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| 05:39pm 24/04/2007 |
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Ok, maybe I shoudn't be posting this to I needed to write it somewhere to get it off my chest. Right now I'm really confused about the status of someone I care alot about as a friend. She did some verry messed up stuff lastnight or atleast right now it seems like that. I know she's been haveing alot of stress and maybe thats what caused this all I don't know but it started yesterday, I called her and her parents was at her house and she told me to call back in about two hours. and it wasn't till later that night I was able to call, she didn't answer her phone so I left a message appologiseing for not calling when I was spose to then I went and signed on to my yahoo IM and thats when crap hit the fan. One of her friends left me an off line message saing that if I didn't leave her alone that he was going to kill me, lol how inmature right, lol so yeah I just laughed, anyways he said that my friend said I was stalking her and that I got her new phone number from another one of our friends (ok I don't know what the deal with that is, dosn't she remeber calling me a few nights ago to give me her new number and I had to search for a pen) Anyways I chated with this person that she was saying that I got her number from she was saying that my friend said I over steped some invisable boundery line. The only question I have is what the heck is going on? This person I still care about alot as a friend and I don't wanna end our friendship but I mean do I need to walk on eggshells and when is something like this going to happin again because I really don't like being lied to or threatend like that I have cooled down alot since lastnight when this all happined but I'm just confused and still really hurt right now cause I would never treat a friend like she treated me lastnight I mean I don't know maybe there's more to this story that I'm seeing right now and maybe it's not all her fault, I really don't know right now and would love to have some clearity maybe I just need to give everything a few days to calm down |
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| A Changed Life (by Christine Sneeringer) |
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| 07:44pm 16/04/2007 |
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My heart pounded as the Sunday-school teacher asked us to break into small groups and discuss how we might reach the homosexual community for Jesus Christ.
I had often wondered if everyone knew my secret. Now I would find out for sure. In my group of four, Rachel spoke first: "I don't have any compassion for homosexuals."
My heart sank.
Mark chimed in, "I don't have any compassion for homosexuals either, and I think AIDS is God's judgment against homosexuals."
These two seemed so smug, so arrogant. Anger burned inside me, and I vowed not to speak. But my friend Robert, who knew I had been a homosexual, spoke next: "Christine, what do you think?"
I shot him a look that could have killed. Then I took a deep breath and told Rachel and Mark my secret. The looks on their faces told me that they were sorry and felt embarrassed.
What they didn't understand was that I, like many other homosexuals, hadn't wanted to be gay. It just happened.
I had grown up in a home where women were either objects of a man's lust or victims of his abuse. My father was addicted to pornography, and he was verbally and physically abusive to my mother.
Once I saw him hit her with a tennis racket.
I vowed in my heart that I would never let any man hurt me like that. I resolved to be tougher and stronger than any man.
I hated being a girl because I didn't want to be a victim like my mom. I mistakenly believed that to be feminine was to be weak, so I gravitated toward showing masculine behaviors.
"I knew that I wanted God more than my homosexuality"
My older brother was my childhood hero. I wanted to be just like him. I hung out with him whenever he would let me, and I wore his hand-me-down clothes. I even copied his handwriting style. I wanted to be anything but a girl.
A natural athlete, I excelled in every sport I attempted, from tennis to little league baseball to sandlot football. I was accepted as one of the guys and often mistaken for a boy. I refused to go by my full name "Christine" because it was obviously a girl's name. Instead I went by "Chris."
When I was 12, my parents divorced and sent me to live with relatives, where an older cousin molested me. Growing up, I had other experiences in which men took advantage of me. I never felt safe with men, so relationships with women seemed to be the only safe option.
My first lesbian relationship began in high school. It was exhilarating and met a need in my life. For the first time I really felt loved.
I was a lesbian for six years and believed I would never change. But while in college at The University of Tampa, in Tampa, Florida, I met some Christians who told me of a better love--the love that God had for me.
Although I was in a homosexual relationship, I played on a church softball team. One teammate, Kelly, knew that I was a lesbian, but she never preached to me. She just cared for me and prayed for me.
In time I was drawn by the love my fellow teammates had for each other and for me. It seemed so pure and so right. I became interested in spiritual things and asked Kelly to help me study the Bible. She agreed, and we met weekly to study the book of John.
One Sunday night in October, 1989, Kelly led me in a prayer of salvation as I knelt beside my bed in my dorm room.
When I stood up, I knew that deep down something had changed. I knew that I wanted God more than my homosexuality. But becoming a Christian was only the beginning of my journey. It didn't instantly resolve my homosexual orientation. I broke up with my lover, but I continued to struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions.
Fortunately, I found out about a ministry that helps people overcome their homosexuality, and I began to attend a local support group in Tampa.
That is where I discovered the root causes of my homosexual desires--causes like sexual abuse, gender confusion, breakdown in the relationship with the same-sex parent, an abusive father and peer rejection.
I met godly, strong women in church who helped me to see that to be feminine was not to be weak. I met men who treated me with dignity and respect. This freed me to embrace my gender and to stop rejecting God's design. I even started using my full name, Christine, because I no longer wanted to hide being a girl.
"Becoming a Christian was only the beginning of my journey"
My ideas about men and women were changed. I learned that being female is not a liability. And I began to identify outwardly with women, experimenting with wearing makeup and different clothes and using purses. I became different from the inside out.
Others noticed my progress and encouraged me. I'll never forget when Robert approached me in church and said, smiling, "Christine, this is the first time you don't look like a boy in a dress." Though his statement hadn't come out right, I knew that he had meant well, and it let me know I was making progress.
The key to my healing was developing healthy same-sex friendships. As I did this, my sexual attractions for women naturally diminished because I found what I was looking for all along--real love and connections with others.
With God's help and the support of caring people, I have been walking in freedom from homosexuality for more than 10 years. I know that a changed life is possible because I am a changed person.
