because they are of Him - all Him - and none of us.

It is the Holy Spirit or nothing.
We are the nothing.

I agree with a great deal of what you are saying. However, I think you misunderstand me a bit. I am well aware that I am not in control. My life is a testament to that, which I won't go into details about here. It is not about me. I am merely reflecting on my human emotions to God's actions and how it is not always easy to follow when the Holy Spirit commands us to act simnply because we are fallible and do not always see the entire picture. Yes, i do agree that it is the Holy Spirit or nothing but I do not agree that we are the nothing. If we were, why would God spend so much on us. If we were nothing, God would certainly not have sent His own Son to rescue us. We are something because we are loved by God that much. Please do not expect false modesty. I know my place within God's kingdom and I am humbled by what He has done for me but I will not look at myself as nothing because I know I am loved wholeheartedly by God and have been saved for a purpose. That is where my humbleness comes in, not because I am nothing.
 
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How is this situation going Winn?
 
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winn is offline winn Post #6  July 6,2009, 6:52pm

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waltercl wrote :
How is this situation going Winn?
Things are very difficult right now because other circumstanceshave been added to the mix which are difficult in themselves and have left me feeling very vulnerable and not too useful right now. However, through it all I believe the Holy Spirit is molding me and making me into someone He can use and that's what i am hoping for at this point.
 
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Winnie - maybe you are being too hard on yourself ? Just remember that when you turn it over to God and give yourself to Him - you are always being useful! Sometimes God may not choose to use us when and how we think it should be - but that does not mean we are not useful, just that God has something else in mind.
 
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Thanks for the encouragement, Cyndi.
I do feel I have failed in certain areas and am wondering what God doesn't want me to do right now. One of my Bible texts that came up yesterday was "Be Still and Know That I Am God." My dating life seems to have temporarily stopped and my daughter and son-in-law are talking divorce after only two years of marriage. I'm at a loss for what I should be doing so I guess the Holy Spirit is telling me to do nothing right now. I'm not very good at that.
 
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I understand all too well how hard it can be to just "do nothing". Sometimes I think that's why God let's me make so many mistakes - so he can gently remind me just how well "my" plans work out

More than once I've felt as if I am kind of like that little kid in the kitchen wanting to "help" and God is going behind me cleaning up spills, reaching around me shutting the drawers with the "knives", putting his hand on the oven door so I can't pull it open, and shooing me out of the kitchen!

All joking aside - I think the times of "doing nothing" can be a growth experience. I saw a book once with a chapter titled "Let go and Let God". It sounds so simple, we all know it's what we are supposed to do - so why is it so hard to do ???
 
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Wait

[CENTER]Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried:
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate,
and the Master so gently said, “Child, you must wait”.
 
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