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08-19-2014, 04:08 PM
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Re: So Mich....
Yes, I'm sure it is scary in a sense, but I believe the Lord is leading, and guiding you to a place where you can grow in your relationship with Him, and despite your difficult past, there is a better future with the lessons you have learned already. 
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08-20-2014, 01:41 AM
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Re: So Mich....
For some reason after reading this thread these lyrics from The Grateful Deads song "Truckin" come to mind...
"Sometimes the lights all shinin on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been."
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08-20-2014, 07:32 AM
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Re: So Mich....
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Originally Posted by strait shooter
For some reason after reading this thread these lyrics from The Grateful Deads song "Truckin" come to mind...
"Sometimes the lights all shinin on me;
Other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been."
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Indeed.
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08-20-2014, 07:31 AM
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Re: So Mich....
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Yes, I'm sure it is scary in a sense, but I believe the Lord is leading, and guiding you to a place where you can grow in your relationship with Him, and despite your difficult past, there is a better future with the lessons you have learned already. |
Well I won't be jumping into anything. 
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When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
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08-20-2014, 08:59 AM
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Re: So Mich....
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Well I won't be jumping into anything. |
No, and that's a good thing!
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08-20-2014, 10:58 AM
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You used to call me Michlow
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Re: So Mich....
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Originally Posted by ILG
I went to a little church in town here today. I've been kind of scared of it because I feel that way about all seeming charismatic/pentecostal churches. Well, today I sucked in my breath and charged forth.
The music was great. The preaching was great. I was very blessed in the service and felt some spiritual breakthroughs that I needed.
The pastor and his wife were gone on vacation.
I expected about 5 people and a boring service that I couldn't wait to get out of. Instead, there were about 35 people and I was engaged from start to finish.
Now, I'm terrified. I went home with my stomach in knots and had to pray and decompress for about 10 minutes and cry and get it out of my system.
I want to marry the Lutheran church with this one and go there.
My brain tells me to go one place and my heart another. So, I have no idea where the journey will take me. Anyway, I am not in any big hurry. I have concerns about going to any serious Bible believing church since I don't believe in a literal interpretation. But maybe this is the way I have been supposed to believe all along while in a church like that. I dunno.
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Sorry once again for the delayed response (they always end up in my spam folder!)
I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself, and sorry that it freaked you out!
It's hard sometimes....For me, it's like I have this longing for intimacy, the desire to stop holding God at arm's length. But at the same time, I'm afraid of letting Him close, mainly because part of me is afraid in part, of those pesky strings that are attached, and secondly of returning to the obsessive state that I worked so hard to overcome.
Basically, I think it's hard for people like us to find a good solid middle ground, we want to go all in, but I think we let it take us to an unhealthy place.
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08-20-2014, 08:37 PM
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Re: So Mich....
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Originally Posted by Dichotomy Girl
Sorry once again for the delayed response (they always end up in my spam folder!)
I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself, and sorry that it freaked you out!
It's hard sometimes....For me, it's like I have this longing for intimacy, the desire to stop holding God at arm's length. But at the same time, I'm afraid of letting Him close, mainly because part of me is afraid in part, of those pesky strings that are attached, and secondly of returning to the obsessive state that I worked so hard to overcome.
Basically, I think it's hard for people like us to find a good solid middle ground, we want to go all in, but I think we let it take us to an unhealthy place.
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I was definitely at an unhealthy place before and I surely don't want to repeat it!
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
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