Christine Sneeringer is the director of a Christian outreach to homosexuals, a member ministry of Exodus International. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she attends Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale (nondenominational). ©2000 Christine Sneeringer. |
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| Why Same-Sex Marriage Is Wrong |
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| 07:32pm 16/04/2007 |
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Soon, the America that we love and cherish, could change forever B and not for the better.
On July 15, the United States Senate is scheduled to vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment. The Federal Marriage Amendment defines marriage as consisting only of the union of a man and a woman.
That is how marriage has been defined in America for our 228 years of existence. That is how marriage has been defined in every civilization of recorded history for the last five thousand years. And that is how the Bible has defined marriage since the beginning of time.
But the redefining of marriage and the family may all begin next week. If the Federal Marriage Amendment is not approved, there is nothing to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriages in every state including Florida.
This morning, we need to understand and state it clearly B that same-sex marriage is not a civil issue, a political issue, a discrimination issue, nor a rights issue B in the eyes of God, same-sex marriage is a moral issue. And moral issues should be addressed from the pulpits in America.
To help us understand what God says about this topic, let=s look at four important questions:
Question #1 - Why did God create marriage?
I=m sure some of you, from time to time in your marriage, have asked that question.
Since our Creator is the one who created marriage, it is very important to know why God created marriage. So let=s consult the Designer=s Manual, the Bible, and see why God created marriage.
Why God Created Marriage
1. God created marriage for partnership.
Genesis 2:18: The Lord God said, AIt is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a companion for him, a helper suited to his needs.@
God wanted to give Adam someone whom he could enjoy; someone that could help him (because we all know how much help men need); and someone who could best meet his needs.
It is very important to note that the companion God made for man was not another man; it was a woman. God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
Why? Because the person who can best meet the needs of a man in marriage is a woman, and the person who can best meet the needs of a woman in marriage is a man. God never intended for men to marry men, nor women to marry women.
2. God created marriage for pleasure.
Genesis 2:24: A man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
The delights of intimacy in marriage is a gift from God. God says sex before marriage is wrong. God says sex with anyone else other than your marriage partner is wrong. But part of the purpose of marriage is enjoying Aoneness@ in intimacy in the commitment of marriage.
Homosexuals may claim that they, too, find fulfillment with their partners in this area of life. But here is one of the biggest reasons why people should see that God never intended that there be same-sex relationships. It is very obvious, by God=s design, that men are not physically created to be with men, and women are not physically created to be with women. Why is that so? Because God created marriage for a man and a woman, not a man and man, nor a woman and woman.
Regardless of the opinions I hear on TV, the editorials I read in the newspaper, the lectures I hear from some professors, the support given to same-sex marriage by some people in Hollywood, all I have to do is look at how men and women are physically made and realize same-sex relationships were never intended by our Creator.
3. God created marriage for procreation.
* Genesis1:27-28: So God created . . . male and female. God blessed them and said to them, ABe fruitful and increase in number . . .@
Humanity continues today, because humanity continues to have children.
The Bible calls children a blessing. Most of the time, we would agree. At other times, they may be a blessing in disguise. One of God=s purposes for marriage was for the husband and wife to have a family, that would one day have another family. This purpose cannot be fulfilled in same-sex marriages.
We know that men, biologically, in a homosexual relationship cannot produce children. Why? Men are not created to create a family without a woman. Likewise, women in a homosexual relationship cannot produce children on their own. Why? Women are not created to create a family without a man. Due to modern technology, some homosexual women, through artificial means, have been able to have a baby, but only when they do so by going against God=s design.
4. God created marriage for permanence.
* Mark 10:6-9: AAt the beginning of creation God >made them male and female.= >For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.= So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.@
Marriage is not Aliving together.@ Marriage is not a Acohabitation@ lifestyle. Marriage is not a Atogetherness@ experiment. God created marriage to be between one man and one woman for one lifetime.
Even though some marriages between men and women in our society end in divorce, most men or women remarry once or sometimes twice.
However, according to a study by Bell and Weinberg, they found that 74% of male homosexuals had more than 100 partners in a lifetime. Only 8% of homosexual men and 7% of homosexual women ever had a relationship that lasted more than three years.
A British medical journal reported that male homosexual relationships last, on average, eighteen months, and that gay men have an average of eight partners a year outside of their Acommitted@ relationships.
Even though divorce sometimes happens, marriage was never designed for multiple relationships. The bottom line is that God knows what=s best for the make-up of a marriage and the make-up of a family. When we depart from that make-up, there will always be a price to pay. The wise nation will protect marriage the way God designed it.
Question #2 - Even though the Bible condemns homosexuality, isn=t this just one more of those issues that we have to learn to live with in a free society?
The way the gay activists ask that question is this way, AWhat=s the big deal about gay marriage? Why shouldn=t our definition of family be broadened and modernized?@
They want people to believe that legalized same-sex marriage is no big deal and really won=t affect the lives of others. However, it would benefit us greatly to think through the consequences of legalizing same-sex marriages and the impact it could have on our society when we start down this slippery slope.
Seven Consequences of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Consequence #1 - Same-sex marriages will redefine the family.
That is not a possible outcome, that is a proven fact. In places where same-sex marriages have been legalized, like Norway, marriage has almost become meaningless.
But the redefining of the family doesn=t stop with a wife marrying a wife or a husband marrying a husband. The role of parents is also redefined.
Recently, former TV talk show host Rosie O=Donnell went to San Francisco to marry her girlfriend that she now calls Aher wife.@ When Rosie=s daughter asked her, AMommy, why can=t I have a daddy?@ Rosie answered, ABecause I=m the kind of mommy who wants another mommy.@
A few years ago, such a lifestyle seemed unthinkable. Today, the redefining of marriage and family in America will be a reality, unless Americans stand up to protect and defend traditional marriage.
