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Father's love letter

Dearest sister

You are not a nuisance you are just seeking answers as you are learning to walk in a new life. This is the way you will grow in Jesus too. Also by reading other posts on the forums that will help you.

There is a forum 'scriptural answers' which answers questions on different topics and listed alphabetically which may be of some help to you as well.

God bless

Love in Christ :love: :rainbow: :rose:
 
Thank you for suggesting that I look through the section 'Scriptual answers'. I have just done that twice, but can not see anything that will answer my question (although I did read some other interesting posts).

It is kind of you to say that I am not a nuisance, but I obviously am as it takes time to answer my questions - and I keep on asking them.

I AM NOT TRYING TO WASTE YOUR TIME THOUGH - I am just trying to find out the answers to questions which I consider important.

Sorry

 
In the case of Lazarus coming out of the tomb, none of the people dared go near to him because his resurrection wasn't confirmed until he stood outside the tomb. Mosaic law strictly forbade any Jew to touch a dead body.

SLE
 
Thanks SLE for your reply, but all that means to me, following your allegory, is that I really am on my own.

That's sad! -
 
Gerry and the Pacemakers

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone


God is holding you sooooooo close You are not alone :love: :girl_hug:

He's with you through everything and he wants to comfort you
 
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Sorry to have been a nuisance. It is not deliberate!

hey sadeyes

don't think you are a nuisance, and don't be sad coz as I said God loves you,
if you feel like you need more help, please feel free to PM and I will be happy to help you. :sun: :girl_hug:
 
Thank you Minory Girl and Sleepy for your kind replies.

Unfortunately, I feel very sad today because God isn't holding me close. I feel very alone.

Last night, I was told to imagine ...

Well, I don't want to imagine anything. I want to experience it.

I don't want to imagine sitting on Jesus' lap, I don't want to imagine God holding me close, because if that is all that this is about, we can create any imaginary experience in our minds.

I can lie here and close my eyes and imagine feeling well, walking hand in hand with Prince Charming along a private beach with the sun shining ... etc etc
But that isn't real. That is not what I am experiencing in my life.

Sleepy, I do not want to be rude to you after all of your kindness, but how do YOU know that God is holding ME so close? You don't know me, you don't know my situation, so how do you know this?????!!!!!!

If this is just a matter of imagining God holding me close, then as I asked last night, what is the difference between this and the idea of mind over matter?

Let me reiterate. I WANT THIS TO WORK, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE BASED ON MY IMAGINATION. I WANT IT TO BE BASED ON REALITY!!!!

I hope that that makes sense to you.

Very Sadeyes
 
I know because He is...

My mum had suffered with cancer for many years. A strong determined woman but she contracted MRSA and the cancer was beginning to get worse. Each hospital visit had good and bad news but things seemed to be getting worse on the whole. I cried out for God, looked for Him and was so angry I wasn't getting any miraculous experiences until after much frustration and questionning I understood. I didn't try to disprove it or test it anymore because I actually understood.

There was a difference between my hearing what was said and really truly listening and understanding. My tiny little mind is one of many.. How could I comprehend God and as you rightly state how can I know??? Well ...how all of us know things, by learning through others sharing and on accepting that ... by experiencing.

I experienced God. I understood in one moment. That's how I know. My mum witnessed a warmth from me. She called it 'a benevolence' I never told her of the experience I had but even amidst her pain she saw it. Sounds bizare and perhaps I sound insane or needy but it's the truth. I felt God fill me with love but it was on my whole surrender of all my circumstances to Him. I held nothing back not even my wanting to control the disease so that I could keep my mum (who I desperatley miss every day) but I know that God knows best. I know she lived beyond her earthly body because I felt her and met her after she had taken her last breaths in another room in our house.

Why did I experience such great things? Because I'm special?? ABSOLUTELY NOT So how do I know .... Well if he's holding me who's a prime cynic and general pessimistic narcisist. I know he'll be holding you and every soul on this earth. I accepted FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON

GOD IS MASSIVE WE KNOW JUST A SPECK OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS GOD GIVEN

My biggest lesson through all this.. I have such a limited undertsanding of God and this world. By faith I walk.


God Bless You
 
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Thank you so much for replying and giving me some of your time this aftenoon.

" I experienced God." (you said) - WOW! WOW! WOW!

I believe every word you are saying about your experience and I think that it is totally awesome!!!!!!!!!

You really must be so ... I don't know what word to use ... to have experienced God. That has totally bowled me over!!!!!!!!!!

Before I die, I would like to be able to say that 'I have experienced God'.


I really am lost for words just thinking about the priviledge that you have had of experiencing God. All I can think of is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That must have been a tremendous moment for you.

You say that you understood in one moment. Do you mean that that experience of God has stayed with you ever since?
Do you still experience God?

I just find this so amazing, so wonderful so ... WOW!

So when you say that you know that God is holding you, are you speaking literally (ie. you can feel his arms around you or his presence by you) or is it a blind faith (ie. that you believe with all of your being that he is holding you)?

I am absolutely fascinated by your post and am so grateful that you wrote it.

You say that you are not special. Well, I think that you must be very special if you have experienced God. I wonder if many other people who come on this site have had a similar experience to you ie. that they have experienced God.

