How to live if no faith...

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How to live if no faith...
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Fri, 07-28-2006 - 7:33am
I have been a firm Catholic ever since little. That was my own choice, somehow I found a way to it since no one in my family went to church. It was nice in one way, so fulfilling being a part of that society and believing God loves me endlessly, he's always there to help and so on.
The other side of story was so much illogical belief like going to hell for one mortal sin and so on and so on...
Little by little, exploring and questioning, I came to a point where I stopped believing. Not just in Catholic church but in God himself. Better to say, seeing all the stuff in the world and problems that we all face, how there so much pain and hurt and no religion gave me answer why it all happens, I stopped believing God as in something magnificent, big, and endlessly loving.
Now I live empty, faithlessly, like a shell without nothing in it. This life ain't so pretty any more. Sure, everything goes well for me, but I feel deep inside that nothing fulfills me.
People, what experiences do you have?
How to regain my faith?
I miss believing that this whole life really has a purpose. I miss someone to have to follow. And above all I miss God.

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Wed, 08-16-2006 - 4:02pm

Praise God!

It's something when we have others put on our hearts by God! If/when we pray for others or even help someone in a big/small way we are blessing God! That is so wonderful!

Yes, the 'behind the scene' stuff as I like to call it I'm sure is, infinitely awesome, as I'm sitting here thinking of the things we do see. That is something to meditate on. :)

Bless God!
Miyelo

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Wed, 08-16-2006 - 4:45pm

Awww.....Thank you so much! I am encouraged when I am about my Father's Business. :) I am thankful to have found this 'support' system. I know we all need love and encouragement within our lives.

Thanks again!

Miyelo (Lorrilynn)

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Thu, 08-17-2006 - 1:15am

he will not reveal his answers until he knows we are good??

even I know that God loves us all equally, as he lets the sun come out over good and bad :))
and the bible, it's full of examples how extra bad people experienced God, like Paul for example. Didn't he kill the Christians and God spoke to him directly?

So good ain't the word I'd put here...

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Thu, 08-17-2006 - 5:51am

Sunny, you are "very good" in God's eyes and
so are the rest of us here.

Here is the phrase you read in that post:
"....until he knows we are good and ready
to receive them".

and truly, what it means is ......

"Good and ready" actually just means "ready",
but it's a common American phrase that we use
all the time, and well understood by most that
it is just that.

In other words, the word "good" really has no
good place in that phrase....so forgive us if
we are so used to using that phrase.

The important thing is that God truly loves you,
because if he didn't, none of us would have
responded to your posts at all.
I love how God works through so many people : )

I will keep you in my prayers....

Hugs,


~*~ there's nothing that a nap can't cure (wink!).... ~*~



~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

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Thu, 08-17-2006 - 6:58am

Cencia, yes, I've heard that phrase many times but in this case didn't connect it :)

My mistake ;)

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Thu, 08-17-2006 - 12:33pm

No problem.

And one day I will tell you about Heather,
a gal I met here on iVillage a few years ago
and my family helped her...little did I or
Heather or our families know what miracles
were about to take place, and are STILL
happening, as she and I keep in touch.
But God knew way beforehand that their move
to one of the Hawaiian Islands would turn out
to be blessed, blessed, blessed.

Have a great day!

Hugs,


~*~ there's nothing that a nap can't cure (wink!).... ~*~



~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

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Fri, 08-18-2006 - 12:04pm

Cindy,

(hi all)! :)

I'm glad you bring this up, "until we are ready to receive." That is something I have really learned to apply this past year within my life, the bible mentions "longsuffering" which essentially is having patience. Remember Job? God 'allowed' Satan to taunt/torment Job and Job was even afflicted with sores from head to foot but in the end of it all Job was rewarded and didn't complain therefore through it all Job applied "longsuffering." That takes an abundance of strength but most of all faith and trust in God to wait for what He has for us, and sometimes what He has is not what we might like at that particular moment but God is ominpotent, knew us from the womb and He knows what is best for us, we don't. I am thankful to learn what I do so that maybe I can extend it to someone else, hopefully helping just 1 person.

Hugs!
Lorrilynn

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Fri, 08-18-2006 - 5:56pm

Lorrilynn, it took me years to learn what real patience is.
Someone must have been praying for me, LOL.


I always remind myself of how God is so patient with me
when I make mistakes.....


Hugs,


~*~ there's nothing that a nap can't cure (wink!).... ~*~



~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~

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Fri, 08-18-2006 - 8:04pm

Cindy,

I honestly think it takes our lifetime to continue to learn, especially with God and what we go through in our lives. I think trials/tribulation have different components therefore I think each one takes a different level of patience and understanding. I think just this last year or more I learned the 'concept.' :)

God's grace is sufficient!

Lorrilynn

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Registered: 03-19-2002
Wed, 08-23-2006 - 2:24am

Beautifuly said,

Gods can show is presence through the smallest thing and it's often just a nano second moment of light, warmth, or the feeling something is around, or in the perfume of a flower, a sunset, a cloud, or a kids laughter than we see it.

In Geneva i loved nature for this purpose, it's full of god's wonder, it's in the sound from the river nearby, in that soft breeze that caress your face when you are feeling warm, or that lady bug that comes on your finger when you are day dreaming and wondering if there is soebody out there. I once had a particular bad night, I was depressed, could not sleep, it was summer and hot on top of that, my life seemed totally insignificant at that particular moment and I must have tossed and re-tossed my pillow hundred time that night, when suddenly out of no where this gentle breeze came through the window making my windchime ring softly in the process, it caressed me like it never did before and I fell asleep immediately. I knew for sure it was god acting and rocking me to sleep.

I know live in India, a country where every religions live side by side, where the flithy rich live as a neighbour to the filthy poor, a land of total contrast, and yet I've never seen people anywhere else being so alive. I've seen a kid in rags smile, innocent playing on a pile of dirt not really minding thier condition or comparing it too much to what the other have.
In fact when I was in Switzerland I would often complain about what I didn't have, and here it seems people are happy of what they have compared to the situation of the one porrer than them. People are happy to be blessed the way they are as any one know things could have been worse, and I'm now no different.
We've all be blessed in a special way it's just hard to realise so when we are blinded by material goods and the notion that life is good only when we have all that money can buy. In this matter India has taught me a GREAT lesson and I'm sure God is behind this.


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