Consequence #2 - Public schools will be required to teach homosexuality and same-sex marriage as morally equal to traditional marriage.
Legalizing same-sex marriage would open the door to the indoctrination of our school children to the gay lifestyle beginning at the earliest ages. This lifestyle and same-sex marriage would be presented as natural and normal. School textbooks would be required by law to give equal space and emphasis to homosexuality. In some places, like California, they already require kindergarten-age kids to read books like AHeather Has Two Mommies@ and ADaddy=s Roommate.@ In 2001, the National Education Association adopted resolutions to promote the full-scale indoctrination of children to accept and affirm homosexual behavior.
Imagine what my children and your children and our grandchildren will be required to read about homosexuality if same-sex marriage becomes legal. The very behavior that we teach as wrong in our homes and churches will be contradicted at school.
Consequence #3 - Children will be negatively affected.
Since America has increasingly strayed from our moral foundation since the 1960's, we have been consistently wrong on what we think will affect our children.
Some said that the sexual revolution wouldn=t hurt our children, but it did. Some said that allowing our young people to have abortions wouldn=t hurt them, but it did. Some said that living together would not hurt our children, but it did. Some said that divorce would not hurt our children, but it did.
Marriage is the place of parenting. Once again, some are saying today that children would not be affected by having two dads without a mom or two moms without a dad. But guess what? It will hurt them.
Since homosexual relationships are rarely with one person and often have many partners in a lifetime B children in such a situation are always coming and going, and so do those who are supposed to be their parents.
Numerous studies have concluded that children do best when they are raised by loving and committed mothers and fathers. Why? I cannot overstate the importance of this next statement: Children need a mommy and children need a daddy. They don=t need two mommies or two daddies; they need both.
Understandably, some family situations, due to death or divorce, have only one primary parent, and God=s grace intervenes in the life of a single parent trying to raise his or her family the best they can.
Children need a loving mother and father which is something they will not have in a same-sex marriage.
As you may begin to see, this issue is not just about letting people do what they want to do. This issue will affect our children and our children=s children; so we must be very wise in what we allow and what we will prohibit.
Consequence #4 - Churches will come under greater attack, and some religious freedoms will be removed.
In order to get a perspective on where the gay activist movement is trying to take America, all we have to do is simply look at our neighbors to the north.
After Canada legalized same-sex marriage, the Parliament passed bill C 250, which criminalized speech or writings that criticize homosexuality. Anything deemed to be Ahomophobic@ can be punished by six months to two years in prison or other severe penalties. This hate speech legislation was passed in an effort to silence the churches.
Now in Canada, one cannot speak, write, or broadcast anything that speaks against homosexuality. One assistant state=s attorney in America has said, AIf same-sex marriage becomes a reality, churches that refuse to perform such unions will find that their tax-exempt status will soon be revoked.@
Religious freedom will have to give way to constitutional law, which will say people have the right to marriage whatever their gender arrangement. In other words, if same-sex marriage becomes legal in America, and America follows Canada in adopting Ahate speech@ laws against homosexuality, any time after that, if I preached against homosexuality, if I spoke out against homosexuality in our church newsletter, or refused to marry a gay couple in God=s House as I told you I would not do, I could be locked up in jail for six months or longer. And that is exactly where I would go, because where God is not silent, we must not be silent.
These are not the words of an alarmist, as the gay activists like to call it B these are the words of warning to the people of our nation before it=s too late. Once the wheels are set in motion, our society will go down a dark path of an unimaginable future.
Consequence #5 - The other nations who are watching our response toward homosexual marriage will follow America=s lead.
If America legalizes same-sex marriage, the homosexual lifestyle could nearly gain universal acceptance. Western civilization has incredible influence on the rest of the world.
When I went to England to speak in 1980, the big question people asked me was, AWho shot J. R.?@ from the TV series Dallas.
When I went on a mission=s trip to help some of the poor people in Jamaica after a hurricane, periodically, I would see a young man wearing a number 23, Michael Jordan, basketball jersey.
One of our church members, Al Tedder, just returned from a mission trip in Uganda. There, in a rural tribal area, was a young lady wearing a University of Kentucky basketball jersey.
One thing is for sure: whatever America does, it is often duplicated around the world. What we do with same-sex marriage is not only important for our nation, but it will have a universal impact around the world.
Consequence #6 - The Bible will begin to be rejected as a relevant guide to moral behavior.
The way some gays get around what God says about homosexuality is that they pick and choose which parts of the Bible they want to believe. But if you can=t count on what the Bible says about homosexuality, how can you count on what it says about anything else.
Eventually, such a society rejects the Bible as a guide for moral behavior today. Then, such a society is set up to follow the fall of other societies when everyone did what was right in their own eyes.
Consequence #7 - Violating the Maker=s design for marriage invites disaster to come upon our nation.
Marriage between a man and a woman has been the bedrock of every culture.
Admittedly, there have been periods in history when homosexuality has flourished, as in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, in ancient Greece, and in the Roman Empire. But each of these civilizations had one thing in common B none of them survived. Tampering with the institution of marriage will always bring judgment upon any nation, including America. On the other hand, when marriage functions as intended, it is good for everyone B for men, for women, for children, for the community, and for that nation.
The legalization of same-sex marriage is not about what it will do FOR America but what it will do TO America.
Question #3 - Do we really need a constitutional amendment to protect marriage?
Even though thirty-eight states have passed ADefense of Marriage Acts@ as we have recently seen, activist judges rule it unconstitutional and grant homosexuals the right to marry anyway.
This past week, I called the offices of our senators, Senator Bill Nelson and Senator Bob Graham, who both oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment. Both of their aides gave me the same response: AThe senator believes we should not change the constitution and that laws concerning same-sex marriage should be left up to individual states.@ That is a politically safe decision, but it is not a morally right decision, nor does it reflect the wishes of the majority of their constituents. To let the states define what is and is not a marriage would only create chaos.
