FLAME ME IF YOU WISH~
Good to see you!!!! I hope things are better for you. You take care!!! Loretta,
I'm not sure what this is all about....and I have no flame thrower.
Whatever it is and whoever....just place it behind you. I often tell my son sorry comes too late. Sorry doesn't undo the hurt or the damage. Sorry can't wipe away the tears. Prevent the sorry....just try to be kind and love your neighbor. If you somehow fail and you have tried your best then extend your apologies and pray that The Lord gives you the wisdom to prevent injuring someone again. That's all we can do. Unfortunately we will cause pain in this life whether it be intentional or just misunderstandings.
Ask the Lord for Peace...he is sure to grant you that and you have no need then to wait for an apology.
Blessings,
Lisa
I'm not sure what this is all about....and I have no flame thrower.
Whatever it is and whoever....just place it behind you. I often tell my son sorry comes too late. Sorry doesn't undo the hurt or the damage. Sorry can't wipe away the tears. Prevent the sorry....just try to be kind and love your neighbor. If you somehow fail and you have tried your best then extend your apologies and pray that The Lord gives you the wisdom to prevent injuring someone again. That's all we can do. Unfortunately we will cause pain in this life whether it be intentional or just misunderstandings.
Ask the Lord for Peace...he is sure to grant you that and you have no need then to wait for an apology.
Blessings,
Lisa
Elle,
I am not going to flame you --but I will say that I do believe it is time to forgive and to MOVE ON! Will I tell you to forget? No, the human side of you is going to tell you that you feel you have been hurt before and because of that, you are going to remember. What I will say is that there comes a time to MOVE ON and live life without carrying grudges and bad memories. Those things drag you down and make you miserable and unhappy.
I have said before that I understand the hurt that people who feel they have been wronged must feel...but I also know that we are commanded to forgive....and to truly forgive, you must let go of the past. Again, that does not say you will forget, but you do have to let go and not let it consume you.
Give yourself some time. I think you know that the person you are speaking of does have many excellent qualities as a person and a friend. Lot of times in relationships in our lives, we hit speed bumps and get slowed down...but we have to rebuild relationships and
move on with life.
Just try....
I am not going to flame you --but I will say that I do believe it is time to forgive and to MOVE ON! Will I tell you to forget? No, the human side of you is going to tell you that you feel you have been hurt before and because of that, you are going to remember. What I will say is that there comes a time to MOVE ON and live life without carrying grudges and bad memories. Those things drag you down and make you miserable and unhappy.
I have said before that I understand the hurt that people who feel they have been wronged must feel...but I also know that we are commanded to forgive....and to truly forgive, you must let go of the past. Again, that does not say you will forget, but you do have to let go and not let it consume you.
Give yourself some time. I think you know that the person you are speaking of does have many excellent qualities as a person and a friend. Lot of times in relationships in our lives, we hit speed bumps and get slowed down...but we have to rebuild relationships and
move on with life.
Just try....
Carolyn~
LISA AND CAROLYN, THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID. LORETTA I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, BUT AFTER MEETING YOU AND TALKING TO YOU ON-LINE I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THE LORD. AND IF HE CAN FORGIVE US FOR THE THINGS "WE (I)" HAVE DONE, THEN THE GRACE AND MERCY THAT HE EXTENDS TO US CAN GET YOU THROUGH THIS. WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND WE WILL MAKE MISTAKES HERE ON EARTH. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL MEND YOUR ACHING HEART. LOVE YA, VANESSA
GOD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME!
Our Baby's name will be : Zayne Kenecia
Our Baby's name will be : Zayne Kenecia
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on 9/1/08 10:11 am - Slapout, AL
on 9/1/08 10:11 am - Slapout, AL
Oh LOWretta! How do you do? Love the post. Not all us are drunkards or such but thanks for sharing those 12 steps. I just knew I would see your loverly face sometime during this controversial issue. thats my girl. i just love you so!
aint nobody owe you or me NUTTIN!! Got it. get over yourself. if someone owes you an apology it is yourself for putting so much pride, contemptment and drama in your life.
And another thing, ain't nobody on this board knows who is "saved" or un"saved". that is as personal as the panties-big or small- on your rear end.
I've seen some of the most "unholy" posts come from the same people who spend so much time gossiping and complaining that if Jesus walked up to them they would call him a hippie and ask him to bathe!
aint nobody owe you or me NUTTIN!! Got it. get over yourself. if someone owes you an apology it is yourself for putting so much pride, contemptment and drama in your life.
And another thing, ain't nobody on this board knows who is "saved" or un"saved". that is as personal as the panties-big or small- on your rear end.
I've seen some of the most "unholy" posts come from the same people who spend so much time gossiping and complaining that if Jesus walked up to them they would call him a hippie and ask him to bathe!
Elle, I know I may have been a bit "brash" in my reply to you. I know you didn't start this. We, you and I, feel we were wronged by someone. All I meant to say is that we should let by gones be by gones and move on. I love you my friend. HONESTLY DO! I just want the board to accept Becky back in and just walk in love. Can it be done? YES! Easily done? Could be. How? Just by forgetting what happened and moving on. Carolyn said it best of all. Forgive me?
Let's all just walk and live in the love of Jesus.
I know you enjoyed your nap with Christian. We need some updated pics of that growing boy!
Let's all just walk and live in the love of Jesus.
I know you enjoyed your nap with Christian. We need some updated pics of that growing boy!
For every Goliath, there is a Stone! His name is Jesus!"
On September 1, 2008 at 8:22 AM Pacific Time, Elle Felts wrote:
I have my big girl panties on. FORGIVENESS is one thing, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO, but forgetting is another. I for one have been DEEPLY hurt by someone and I feel that I am owed a PERSONAL appology, not just one if I think it's OWED to me. I realized there were cir****tances beyond this person's control, but if they are truly better, and saved by the grace of God, they would PERSONALLY extend APPOLOGIES to those who were directly affected by their actions.Here is a copy of a 12 step program and I really like it as far as many things go, not just drugs and alcohol, but it can benefit ALL OF US. It applies to EVERYONE!
1. We admitted we were powerless over addictions - that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Do you know what the word hypocrite means? Seriously, do you?
Isn't it YOU that owes the board an apology for passing off information that is bloody impossible? If you are an example of a Christian, I'll stay nonchristian.
You honestly need to get over yourself and refrain from deciding your God's jobs and start taking care of your own back yard.
Know what we call folks like you? AWs.
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