To be honest with you, I am a university graduate and I feel very foolish sitting here because at the moment, the only word that I can think of is WOW!

To experience God = WOW! X 1 billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion, billion!!!!!!!!!!
 
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yes its very special if you experienced God in your life :love: because if He chooses to get in touch with you . . .and you are ready to receive Him . . .its a one of a kind relationship :love:

I heard a message in our church from a young american preacher today . . .He was talking about God finding a YES for us . . . but are we able to say YES back to Him? Are we gonna follow Jesus in His footsteps . . .are we gonna say YES when we get in situations where we would rather deny Him like Peter?

God chooses His friends . . .The ones who fear Him are the ones He tells His secrets too :love:

His love, grace and mercy speak you rightous through Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for us . . .But the fear of God keeps you inline, on the way and doesnt let you get sidetracked!

How far are you in your walk with this Creator of our universe, how intimate is your loving relationship with His son, our Savior Jesus Christ?

Do you love Him? Do you trust Him to come to you in His time, in His ways, through His will?

Are you ready to experience God or do you want a historical and science experiment?

just some questions . . .came around when I read through all your searching in this thread . . .I will try to come back and post more scriptures next time @Chad and @Mods :star:
 
I can only describe it like this...

First I felt an excitement thirst and as I read through sciptures posted to me one after another that I'd jotted down. I got more and more thirsty for the next reference and felt like I was soaking them up at lighteneing pace

Then BANG I understood and spoke to God about it, confessed it so and it was like a great revealation, an all consuming love, like I was a pot being filled with love and Joy, amazing joy and understanding. I felt on fire. I felt peace and I wanted to share the joy and warmth I was feeling. A little like those champagne towers one glass overflowing to another.

I don't know much but I know this:

God knows what we need and will supply it in His time and when He knows you are ready. You may need something quite different to me.

The criminal who was crucified with Christ asked Jesus for a place in heaven, he had no chance of rectifying his ways to make it right with Jesus. No way to pay Jesus back and no chance of surviving earthly death.

Jesus was paying the price for all sin right there and then. He accepted the criminal for who he was there asking in faith "May you have a place for me"


Jesus said YES
 
I appreciate everybody's posts so very much.

However, I am really tired of trying to find out the answer to my question.



I'm going to leave it, maybe for a day or two, because at the moment, I am finding all this searching so very, very exhausting.

Nobody will be able to say that I didn't try to find the answer.



God certainly knows that I have tried my best. I hope that he can forgive me for failing.

 
Faith not proof is perhaps what you need more :love:

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for the shall be filled xx

God forgives all as you confess with your heart ... Accept Jesus' loving sacrifice xx

Rest well

I'll pray for you
 
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In my post last night, I wrote:

" I'm going to leave it, maybe for a day or two, because at the moment, I am finding all this searching so very, very exhausting."

Totally true at the time, but the statement became null and void once I found the answers to my questions on another post this morning.

Now that I have got these answers, I can understand a little bit better what everybody has been saying!!!!



I also said last night that this was a bit like trying to do a 1 million piece jig-saw blind-folded!

Well, now that I have got my 2 questions answered from yesterday, it feels as if I have found 2 pieces of the jig-saw that fit together. THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS!!!!

The bad news is that I still have 999,998 pieces to go!!!!!!! - (That is going to be an awful lot of questions!!!!!!!!!!!!) - LoL!!!


:love:
 
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Thanks SLE for your reply, but all that means to me, following your allegory, is that I really am on my own.

That's sad! -
SadEyes,

When Lazarus was raised from the dead, it was by the power of God. God was with him and in him to the end of his life. God did not leave him to fumble about on his own as he worked his way out of the tomb. He (God) was there all the time whispering encouragement to him as he moved forward.

Another allegory might help here. Imagine yourself as a child who is learning to ride a bicycle. In the beginning, whoever is teaching the child to do this holds the back of the seat firmly as the child weaves unsteadily along. But, as the child starts to develop bike-riding skills, the teacher relaxes his/her grip bit by bit until she knows the child is ready to go it alone, even though the child feels insecure.

As the child moves along on his/her own, self confidence begins to build and the child takes a big step forward toward maturity, with the teacher standing close by cheering her on and ready to step in in an emergency.

We can also compare it to a toddler taking her first steps with a parent close by, speaking encouragement to her and ready to pick her up when she falls.

I hope this helps you. It's true that God never leaves us or forsakes us, but he also challenges us because he wants us to become spiritually mature. You are taking baby steps now, as a believer, and God is right there, whispering encouragement into your ear through your thoughts, ready to pick you up and dust you off when you stumble and fall.

God loves you, SadEyes, and so do we.

SLE
 
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Thank you so much SLE for your kind reply.

I understand what you are saying and I suppose that basically, I just have to believe that God is here with me.

Thanks

:love:
 
Hi sadeyes.
I totally get what you're saying. I was also really bad and did not feel worthy and it has taken me a long long time to realize that God does love me and He would do absolutely anything to draw me back to Him. He doesnt need you to do much. He doesnt need you to clean yourself up before you come to Him. He says 'come just as you are'. Take one step towards Him and he'll come running towards you. He loves you more than anything.
 
"Take one step towards Him and he'll come running towards you. He loves you more than anything."

- Wow! That is such a beautiful image. Thank you for sharing it with me.
 
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