This would mean a couple could be considered married in California, but not considered married in Tennessee. Eventually, the Supreme Court would have to rule on homosexual marriage and would override what the states decided anyway. Only a constitutional amendment can protect traditional and biblical marriage and the family in America.
No matter how the Ano@ voters spin it, the bottom line is this: A vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment is a vote for gay marriages in America.
The homosexual activists have left Americans with two choices: Either quietly comply with these cultural demands that will change America, or stand up and fight for the things we believe in. I have chosen to stand up and fight.
A person once said to me, "Why do you go to county commissioner=s meetings, and school board meetings and speak out against the gay agenda, nudity clubs, and all those other issues? It=s all going to happen eventually?@
Maybe it will or maybe it will not, but on my watch, I want to be found faithful in standing up and speaking out for what God says is right and what God says is wrong.
Part of what it means to be salt and light as Jesus called us, is to be the salt of society that preserves what God says and a light in the land that leads away from paths that lead to moral darkness.
In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled that a Georgia law barring homosexual sex WAS constitutional. The justices ruled, "There is no fundamental right in the Constitution for homosexuals to participate in sodomy.@ That was a correct constitutional ruling and a moral victory for our nation. However, on June 26, 2003, seventeen years later, the Supreme Court turned around and struck down the Texas sodomy law. Did our constitution change? No. Then what changed? The appointment of judges who do the will of the few instead of the will of the majority. Most Americans did not agree with that decision, but they were never asked.
Abraham Lincoln said in the Gettysburg Address that ours is a government Aof the people, by the people, and for the people.@ Yet, today, the will of Athe people@ has often been replaced by the will of the courts. The moral decisions that determine the destiny of our land are not determined by the people, but by the judges.
The good news is that 65 to 70% of the people in the United States oppose gay marriage. The bad news is that courts and officials are continuing to override the will of the majority.
There is only one way to stop the courts and officials from continuing to override the will of the people who oppose homosexual marriage: Congress and state legislatures must pass a Federal Marriage Amendment that will once and for all define marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Our government leaders need to hear loud and clear that we do not want the two percent of the gay population to impose its agenda on the rest of America.
We should also remember that one of the reasons our nation was founded was in response to government dictatorship without representation from the people. This amendment is one way to ensure that the will of the people, and not the dictatorship of the few, is accomplished.
It should be said that it is very difficult to pass a constitutional amendment. If the vote happened today, the amendment would not pass. As Dr. James Dobson has said, ANothing short of a national outcry by the citizens of this county will secure the necessary support.@ (Marriage Under Fire, p.81)
We do need to remember this about this vote: Even if the vote is not approved, this is only the beginning of battle. One important thing that will be achieved this week, regardless of the vote, is that our government leaders will hear from a majority of people saying, "We don't want the legalization of same-sex marriage in America." Hopefully, a moral and God-fearing America is waking-up.
So this brings us to our fourth question that we should be asking:
Question #4 - What can I do to make a difference?
1. Let your prayers be heard before God.
* God tells us in 2 Chronicles 7:14: AIf My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.@
We need to pray for our nation; but especially this week, we need to pray for our leaders to do the right thing.
2. Let your voice be heard by government.
The way to get the attention of our leaders in Washington who have the power to make this moral decision, is to let them hear from you. They will only consider this a matter that matters to the majority if you contact them by calling them, writing them, or e-mailing them. The old adage is still very true today: Not till they feel the heat will they see the light.
President Bush, who supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, said, AI=ll be glad to lend my voice, but it=s going to require more than one voice. It=s going to require people from around the country to insist to members of Congress, that a constitutional amendment is necessary for the country.@ (Baptist Press, June 10, 2004)
It is time that our concerns and convictions be translated into action. Otherwise, the words of Edmund Burke will be true for us, AAll that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.@ The church, the moral gatekeepers of society, the salt and light of this world, cannot and must not remain silent at this moment when the moral direction of our nation is being decided.
With all of this being said, one other word needs to be shared concerning the church and the gay community. First of all, we must always remember that God loves homosexuals. Jesus died on the cross for their sins just as He died on the cross for my sins and your sins. Being Christlike means I will not be mean-spirited toward gays.
We also should remember that the radical gay community does not speak for all the gay community. Just as we cringe when we see a news camera focusing on a protestor carrying a sign that reads, AGod hates gays,@ not everyone who is gay agrees with gay activists. One of my neighbors recently said to me, AMy uncle is gay, but is not in favor of gay marriages. He thinks that=s just wrong.@
No matter how gays are portrayed on television, deep down inside, they are hurting. But who can they talk to? They will read the church as a place of rejection or ridicule, if we do not practice compassion C the same compassion God has shown us.
It is difficult going against the tide of political correctness, liberal media, the entertainment industry, and current culture opinions that say, AJust live and let live.@ It is not pleasant being ridiculed as Aa religious extremist@ or being accused of using Ahate speech.@ There are other things we would rather do this week than contact our government leaders and let them know where we stand. But this is the price we must pay to defend what we believe.
Eighteenth-century Britain was in such a state of decline that Parliament had to be dismissed in the middle of the day because too many of the members were drunk. Children were being abandoned to die. Immorality was rampant. God and His ways had practically faded from view.
But a change happened in Britain that reversed all of those trends. Two men B John Wesley and George Whitefield B stood up in their preaching to call Britain back to God. They addressed social issues, moral issues, and declared Britain=s need for God. Some historians record that revival was what saved and preserved Britain.
If America still has a conscience, and I believe we do, and if God is still willing to show us mercy, and I believe He will; then, like Britain, America can be preserved, if we are willing to obey God, including God=s design for marriage. |
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| What homosexual 'marriage' will mean to America's children |
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| 07:23pm 16/04/2007 |
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Same sex marriage? It doesn't bother me!"
In many circles, this is the prevailing sentiment regarding the possible legalization of same-sex relationships as "marriages" in the U.S. If the Supreme Court in the state of Massachusetts rules in favor of the homosexual couples who have sued for marriage rights, then other states will most likely be forced to recognize these couplings as marriages under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
There's just one problem with this angle: It doesn't take into account the impact on children. If same-sex relationships become the law of the land, then homosexual marriage will be presented to America's schoolchildren as the equivalent of heterosexual marriage.
Here's how and why it will happen. Right now, the vast majority of U.S. public school districts have put themselves in a very vulnerable position, one that conservatives have been warning about for years but few school boards listened. What they've done is add under their non-discrimination policies the category of "sexual orientation." It only remains for enough time to elapse – and for same-sex marriage to be legalized – for "gay" education activists to force schools to implement sweeping changes in curricular content.
Among those changes will be "diverse" textbooks that include same-sex couples as role models, even for little children. To refuse such content will be considered "discrimination," and the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal Defense Fund will take that district to court, as they have recently in order to force homosexual clubs onto schools. If not those two well-heeled groups, then the National Education Association will sue, as it has promised, on behalf of any teachers involved. Increasingly liberal courts, modeling themselves after the Supremes, are pretty likely to rule in favor of such plaintiffs.
That also goes for the "right" of teachers who are homosexual to wear wedding rings, talk about their homosexual spouses with students and introduce spouses at school functions. Your little Katie will learn in kindergarten that "Mrs." Jones is married to another "Mrs." Jones – and that she can grow up and choose to do the same if she wishes. It is, after all, her "right."
Grade-school and middle-school anti-bias units will now crank into high gear the focus on homosexuals and cross-dressers. Because marriage is now legalized, children will be persuaded in misleading material that anyone who objects to homosexual behavior is not simply biased, that person is breaking the law. The take-away for students from these shallow lessons will be that it is illegal to criticize homosexuality, and every person young or old should be protected from the mean conservatives. Standing up for equality in America will translate into the freedom to practice homosexuality for every student who "discovers" such inclinations.
Sex education will be required to take into account this new form of "family" and abstinence – until – marriage education will take a twisted new turn. Suddenly, it will be co-opted by Planned Parenthood and other liberal activists with their own unique spin. Every student will be taught that, of course, abstinence until heterosexual or homosexual marriage is fine if that's one's choice. But since pregnancy isn't a danger for homosexuals, sex can be a wonderful option for younger and younger people – as long as it's carried out "responsibly," of course – like brushing one's teeth. To not teach this would be, again "discrimination" based on sexual orientation. Condoms are always available for those who can't wait. Let's show you third-graders how this condom fits on this banana, just so you are prepared.
Expect a whole new crop of young adult novels featuring same-sex romance leading to marriage to appear instantly and be adopted just as magically by middle-school and high-school language departments throughout the U.S. Your 13-year-old Kyle will be required to read and give a book report on a novel where Bruce and Jason meet, date and get married. What won't be covered is how Bruce and Jason split up a year later after cheating on each other dozens of times.
And it gets better (or worse). This stop-gap standard will last for just a few years, until the inevitable next piece of the puzzle is in place. Hank and Jim will petition the courts to allow Mary, the biological mother of "their" adopted child, to become part of their marriage. After all, what business does the court have in their bedrooms, determining who they have a right to love? Along about this same time, Cindy and her partner, Luke (who is really Lucy, except that she dresses like a man) will demand that the law recognize Luke as a "husband" in spite of her biology. And so will emerge the accompanying new curricular materials reflecting the legalization of group marriage and transgender unions, making sure every U.S. school child knows that these are future options for him, her or them.
In such a legal and educational environment, what happens to religions that don't believe homosexuality is moral? Will those religions and their ancient teachings eventually come before some future Supreme Court and be told that they are guilty of discrimination? That their beliefs are no longer constitutional because of privacy rights?
If this sounds like lunacy, it's because it is. What we do in the bedroom has always been public, in the form of what we call a family. It becomes what we teach and pass on as wisdom to our children. And if we aren't sure what "wisdom" entails, by golly, the homosexual activists are here to tell us. |
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. Your casket is on cinder blocks in the driveway.
. You name your child after your dog, and they're both named "Enigma".
. You think Dolly Parton should be the lead singer of Switchblade Symphony.
. Your coffin is lined with a velvet Confederate flag.
. You smoke cloves in a corncob pipe.
. You dye yoursheep black.
. Your bull's nose is pierced six times.
. Even your teeth are black.
. Your rooster crows at moonrise.
. You have spent your life perfecting black corn.
. Your coffin has a side-mounted spitoon.
. Your granny crochets your fishnets.
. Your favorite comic is Johnny the Homicidal Tractor.
. You have an Elvira pinup in your out-house.
. You get up at 4 a.m. every morning to collect eggs from the raven coop.
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| 04:24pm 12/03/2007 |
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There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one is when the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness. Either condition can take over our thoughts and both can filter our entire view of life. As followers of Jesus Christ, we must make our highest quest to possess hearts full of God’s love. Indeed, how successful we are at revealing Christ’s love is the true measure of our spirituality.
Thus, love cannot long exist as an unexpressed or hidden secret. If love is real, it will be seen in a thousand manifestations reaching to the heart of its beloved. Love, which is in truth passion for oneness, is too powerful to be contained by mere discipline or self-control. Indeed, is not love boldly displayed in its unrequited gifts, and is it not heard in its many encouragements and expressions of concern? Is it not tangible in its unabashed enjoyment of time spent with those it loves?
Bitterness, too, cannot be hidden. A bitter soul is not seeking oneness, but justice. It is driven by the unresolved theft of its peace, personhood or possessions. Bitterness is not just a wound seeking healing, it is a prosecuting attorney building a case against the guilty. Because a bitter soul is conjoined to the injustice committed against it, it perpetually is listening to the voice of its heartache and, thus, perpetually wounded by the unforgiven offense.
Dear friends, Jesus said He came to give us life in abundance. He said He was anointed and sent to proclaim release to prisoners and freedom to captives (John 10:10; Luke 4:18). If we feel we have been spiritually incarcerated by a bitter experience or an injustice, God is not seeking to condemn us for it, but to save us from it. Even now, His Spirit is reaching to release us from this unbearable burden of the past.
How Do We Become Free?
In my thirty-seven years of walking with the Lord, there have been times that I have been slandered, defrauded or unfairly attacked. I have had plenty of opportunities to be embittered by injustice. Not every wound was healed instantly nor each injustice swiftly remedied. Jesus said, “By your endurance you will gain your lives” (Luke 21:19). The Message translation renders this: “Staying with it - that's what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry; you'll be saved.” In the final analysis, being wounded or suffering loss is not the issue – Paul said he “suffered the loss of all things.” The real issue is that we “may gain Christ” (Phil. 3:8).
Let me also say, I know people whom the Lord simply touched and healed. Yes, often the Lord will simply remedy the offending situation itself, thus bringing healing. Let us make room for the vastness of God’s grace. Indeed, Hebrews 2:18 reveals that since Christ “Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.” For no other reason except that He loves us, He will “come to the aid of those” who are embattled. Let us always make room for such grace.
At the same time, I have also recognized that God’s highest goal for me is my conformity to Christ. (See Rom. 8:28-29). God heals me so He can conform me to Christ, and sometimes He reverses that process: He conforms me to Christ so He can heal me. In other words, my deliverance came as I appropriated Christ’s love and learned to entrust myself to God even when I was wounded by injustice.
Consider this issue of trusting God. Peter tells us, “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;” (1 Pet. 2:21-23).
Sometimes my healing from wounding and possible bitterness came, not because restitution was made to me by the person who hurt me, but because I learned to entrust myself to God who judges righteously. To trust that God will vindicate me in His time and in His way is a sign of spiritual maturity. It’s really the only way we can avoid responding to reviling with reviling and allowing a wound to fester into bitterness.
There are other times when a lingering conflict would become an oppression upon my soul. Again, as an antidote to becoming bitter, Jesus taught, “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad (Luke adds, “and leap for joy”), for your reward in heaven is great” (Matt. 5:11-12).
If you have been unfairly treated, if some injustice has soiled your name or threatens your future because of your faith in Christ, one antidote is to rejoice. Before you defend your right to remain miserable, let me ask this: have you obeyed Jesus by leaping for joy? I remember one occasion when I was especially hurt by a man who, based on a dream his wife had, used his wife’s fantasy to divide our little church. I loved this couple greatly, just as I loved everyone in our church, so my sorrow was multiplied. Indeed, each time I considered the evil this slander was causing, my emotions stormed with anger and grief.
Yet, eventually the Lord spoke to my heart. He asked, since the slander spoken against me wasn’t true, why I hadn’t obeyed Him? He said I had become oppressed by people’s words, but I hadn’t yet leaped for joy. So, I decided to obey Him. Standing alone in the dimmed afternoon lighting of our church sanctuary, I prepared myself to rejoice. Yet, I was so emotionally drained with sadness I had no joy; I could hardly walk, much less leap. Yet, in obedience I tried a feeble jump. Then again, and again, until the Holy Spirit broke through and I was shouting and leaping before the Lord, rejoicing in His sovereign power in my life.
Now, if the problems we are encountering are legitimate consequences to our bad behavior, then we should repent and not blame others for our condition. We still can rejoice that we serve a great God who can work even our failures for good. But if our conflicts are due to our commitment to serve the Lord, then we ought to obey Him and “leap for joy.”
The Waters of Marah
Christ is not our “Savior” in merely a distant or theological sense; He is Immanuel, “God with us.” He dwells within us; He is committed to us. He is fully capable of transforming what was meant to destroy us and using it as a means to perfect us. We must believe that God is fully able to redeem all we go through. If we harbor unbelief about either the Father’s goodness or His abilities, our difficulties will reduce us to bitter, angry people.
Consider also, if Satan is set on destroying us, it must be because God has something powerful waiting for us in the future. The devil does not waste his time attacking insignificant people; he attacks those he fears will be used by God to liberate others. If Satan can set up an attack that causes you to become bitter, your destiny will be sidetracked until that root of bitterness is plucked from your soul.
How is it that bitterness can exist in us? Bitterness is a demonic manipulation of a wound or injustice we suffer in our soul. Jesus, however, said that the only way to save our souls is to lose them to Him (John 12:25). Beloved, I am telling you how I have passed through some of the most difficult battles I faced: I carried the cross.
I believe that my steps are ordered of God. Therefore, if I have faced an injustice, He must have either allowed it or ordered it. In His great omniscience, He knew I would need more love or faith or dependency upon Him, so He arranged my steps so He could work in me His overcoming nature. My battles are not about me and someone else, or even me coming against the devil; ultimately, in every conflict, God is seeking to create Christlikeness in me. As the character, authority and love of Christ become functional in my life, my enemies are subdued and Christ is triumphant through me.
We must, therefore, get over the idea that there is a painless place of existence on earth, and we must learn how to carry the cross of Christ. The cross puts to death our unbelieving, fearful, selfish nature and allows the character of Christ to emerge in our spirits. The cross is the cost we pay so that redemption prevails.
There is a story in Exodus that figuratively reveals the power of the cross. The Israelites went three days without fresh water. When they finally found water,“they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah” (Ex. 15:22-23). Marah, you’ll recall, means bitterness. They finally found water, but they could not drink it. The Lord, however, showed Moses “a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet” (Ex. 15:25).
What Moses did was prophetic. The tree that was applied symbolically to the bitter water was a picture of the cross of Christ when it’s applied to our bitter experiences: it turns the bitter to sweet. I know in the many times the enemy has used people to wound or strike me, as I applied the cross to my life – forgiving, blessing and letting love be perfected – the outcome has always been a greater manifestation of Christ in my life.
