Tammie...(and all) True TR and several new verses are constantly in my brain 2 Cor. 4:16 “ So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.“ Phil 3:20-21 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.“ Phil 4:8 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Although there is a lot of “stuff” going on around us we are told to not focus on them per Phil 4:8 and I have found that most of the “distractions” of the world are just that —- it has become a constant joy to talk to the Savior and think about Him and rejoice in seeing Him soon — all that goes on in this world really has no bearing on how we are to behave. We follow the leading of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Our time is short and we must be about our Father’s business. Rom 8:11-13 “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.“ This verse clearly says we are to live by God’s direction as believers, filled with His love and not fulfilling the desires of the flesh, desires of the eye, pride of life… looking for what the spirit has for us to do in this life while we wait, watch, and pray!!! Soon :prayer-hands: Firstly, Tammie, I am so sorry for your suffering. Not to diminish your pain, but it seems that we are all suffering in some way or another ... physically, emotionally, or spiritually.... every day of our lives. I can feel your pain, I can feel your daily "body of death" torture. On this earth, we, as children of Christ, will suffer. There is no getting around it -- that is our fate. But once we leave this mortal existence, we will experience an Eternity of Bliss! Hang on just a little bit longer my friend. And secondly Kolleen, I am lifted in my spirit that you deemed some of the words that I wrote worthy enough to be spread to others. Thank you so much for continuing to spread the faith and embolden others to reach out to Jesus before it is too late. Because of this outpouring of fellowship, I was inspired to write some more tonight. I will post it after I finish conveying my thanks here. The Lord continues to put thoughts in my head that I truly have no idea why He wastes his time on a wretch like me. But we all chime in a little of what we have in the hopes that it touches others, maybe changes their paradigm, softens their hearts, causes them to search for further truth, and to hopefully make the eternal choice to accept Jesus and prosper in Heaven rather than to dwell in the abyss of darkness and suffering. But we never really know what impact we really have or how much we really make a difference until once in a while somebody brings it to our attention that maybe we did a little good. God bless you all! Humbly We in and of ourselves are indeed wretched! But His love towards us is unfathomable and inexplicable! Thankfully so! TR Humbly — to me, my opinion, my focus — what happens in this life now is but a fraction of a second. I am sure that many on this site and around our world have various physical constraints and issues …. I am daily learning to live by 2 Cor 4:17-19 “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.“ My eternal physician body will be glorious because it will be like Jesus’s and what happens here is a fleeting second when compared to eternity. So I say daily, thank you Lord for making me more like Jesus, one nano bit by nano bit. :prayer-hands: Thank you Kolleen and I would agree we are are deserving of that Jesus hug — it is coming and “LOOK for it” — it is coming! :yahoo:
That Someone being Jesus! :prayer-hands:
