This is a big encouragement, Sis. Knowing The Lord seeks the lost is such a comfort. I've spent too much of my life, considering myself hopeless.
"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." (I John 4:15) This verse, and I John 5:1, "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him." give me great hope because I am convinced, that Jesus is the Messiah.
John 3:3 shows The Holy Spirit works in the heart of His chosen one to regenerate, that precious soul, giving him or her the faith (Ephesians 2:8-10) to trust Him the rest of the way, assuring of "the earnest of The Spirit." "Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts." (II Corinthians 1:22, KJV)
I'm not worried about other people's souls. To me we all come from God and return to God. Each person has their own path. I'm here to love them not condemn them.
As for me? The clock is ticking. I don't have that much time left and shouldn't be wasting it on worrying.
It's good to see you back. Hopefully old friends will find you soon.
I played cribbage with a friend yesterday. She was glum and needed the distraction. She perked up when I had a 24 point crib and beat her. Playing was important, not winning. Yes, I thought I had other things to do; but, apparently this was more important.
There isn't much regarding transgender or transexuality in the Bible. Gender is a cultural concept and transgender individuals exist in many places in the world. It's also not an issue in many places. As for transexuality, Baha'is consider it a personal medical issue. I understand that many folks do not accept that but accepting people as they are (or choose to be) is far less divisive than trying to control everyone or shame them.
Thanks everyone for the comments and support and understanding. It has been very stressful and exhausting. It has impacted me emotionally and physically. Spiritually, it has been a growing experience. I am glad I have a God that is bigger than all my problems. I don't know that I could get through it all without him. This definitely makes you rethink everything you take for granted in life and everything you hold near and dear. You find out things about the people you are close to both good and bad. It's been a very trying and tough time in my life.
I just need to make a post separate from any blog prompt and say what I am thinking and feeling right now. We didn't force the flu vaccines when people were filling up the hospitals and dying because of the flu. Now all of a sudden, we need to force covid vaccines? It is considered unconstitutional that Texas banned abortion to give unborn babies a right to live. Yet, it isn't unconstitutional for someone to force vaccines or mask mandates? We don't believe that unborn babies are living human beings, but yet we are harvesting tissue and organs from them. When President Trump was in office, the pandemic was all his fault. Now that President Biden is in office its still Trumps fault and the fault of those unvaccinated people. The kids can not get vaccinated but we force them into classrooms together in school and on the school busses and can not understand why the virus is spreading. It's all the people’s fault that are not vaccinated. ??? The world is not making a lot of sense to me right now. Oh, and because I dare to disagree with a majority or whoever, then I should be shunned, censored, or beaten. This seems to be public reasoning today. Let's hate everyone and blame this, that, and the other group of people or say it is because of racism because this make so much sense people! President Biden removed God from the National Day of Prayer, but everyone is supposed to pray that this virus will be magically cured and go away. If we aren't praying to God, who are we praying to? There is no compassion these days. It is unconstitutional to make a sex offender carry a card with them showing they are a sex offender, but they are requiring people to carry cards to prove they are vaccinated at places. What? You are telling it invades a sex offenders privacy to know he is a sex offender, but it doesn't invade my privacy to know if I have received a vaccine or not? And we conservatives are the ones all being stupid. Not the idiots making these kinds of judgement calls. I don't know what to do with this I am feeling, but I really wish we would start thinking for ourselves and stop letting the major television networks dictate what we think. Grr! It is frustrating. A lot of the American people seem to be a bunch of sheep being led to the slaughter totally oblivious to it. Wake up before it is too late! This country will no longer be sovereign and free if things keep going like they are going. Ok, I guess my tantrum is over for now.
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