📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. I just wanted to start a post checking in on everyone and how they are feeling? I will go first. I am tired. I remember Tammie had said in a post a few weeks ago that we have all been watching for so long and seen all the "things", watched the slow but sure set up of war for Israel, seen all the prerequisites of the setting up of the mark of the beast and the system. We have seen falling away spiritually, lawlessness, spiritual darkness, evil run amok, unchecked and without consequences. We have seen signs in the sun, moon and stars. We have seen the lies perpetrated to believe in aliens. We have seen the spread of an intentional pestilence and the subsequent attack on our freedoms. We have seen sin openly celebrated and getting worse daily. We have seen people leave the church in mass (but fortunately the actual church is warning, praying and working to see as many saved as possible before it's too late). We have seen and heard of earthquakes, volcanoes, animal die offs, extreme weather and flooding. We have also seen many a "high" watch day come and go. Outside of seeing Israel fully attack Iran or an actual contract or covenant set to be signed with Israel for 7 years which includes peace....I don't get overly excited about any particular "news" that comes out anymore. Don't get me wrong.....I will still keep reading and watching and I will never stop looking for our Lord.....I still believe we are on the very edge of the cusp of going Home but I am trying to not to get my hopes up too high for this month. I tend to get discouraged a bit more than I used to when those watch days come and go. I just feel like someone who has been visiting somewhere and have had a long delay in trying to get back home..... I don't feel at home here. I am blessed in that I still have family and friends whose company I enjoy but I find it difficult to make any plans for the holidays or the winter. I am thankful for all of my siblings here :rose: I imagine many of you feel the same....I guess misery loves company...lol Geri, I felt a few days ago that I should post and say something to those who might be worried or scared. I decided not to post. I was chatting with a moderator of another forum about this and she asked me to post about it. I did post on her forum. I mentioned in a previous thread about someone who chastised me because I mentioned to him that I was scared a few months ago. I was upset by his email to me. I had to talk to other people about it. They thought what he did was wrong. That same guy emailed me last month telling me that his wife who is a health care worker took the jab, when she did not want to do it, to keep her job. he told me to consider getting it because life will get tough for those who don't get the shot. What? This emails comes from someone who chastised me for being scared! He and his wife don't even put up a fight against the mandate and tells me to consider getting it because "life will get difficult" well, it looks like he is not as brave as he sounded. I wanted to point that out to him but decided not to. I just emailed him back telling him I am not taking the shot and hoping his wife will be OK. There is no shortage of people who sound tough but when it comes to it, they are not. I saw a post on another forum where someone was talking about how anxious they are and even describing physical symptoms because of their anxiety. Under that post was a blunt comment asking that person if they want to have fear or faith. I was outraged. I came very close to creating an account and logging in just to tell that person what I thought about their post. Here is a person talking about her anxiety on an online forum, which would be uncomfortable, even describing some symptoms and making herself vulnerable. She needed compassion and comfort. Not for someone to talk to her like that. Some of the things that I was going to say on my post: It's Ok to get scared and to worry. Don't feel bad about it. Don't tolerate spiritual abuse from anyone. Life has getting harder and there is no more time for spiritual abuse anymore. If someone has something to say you don't put up with it. Years ago, I went to a colleague because I was very worried about something and the minute I was in her office, instead of listening to me she simple wagged her finger at me and told me not to worry because that means I don't trust God. I immediately thought about telling her this: "OK, how about this scenario? the phone rings at 1 am in the morning. It's a hospital telling you your son is in the ER. Are you telling me you won't worry?" I wanted to say this to her but I though at the mention of getting a call from the ER about her son, she would have just wanted to slap me in the face. Now I regret not telling her this thought that came to my mind. there was no reason for her to sound self-righteous wagging her finger at me and telling me that I don't trust God. No more time for spiritual abuse. Enough is enough! we all get worried, we all get scared. It's so exciting, yeah! :yahoo: We get to go be with Jesus. Our precious, beloved Jesus. Our all in all. Our everything. The One who taught us how to love. The One who paid the ultimate price for us by doing the ultimate act of love. The One that will never leave us or forsake us. :rose: Soon and very soon, we are going to see the KING! :yahoo: :heart: Jesus :heart: family in Jesus. it gets amazing. we get to go where God calls home :flyup:
