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Originally Posted by nahkoe
I was in this place a good long time ago. lol If you ever want to talk, please PM me. I know you don't know me from anyone but the offer still stands. I don't know how different my path would have been with someone to just say "I know" and let me work things out. As it was, I ended up quite off track and it took God a good long time to get my attention again. I'd like to say be cautious, but I was cautious and still ended up where I did. Just know God isn't anything like what you've experienced. When you can again, seek to know Him above all else. Enjoy your peace. :-) It's really an amazing feeling when you first feel that, after being taught the only peace exists within the Church, and then to find it outside the walls.
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Originally Posted by Sister Truth Seeker
Yes....same goes for me sis...anytime you want to talk you will find a friend in me....I am not put here to judge anyone and what their walk with God should be...
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Thanks to both of you. I actually went through my hard time about 4 or 5 months ago. Today, I am perfectly content to not have the answers, to take my time exploring the questions, and to just live my life.
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Originally Posted by nahkoe
You did a pretty good job of describing this. I was trying to work out how to say what it means to me and was coming up empty. lol
Hmph. I'd hope no one would use any of those after reading your posts. But I know there are those who will. I really hope you're 99% figure is extremely high. But again I know it's probably not that far off.
How about:
Hurting
Seeking
Sheltered
Wandering (not all that wander are lost..I love that bumper sticker..lol)
Wondering
Finding. You will find. What, I don't know. But you will.
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To be honest, it doesn't really bother me what they think or say, which is why I can facetiously refer to myself as backslidden, because by their standards I am. But honestly, I have a lot more peace as a heathen then I ever did as a "saint"
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Originally Posted by aquestioninggirl
I am not saying you are living bad... I am just saying I have lots of friends who are and it is a very real, very sad thing that does happen. The other sad thing is that they also feel like UPC is the only correct religion so they will not try anything else.
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In a way I can understand why they think that way. For years it is ground into you that YOU are the problem. No matter how you try, you just can't seem to meet their expectations of you, let alone God's. At some point you just give up and think "since I am going to hell anyway, what's the point in trying?"
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Originally Posted by aquestioninggirl
I actually started reading the Bible all over again without looking at it like I had been taught. I read it using "MY MIND" It is amazing the things that is says I have never seen or understood before.
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For me, my view of the Bible has changed alot, and I don't suppose I could say anything that would give most of the people here any higher proof of my "deceived" state, than to state that I no longer believe in the concept of biblical inerrancy.
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