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Originally Posted by ILG
Dear Sis. Falla,
I agree with this to some extent and I know it was said in with good intentions but I want to point out that a lack of feeling accepted is by no means an indicator that someone is not beloved of the Lord. Sometimes, life is hard.
ILG
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Dear Sis. ILG,
I am sorry if my post appeared to imply that I thought that feelings alone was an
indication whether someone was accepted in the Beloved of the Lord or not.
I also know that life is hard but in spite of hard times, often in my 67 yrs, those times
have just driven me to my knees more often.
But, dear Sister, I have finally found that I can take those hard times and
trust Him to work it out, no matter what it is!
I can tell you that not everyone makes me "feel" accepted, sometimes
the very closest to you. But if He is pleased with me, it doesn't seem to
matter quite as much. All I have to do is trust those things into His Hands.
His Loving, tender Hands!
It has been said that if a child is accepted by his/her parents, they can
survive, although no one else may except them. On the other hand, it might
seem that they are well accepted by everyone but if they believe their parents
have rejected them, it is difficult for them to survive. I know my earthly
parents excepted me as their child, and my Heavenly Father accepts me,
so it just makes me feel that I am so loved. Ten siblings love and support
me and have confidence in me. Six adult children and nineteen grandchildren
love and support me. I realize everyone doesn't have that much support.
I only wish they did. So, if I sound like I am somewhat bragging about
feeling beloved, it is not intended in a proud, boastful way. I have earned
what I have received. Being the oldest daughter of eleven children, I helped
raise my younger brothers and sisters before I started raising our own, two
and a half years after my baby sister was born. Along side my mother and
father, I helped "mother and nurture" the work of God they begun later the
same year my little sister was born. Next year it will be 50 yrs. since it began.
My husband and I were married eight months after Dad started the work. We
worked along side my parents, helping with the church, helping with my little
siblings, raising our own. I never considered any of it a burden, but a blessing.
Sister ILG, I have not always understood how it felt to be so beloved of my
heavenly Father, but some experiences have brought me to that place. The
old song, "Nothing Between, my soul and the Saviour" comes to mind. It came
to me some time ago that "anything or anyone that stands between us and
our God, has the potential to become a stumblingblock to us". There can be
no one or no thing that comes before Him. Father, mother, sister or brother.
Children, husband or wife, there can be no one that stands between me and
God. When that relationship is intact, we will be able to deal with all other
relationships.
Blessings,
Falla39
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