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Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/4/2010 11:19:17 AM
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So I said I wasn't going to start a new PFY because my last one was falling thin. Then I got to thinking, I'm going to start one for ME. I like to have a nice place to bounce ideas off, I like to have a place where I can pull up a squishy down filled mattress while sipping a mimosa in a warm sun patch. I like being able to open the windows and listen to the rain pitter patter and smell the essence of cleanliness and purity.
So, ladies and gentlemen...this faerie, this beautiful, amazing, alive faerie is going to open shop and you all are welcome to join.
You might want to buckle up though. I can only guarantee a ride; not a particular safe one. 
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My God, my Savior has ransomed me
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/4/2010 11:24:59 AM
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FunBetty
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Yay! Tink haz a PFY! And cookies??? *looks hopefully*
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/4/2010 11:43:36 AM
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quote:
the essence of cleanliness and purity
*wipes feet*
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/4/2010 2:34:03 PM
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Tada! Mah first musings. 
Here's the story (and lectures will be accepted after the session, thank you very much). I am in a pretty serious relationship and while everything is great with him I find it hard to completely commit to him because he is not a Christian. I know...it shouldn't be hard to not commit to him. I've been yelled at enough and have the tear marks in my pillows to prove it. 
Regardless I bought him a beautiful Bible and this week have been working on a copulation of my favourite scriptures and why they mean so much to me.
I will see him this following week and am curious to see how he responds to it. Might I say his response will trigger my response. If he is receptive and curious and wants to learn more I have a few gentlemen in the area who are more than willing to minister to him. If he responds negatively...well...we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
As my brothers and sisters in Christ I thought I would pick a few verses from said copulation and share them with you. Mind you this is from my heart so it may sound a bit...rough...but I'm sure you will bear with me throughout this ordeal and keep us in your prayers. (I'm counting on them even as you read this)
Proverbs 5: 18-19
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.
I love this as the perfect example of how the marital bed should be. A man should not treat his wife like an object to fulfill his sexual appetite. He should not make her feel dirty or disgraceful with her natural desire for him. He should love her, fulfill her needs as much as his, and he should enjoy her. He should be satisfied with her satisfaction in him and treat her as the precious gem that she is.
Proverbs 12:4
A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
And on the flip side, a woman’s actions speak loudly about her husband’s leadership in the household. If she’s rude, crass, and obnoxious, it shows she wants to be in charge of the relationship and doesn’t respect his stand as the head of the house. If she is kind, loving, respectful and doesn’t quarrel with him in public it shows that he is a good leader and that she respects him immensely for it. This is important for a woman of such a strong nature of myself. I could run over anyone not strong enough to stand his ground and it wouldn’t be because of disrespect, but because I have such a strong personality. I have to remind myself that G-d made man the head of the house, and woman to be submissive for a reason. I may not always agree with every decision that’s made, but I do have to respect the man who makes them and understand that his job as the leader will ALWAYS be harder than mine as the follower.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
I love, love, love, love, love, love, this verse!!!! Probably one of my favourite in the Bible. There is nothing more majestic, more powerful than seeing the wide wing stretch of a noble eagle soaring in the air. Eagles are the perfect choice for the national bird. Majestic, powerful, arrogant. :P
And they’re a great point of reference to this point as well. When eagles are babies they’re weak, feeble and completely helpless. When they reach a certain age they jump out of the nest…ready or not. Some make it, some don’t. A prime example of survival of the fittest. But those who do catch the wind just right on their outstretched wings and soar. That one leap of faith is what got them in the air. Reminds me of an old saying, “When you come to a point where you don’t know where to go…jump. G-d will either catch you as you fall, or give you wings.” And that is so poetically true.
Some of the more content moments in my life are when I have a good breeze blowing all around me. I feel like I can just spread my wings open and jump.
Matthew 16: 24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
We can’t have our cake and eat it too. Yeshua is telling us that we have a choice; either follow him, or follow our own selfish instincts. There is no “Well can’t I have both?” it’s very black and white. I have always felt that I have done everything I could to deny myself, but I know it’s not true. There are so many things I concentrate on more than I do my relationship with him. So when am I going to be willing to go the complete distance for Him?
John 16:33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
W00T!!!!! THIS right here is my favourite verse. It doesn’t matter what happens to me, what I go through, what misery I think I’m enduring…HE has ALREADY conquered everything against me! And he’s fighting in MY corner! Not the worlds! The world has already lost!!!
That’s like seeing the biggest bully on the schoolyard get beat up by an even bigger guy and hearing, “And that guy…” pointing at me, “Is not scared of you because he KNOWS I’ve already beat you, and will do it again for him!” okay…maybe not said exactly that way. Most bullies or guys who beat up bullies aren’t that eloquent but you get the gyst. :P
It’s powering to know that as long as He lives within me, there’s nothing I can’t get through. Nothing I can’t face. Nothing I can’t conquer.
Nothing.
Romans 14:1-3
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
There are so many Christians who have no problem pointing fingers at others…including their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. “Look at her…she cuts her hair and wears makeup and jewelry. She must be trying to get men to lust after her!” “Look at him! He drinks alcohol; he must be an abusive bum who doesn’t take care of his family…” “Look at them…they don’t go to church everyday. Probably staying up all night partying and too drunk to get up in the morning. Their poor children. Bless their hearts.” And so on and so on. It’s ridiculous.
Not everyone is convicted of the same things, and not everyone believes in the same sins. If scripture is not completely defining then it’s up the individual to discern within himself as to whether G-d wants him to do something. Some people believe drinking ANY alcohol is a sin. Others believe a little alcohol is okay; it’s over consumption that’s the sin. Some believe any tattoo’s are sinful. Others don’t. So forth and so forth.