This is exactly how Paul handled adversity and injustice. Listen to what he wrote, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh” (2 Cor. 4:7-11).
Dear one, is this not what you desire most: the life of Jesus Himself manifested in your mortal flesh? Satan has been manipulating your old nature, seeking to work bitterness into your life. The way the Lord has redeemed me from every battle I have faced has been to use that battle to crucify my old nature and release a greater unveiling of Christ in me. This is New Testament Christianity in its greatest glory.
Lord Jesus, forgive me for trying to save my life. I purpose to trust You, to allow love to be perfected within me, to not seek justice, but mercy for myself and others. Help me, Lord. Reveal Your Spirit’s power within me. Even now, uproot every bitter plant in my soul. Let my words be full of grace and truth, not bitterness and evil. In Jesus’ name. Amen. |
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| 07:11pm 30/01/2007 |
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I just got this e-mail from my spiritual mentor Donna,
Nocturnal Greetings Goth Family,
As many of you know, the Christian Goth Community has been under attack for the last several months by our enemy, Satan. Because we are shaking the bowels of hell and making a difference in ministering to the secular Goth community, we have put ourselves in the direct line of fire by the enemy. Our job has always been, and will be, to win our brothers and sisters in the Goth community to Christ. We are also a family that needs to stick together and support each other as we go through life trials and persecutions for standing up for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I am calling the Christian Goth Community to an hour of prayer this Friday night, February 2, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time. Even if you are driving in the car or eating dinner, please set aside a few minutes to pray for our community.
I have listed some specific items that need prayer. If you know of others, please let me know and I will add them to the list. Even if you need prayer for something that you think will not be important to the rest of the family, please add it to the list. There is no request that is too big or too small. We welcome every request. You are part of the family and we love you and want to be here for you when you need us. That is what being a family is all about.
Here is the list thus far:
· Elder Goths. Pray that God guides their steps as they minister and nurture the younger ones in the Goth family. (The Lady Michaela, Lady Rose (Goth Grandma), Lady Dani (Gothic Window), Lady Kathi (Loveless) Pastor David Dellman (Count David), Pastor David Hart, Mom Goth Donna). There may be a few more and If I have forgotten you because I think that you are too young to be an Elder, please forgive me. Please let me know and I will add you to the list.
· David Dellman. God has called him into a new direction in his life. Pray the God will use him in a mighty way for His purpose.
· For those in the community that have struggled with issues that have been burdening them for years. Please pray for God’s healing and deliverance.
· Pray for the direction that we should take as far as putting on Christian Goth events. (Everything from the Gathering to the Christian Gothic Family Reunion ).
· The Asylum Ministry at Cornerstone.
· Reconciliation and healing within the community.
· Pray that some of the Authors in the community will have great success for their books (David Dellman, Steve Weese, and Nathan Boutwell). We are blessed to have such fine talent in the community.
· Finances. Many in the community have been attacked in their finances. Pray for God’s blessings on them and that what ever was taken will be restored.
· Pray for ministry opportunities.
I know that there are many more things that need prayer. This is just the beginning, we need to add more.
Also, there are a few things to ponder. We, the Elder Goths, are planning on a meeting sometime in the near future. Because of some of the problems that have occurred during past events and ministry opportunities, we are going to be putting some new plans into place. This will help us pull together as a family and a team as we serve our Lord.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to express those. We would love to hear your ideas. This is another thing that needs a lot of prayer.
Also, please pass this message on to as many in the Christian Goth Community as possible. Feel free to give them my e-mail address. GodRulz@fuse.net. Thank you.
Wishing You God’s Blood Covered Blessings.
Lots of Love and )))))))))))Big Hugs(((((((((((((((,
Mom Goth Donna |
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| ear stretchage |
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| a tattoo I wanna get |
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| 12:29am 16/11/2006 |
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Ok, I see it liveing on my left leg starting from my foot going up to my knee. So tell me what ya think
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this is a devotional I found on line
Mark 9:17-29; Romans 8:28-39; Hebrews 11
Quote taken from Voice of the Martyr's July 2004 issue
“'VOM Canadian communications director Glenn Penner said, 'Christians are not persecuted for their faith. They are persecuted, because Jesus lives in them...The world's hatred is not rooted in hatred towards Christians; it is rooted in hatred toward God. They do not know God.
'A Christian hero is one who proclaims Jesus to others, not one who speaks about [their faith] or [faith in their faith.]'
'...There are two kinds of Christians: Those who sincerely believe in God and those who, just believe. You can tell them apart by their actions in decisive moments.'”
Another article in VOM's magazine. “I Want My Money Back!”
“Our founder, Rev. Richard Wurmbrand, persecuted by the Nazis and the communists, once visited a large church in New England. He sat in the back and listened to a long, passionate “sermon” about the evils of the Vietnam War and President Nixon. The name of Jesus was not mentioned. In the middle of this diatribe, Richard stood up and complimented the preacher for informing the congregation about such political events but asked him to please speak about Jesus.
The stunned pastor paused and replied that Richard couldn't tell him how to preach. A group of ushers rapidly came to hover around Richard to quiet him or escort him out. The pastor continued to talk about politics. Richard stood up again and boomed: 'I came to hear about the gospel of Jesus, and all you talk about is your opinions on this war. I want my offering money back!'
Richard left the building followed by many church members. The assistant pastor accompanied him. The weeping assistant confided how he had prayed for years for the courage to do such a thing about this humanistic leader.”
