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[SmartyChick]

Jesus is my best and only friend!

I know God cares for all creatures, he made anyway. Though we are supposed to have dominion, I believe we should still treat them with love or at the least respect. So glad this thread exists!!

 

[ChikeeMomma]

Have a Blessed day everybody!

 

[Intheswamp]

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...and you do the same!

Ed

 

[ducks4you]

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jennh, thanks SO MUCH for sharing this!!

And, thanks to everyone on BYC who is sharing their testimonies and epiphonies--this thread is like a tonic to my soul!!!

chic-n-farmer, I agree with jimsfarmstand--you blessed FIL is praising with the angels right now!! PRAISE THE LORD!!

PeepsInc, regarding animals in heaven: I believe that though the Bible ONLY mentions horses in heaven (Revelations), I BELIEVE that they bless us here, and they will bless us there. Although the generally accepted belief is that animals don't have a spiritual body, they DO have the ability to make decisions. Our best friends (4-legged ones and feathered ones) decide to bond with us. And, the ones that have bad tempers and bad personalities decide that we aren't important enough to them to be part of their lives, too. I once had a dog like that--I couldn't: fence him in (he'd dig or jump his way out), I couldn't keep him in the house (refused to house-train), I couldn't keep him in the basement (he chew up everything in sight), I couldn't keep him on a chain, with a shelter of course (he'd run and dig and tried to kill the tree.) He wasn't vicious, just learned early that he could run. It was like a drug to him, and NO HUMAN was more important to him than that!
ON the other hand, my dog, "Clark"--sweetest Bassett mix kid's dog--couldn't visit my blessed MIL, because she was allergic to dogs. Now I believe that they both play together in heaven. DH sent his best horse, "Tyke", to his father to ride there, too. I hope this helps you!

 

[bargain]

I cannot imagine making it through the day without Him. What a relief to know I have such a Friend and that I can always pour out my heart and soul to Him and that I'm never alone even in the worst of times. This life would be so empty and meaningless for me without that Blessed Assurance. My riches are in heaven, where they need to be.

I'm just so blessed. If I were not a Christian, I would say this week has been the pits, my sweet sister in law died, I've been ill, my goat died a needless death, my septic went down and had to get a new septic and electrical work and the list continues..........Well, He saw me through it.....and still does.... Isn't that amazing that He loves me and you and the world?

Love in the Lord to each of you........

I'm struggling to begin to explain some of the ways of the Lord on my website.......I'll be exploring it and hopefully I will clearly hear from Him how and what He wants to share.
http://thegarryfarm.webs.com/

It's just a few days old....Feel free to sign in if you like but I'd especially appreciate a pm or e mail with suggestions for sharing so others may see and hear and know him....

 

[Robin'sBrood]

The lyrics to this song are great!

 

[Beekissed]

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Amen!

Your faith is inspiring! Imagine trying to weather all those difficulties without it? I too am so very thankful that I don't have to worry about the things of this world because they are not the things of the next one...my eternal home!

 

[smith2]

He can come anytime now. I am worn out and tired from raising these children to be responsible Christians. I looks like my youngest is going to be a minister so I must have done something right. DH sure was a great, big help!

 

[Beekissed]

So....what are all of you doing while waiting for the Lord's return? I used to be just waiting impatiently. Then I read the verse to work with your hands and wait upon the Lord. So I have been for some time. Then I decided that working with my hands probably wasn't enough, so I'm starting a ministry connected to the work that I'm doing with my hands.

Anyone else feeling the distinct urge to witness and do the Lord's work? I can't say that I ever felt this strongly about it before now but I am feeling a definite "push" to go in that direction. I'm wondering if any of you are feeling this more strongly now than ever before?

 

[Tailfeathers]

Bargain, I surely don't wish to sound like a former President but I can feel your pain. I can truly relate on so many levels with what you wrote.

It brings a lot of joy to my heart to see how you face the adversity though. I could literally write for hours about this topic and touch on so many things. I'll just say that these days when I'm asked, "How you doing?" I just reply, "I'm doing well. Earth ain't Heaven, Heaven ain't Earth, and that's the way it was meant to be. So each day I get one day closer to being as good as I'm every gonna get!"

I commented on this thread quite some time ago when it pretty much first started. For some reason I haven't been getting my daily updates from BYC so I've lost track of what happened in between. I don't know if y'all have been using this as a prayer chain or not but I thought there must be quite a few real Prayer Warriors on this thread so why not lift one up?

My wife informed me yesterday that she's moving out - again. We were separated all last year and she moved back in right after Thanksgiving. At the time she told me she had come to believe that she had to look beyond the circumstances and just trust the Lord and that she believed He alone orchestrates the circumstances of our lives, not only for our ultimate good, but for His glory.

Unfortunately, it wasn't but about two weeks after she moved back that she began to try and control her circumstances again and it has been a downward spiral since then. And just so everybody knows, I have not committed adultery nor have I deserted my wife and nor, for that matter, am I even a "disobedient to the Word" husband as stated in 1st Peter 3:1. Rather, quite unfortunately, my wife - Cindy - has chosen to believe that obedience does not matter and that she can go to church and worship in spirit and in truth while at the same time totally refusing to follow God's clear commands on how to live out a Christian marriage.

So I would ask that those of you who feel called to pray for us would ask God to bring my wife to a point where she would truly surrender her life and give her life to Christ. Whether or not Cindy is truly a Believer only God knows. There is no visible fruit and there is much fruit that would seemingly come from a "bad tree" but the main thing is that either Cindy get saved or that she begin to live the life as a Follower of Jesus Christ so that she does not suffer the chastisement that comes from walking a life of disobedience. The wages of sin is death and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It is a dangerous thing to put the Lord thy God to the test and have no fear of the Lord and I do not want my wife to have to go through that.

Btw, there are at least 2 and maybe even 3 other men that I know who attended my previous church that are going through the same exact thing. I know they would covet your prayers as well. There is a real cancer in the Body of Christ today and it is that of people professing to be Christians and acting just like The World - particularly when it comes to the covenant of marriage. Recent statistics indicate that the Divorce Rate amongst Evangelical and Fundamental Christians is higher than The World. With that being the case, how can we even come close to expecting that The Church is making any difference to a lost & dying world? Where is the flavor & preservative in that Salt? Where is the Light in that Darkness?

Well, as you can probably see, this is a subject very near and dear to my heart and one I could talk about forever. Lastly, let me suggest a tremendously profound book for you to read. It’s a very short read if you want it to be. I am finding it to take some time because there is just sooooooooooo much meat on each page but it’s really a small book. It’s called “Reforming Marriage” by Douglas Wilson. Now the copy I have is replete with highlighted sentences, paragraphs, and notes in the margins and everywhere else I can find space to write. You may or may not find it quite so meaty and profound. At any rate, if you can get your hand on the book, check out pages 68 & 69. In BIG BOLD letters I wrote on Page 69, “THIS IS IT!!!!”

What Douglas says on those two pages is the absolute root problem in our marriage but it also applies to every relationship. EVERY relationship. Including one’s relationship with Christ.

God Bless,