Regardless of how a person believes it is not my job to condemn him. It is my job to continue to lift up my brothers and sister to Him and ask that He continue to guide them, grant them wisdom and discernment about their convictions. If He does convict someone to stay away from alcohol I pray that He give them strength to do so. Pray that when they are faced with it they have the strength and power to abstain. That’s what Christians are supposed to do.
I pray everyday that I am not a sin slinging Christian. I pray that I allow G-d to work in others lives as He has worked in mine. I read in a book a few years ago and one line really took me away. A man wanted to date a woman but he didn’t believe that women should wear pants. He told her he felt she was sinning for dressing like a man. She told him not to put his sin at her door. Very true. Just because it’s a sin for one doesn’t necessarily make it a sin for another. I try not to do this; I try to follow the commandments He did give us, aside from the original ten, :P and if someone is doing something wrong there then it is my duty as his sister to say something; but not if it’s something between G-d and he.
II Corinthians 6:14-15b & 17
“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
This is the verse that is the crux of our entire relationship. Paul is very specific in telling believers to stay away from unbelievers. Light and dark can’t coexist nor can it bear any fruits. I can’t say that if this verse didn’t exist we would have a perfect relationship, but if we didn’t have this one flaw in our relationship it would be perfect.
I keep telling myself that I am okay with our differences but I’m not. It hurts me to hear my friends talk about how their husbands pray with them, over them, leads them in Bible studies, takes them to church, takes their children to church and I have to realize that it will not happen in our relationship. I will be the one praying, I will be the one taking our children to church…I will be the spiritual leader in our household and that’s not how G-d designed the household to be lead. Then there’s the whole issue of submission. I am to be submissive to my husband but what happens when he asks me to do something that goes against scripture? Then what? It’s a big huge hairy deal.
I do want a man to follow. I do want someone to lead me knowing I can follow blindly. I want to know that I can walk through anything with my eyes only upon my husband because I know that he will have his eyes upon the L-rd.
I know that I have probably ruined any chance of achieving this and while I’m not sure I’m okay with it, I do know that G-d is going to love me no matter what.
G-d is going to love you no matter what. He would prefer you chose Him over the world, after all if we are part of the world, then He will conquer us regardless…His Word says so. I don’t want to be conquered…I want to be fulfilled. I don’t want you to be conquered…I want you to be able to conquer all that comes at you through Him.
Philippians 4:4 & 13
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
*dances* When I was growing up there was song to the first verse. It was very upbeat and I think it can be sung in a round. “Rejoice in the Looooord always and again I say rejoice! Rejoice in the Loooord always and again I say rejoice! Rejooooice! Rejooooice! And again I say rejoice! Rejooooice! Rejooooice! And again I say rejoice!” Hahaha! yup! Can definitely be sung in a round. :D I can’t read that scripture without wanting to jump up and down with happiness. He is AMAZING and how can I not rejoice in His name???
And why is it possible? Because through Him I can do ANYTHING!!!! He gives me the strength to go forth; He gives me the strength to do the hard things. He gives me strength for EVERYTHING. A quote from Harry Potter but definitely fitting, “Soon we must all make the choice between what is right, and what is easy.” Regardless of how hard a choice is, He will give me the strength to get through it…whether I want to or not.
I Peter 4:12-13
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
Rejoice in the L-rd always and again I say rejoice! All of this ties together in so many ways. I will suffer in life, but He will give me strength to get through it because he has ALREADY conquered everything I could even THINK to have to deal with, let alone actually go through.
I will be rejected, I will be falsely accused of wrongdoing, I will be frowned upon, I will be shunned by even those who love me. He went through all of this and more so I welcome the opportunity to strengthen my faith. I welcome the opportunity for Him to teach me growth and perseverance.
Indulge me a movie quote if you will: “Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience do you think G-d gives him patience, or does He give them an opportunity to be patient? If he prays for courage, does G-d give him courage, or opportunities to be courageous? If someone prays for her family to be closer, does G-d zap them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does He give them opportunities to love each other?” Thank you Father, for my opportunities so that I might glourify you through them.
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My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 12:21:51 AM
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Bountiful
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You definitely have a problem, dear girl.
I don't want to cause you tears, but I will say - be cautious, don't rush and pray continually.
Praying that God will give you wisdom and discernment in this situation.
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 8:26:41 AM
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Tinkerbell_
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That's very possible.  It's a "C" word that's all I know...LOL
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My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 9:07:02 AM
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FunBetty
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I'm pretty sure if you used the former word it'd be a TOS violation! LOL.
That was a good compilation of thoughts, Tink.
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 9:18:30 AM
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FunBetty
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Praying, Tink. You have my # if you need to scream or anything...I noticed that cheesecake was missing on your packing list. That's so tragical.
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 10:20:24 AM
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FunBetty
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Ed and I teach the youth Sunday School, and we've been going through the important characters in the Bible. We're trying to go in order, and right now we just finished up Ruth. I'm going through the bible too, but finding it hard to stay in Genesis when these other stories are much more compelling at this time.
We have noticed in our studies, however, that as we read for the lesson, it usually starts with "Again, Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord". You'd think they learn their lesson. lol....good thing we get a Savior in the end to free us from that cycle.
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RE: Never say never, in NeverNever Land - 1/5/2010 10:21:37 AM
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Tinkerbell_
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LOL! You'd think, but you know...we tend to have a hard time learning as well.
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My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace
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