yesterday after waiting all day for the deliverers to come i finally received my bed. unfortunately, there was a miscommunication and i did not received the bed frame with the bed just the mattress and box thingy. when i found out that this mistake was made i was so angry when the people at the warehouse were not willing to work something out with me about getting the bed frame i got very emotional and said some very ungodly things to them. it was supposed to be a happy day for me cuz i was getting a new bed that i worked so hard to get and i let them get the best of me for no reason. well i went to sleep angry but when i woke up i realized how blessed i was that i no longer had to sleep on the hard floor anymore. i didn't have any more pains or aches in body like i normally do when i wake up cuz now i get to sleep on a comfortable mattress. i also realized how wrong i was and now i'm trying to work on controlling my emotions when i feel rage when i feel mistreated. well today i just called the people again and they told me that they would work with me and i could have the bed frame at a discounted price. i was very happy to hear this but then they said i would have to pay extra re-delivery charges and that they wouldn't have the size i needed available for another three days. this did make me mad a little but i was very kind with them and did not get emotional at all like i did yesterday. i am very thankful for this cuz i hate the person i am when i have to be mean to people.
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Hey! I have an idea.........why don't you change your username? Maybe go from none to some?
Please be patient with me, sometimes, I am silly in a good natured kind of way.
BTW, I wanted you to know that besides the fact that I do not think you are none (meaning no one) you are some (meaning someone).
As a matter of fact, you are a direct creation of the God of the universe! you are made in His image! sure, you are rusty........you need to practice, that's all!
Hey! there is hope! I know because I was there! ha, ha, ha!
I looked at your personal info, and I am so glad for your honesty. You stated that you are not born again. This is where the problem may lie. I used to be mean and nasty and cruel and horrible, and that is putting it mildly.....you would never have wanted to meet the old me, really!
But it was not until God touched my heart and I gave it to Him. Until I realized that I was hopelessly lost without Him and needed Him to save me, from my sin.....and from my anger, my horrible deeds, my filthy mouth, and everything else......it was then that God knew that it was time.
He graciously accepted me. Loved me before the creation of the world, but I was too rebellious to be able to accept His love before I opened my heart to Him.
Not only did He accept me.....everyday, He is at my side.....changing me....and cleaning me....and helping me to not do those things, that I could not stop doing on my own.
I am not sure how old you are......but right now would be a good time to decide to let God. To stop trying to fix things by yourself, I could not do it......I know you can't either......it is too hard..............one of my usernames......for my email accounts is God's canvas.....because I know He is writing out His plan for my life on the canvas of my heart!
What can be better than that?
Hey! remember that God loves you so much and is waiting for you..............
Love in Christ, through Christ, and because of Him..........
Singlemom
Please be patient with me, sometimes, I am silly in a good natured kind of way.
BTW, I wanted you to know that besides the fact that I do not think you are none (meaning no one) you are some (meaning someone).
As a matter of fact, you are a direct creation of the God of the universe! you are made in His image! sure, you are rusty........you need to practice, that's all!
Hey! there is hope! I know because I was there! ha, ha, ha!
I looked at your personal info, and I am so glad for your honesty. You stated that you are not born again. This is where the problem may lie. I used to be mean and nasty and cruel and horrible, and that is putting it mildly.....you would never have wanted to meet the old me, really!
But it was not until God touched my heart and I gave it to Him. Until I realized that I was hopelessly lost without Him and needed Him to save me, from my sin.....and from my anger, my horrible deeds, my filthy mouth, and everything else......it was then that God knew that it was time.
He graciously accepted me. Loved me before the creation of the world, but I was too rebellious to be able to accept His love before I opened my heart to Him.
Not only did He accept me.....everyday, He is at my side.....changing me....and cleaning me....and helping me to not do those things, that I could not stop doing on my own.
I am not sure how old you are......but right now would be a good time to decide to let God. To stop trying to fix things by yourself, I could not do it......I know you can't either......it is too hard..............one of my usernames......for my email accounts is God's canvas.....because I know He is writing out His plan for my life on the canvas of my heart!
What can be better than that?
Hey! remember that God loves you so much and is waiting for you..............
Love in Christ, through Christ, and because of Him..........
Singlemom
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I simply loved that testimony! I got big tears in my eyes...His Spirit changes us....a little more every day...glory to glory to God!
2Co 3:18 So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord's Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.
2Co 3:18 So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord's Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord.
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Here are a couple of Scripture verses that might clear up the "born again" thing for you:
"For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him (chooses to follow Him) shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
"For it is by grace you have been saved , through faith (in Jesus Christ) - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no man can boast." (Ephesians 2:8)
You see, we are separated from God because of the sin nature we are born with. But, God, in His awesome love for us, sent His Son Jesus to pay the penalty of our sin on the cross.Jesus is the bridge between God and us and it is through relationship with Jesus (turning our will and our life over to his care) that we have salvation.
SpiritLedEd (SLE)
Here are a couple of Scripture verses that might clear up the "born again" thing for you:
"For God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son that whosoever believes in Him (chooses to follow Him) shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
"For it is by grace you have been saved , through faith (in Jesus Christ) - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no man can boast." (Ephesians 2:8)
You see, we are separated from God because of the sin nature we are born with. But, God, in His awesome love for us, sent His Son Jesus to pay the penalty of our sin on the cross.Jesus is the bridge between God and us and it is through relationship with Jesus (turning our will and our life over to his care) that we have salvation.
SpiritLedEd (SLE)
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Anger is like a boomerang: It misses the target most of the time and comes back at the person who threw it.
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I agree sister, one day at at time. Salvation is a process, not an overnight 180 turnaround.
That's an awesome explanation brother.
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Remember who is bringing about the change...
"The Lord's Spirit..."
I believe it is only when we despair of changing ourselves...that true change begins...
Our failures produce despair...which prepares our hearts for the operation of the Spirit...
Rom 5:3 Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Glory to GOD!
"The Lord's Spirit..."
I believe it is only when we despair of changing ourselves...that true change begins...
Our failures produce despair...which prepares our hearts for the operation of the Spirit...
Rom 5:3 Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Glory to GOD!