Colossians1:24 “Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, an fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:” All the above was taken from Voice of the Martyrs www.persecution.com
What makes a goth? Wouldn't those in third world countries, tortured daily and left with visibly horrible wounds, scars from acid being thrown on them, and yet through it all, they rejoice in all of the pain. They live in a dark world as do we all. Who are the true goths? I will be blunt and say the Christians who take a stand in the midst of persecution, knowing that it will cost them their lives, they are the goths. They live the life of one who is continually seeing the dark. They walk in it more than anyone else. They identify with and are part of the night yet set apart by God for their faith and unwavering devotion to Christ. They don't lift up their faith. They lift up Jesus in the midst of the darkest corners of the world.
Where do we as Christians fit in when all we get is a talking, an angry look, despised for saying, “this is my faith.” What faith is that? Where is Jesus? Are we so ashamed that all we can say is, “I'm a Christian” and leave it at that? There are those who call themselves “Christian Goths.” That is cool but how real is that statement? You can identify with the goth culture, sure. But to say, “I'm a 'Christian Goth', where is the evidence?” Do we show it by action or do we simply wear a shirt and let that do the talking? I've been trying to figure where I stand in all of this.
I've been hurt, I've got many scars, physical ones as well as those imprinted on the heart. They are too many to name. Yet to be called a Christian Goth, you must not be ashamed of Jesus. Too often, I've heard Christians or so called Christians say “I'm a Christian” and yet put it down by their lifestyle. It happens everywhere and as Richard Wurmbrand wrote, it happens even in the churches. We can say we're Christians but no fruit is yielded because we have become ashamed of Jesus' name, the name that is more powerful than any other name when put into the relationship aspect of life.
Goth or no goth? Where do we stand? I might say a Christian Goth is one who is ready to lay down their life for Christ and not before. You've experienced that side of life, you're views go deeper than others, you see the “night side” of life, the side that is closer to the spiritual realm. But...to be made a “Christian Goth,” you must separate yourselves even from the culture the world calls Goth. You must go further than any goth of the world can go. You have the extra sense that is the Spirit. You can see what no other goth can see. You can see beyond the living and dead and are the royal heirs of Heaven. As a Christian Goth, you are the Princes and Princesses of the coming Kingdom.
Do we shy from our titles we have been given? If we do, how can we live with the lie? Ambassadors of Christ, Priests of the Most High. We are royalty. We are goths in making! We see beyond the veil no others can see. We are the mirrors of Christ in the darkness.
And as seen in Hebrews and current martyrs of Christ, even those that are not killed, Christianity is not a name. It is goth at it's utmost peak. “To live is to die....to die is to gain.” That is what true goths are: aliens in a strange world. What truly are we saying when we wear the dark clothes, identifying with the underground culture? Sure, we can even have a nailed pierced hand as a picture on the front and back of a black t-shirt. So what? It's a picture. If your life does not reflect the man who's hands were pierced, you are simply discrediting what you wanted to share.
Do we present ourselves honestly...or do we wear one of the many masks this world wants to cover us in to hide the truth?
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| 06:41pm 22/04/2006 |
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Father, I come to you now to lay down this problem at your feet. Lord I vow not to pick it up again once I've lain it down for you to deal with. Father you see the problems that I'm facing right now and I ask you Lord to intervene and take hold of this situation right now. I ask that eyes will be opened to be able to see what's really taking place. I pray Father that we will gain strength to move away from this situation and that Your will will be done in all things.
I speak to you now satan and bind you. You have NO POWER over any of us. Where two our more are bound together on earth so shall it be in heaven. We bind this together with the strength of God Almighty an we now cast you far from us. We plead the blood of Jesus over this situation and in this no weapon formed against us shall prosper.. in Jesus name, Amen |
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| WHAT IS GOTH? |
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| 01:09am 11/04/2006 |
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Goth means many different things to many different people but this is what it means to me: Goth is beauty. Thoes that are Goth are tender, sensitive, and courageous. Goth is empathy and Goths are the bearers of sorrow and sadness for a lost and dying world. Goth is an expressionist response to the pain and injustice that diminishes every human being. When one suffers, we all suffer. Goth is a gentle and elegantly masochistic answer to a cruel and sadistis society. Goth is chooseing life when death is a seductively tempting option. Goth is art, a means of expressiing the darkest and saddest of all human emotion. Goth is, always has been and always will be as long as people hurt |
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| 12:43am 11/04/2006 |
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to relax your mind and humble your heart to focus on Christ. Allow God to be the only person on your mind while you read this prayer.
Dear Lord, I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.
And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way. I pray for
those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who don't believe. But I thank you that I believe.
I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly.
This is my prayer.
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| 07:54pm 19/02/2006 |
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Here I sit in my Shell all alone in a living hell, O my dark soul.
Images all around me knocking, wanting me to come out and play
should I go or should I stay, O my dark soul.
Afraid what I say will turn them away, O my dark soul.
I step outside my zone although I might get cut to the bone, O my dark soul.
My eyes catch an image playing with another, it looks familiar and beautiful,
O my dark soul.
The others leave the image starts my way to play empty but looking to be full,
O my dark soul.
Then a bright voice comes to say "To another the image belongs, I should be
careful how I play," O my dark soul. Another voice comes a dark one who says
"I might want to do what feels good what I think is right," O my dark soul.
The dark voice fills my head with a haze I don't know which way pays which
way I should go, O my dark soul.
The light of the bright voice begins to break through the mess and says
"I'll take care of it all if only on me you call."
Goodbye my dark soul, no longer will you take your toll |
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| My Life and Death |
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| 07:44pm 19/02/2006 |
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It's my life that chose to be friends with you as a kid
It's my life that went to all the party's with you
It's my life that bought the beer.
It's my life that help you steal the car.
It's my life that sang with all the songs on the radio.
It's my life that got drunk with you.
It's my life staring at the head lights of the car speeding towards us.
It was my life that was stolen from me when we crashed.
Now it's my life standing before God that you never told me about
It's my life that I see flash in front of you, I see all the opportunities you
had to tell me but never did.
It's my life that He said He never knew when he didn't find my name
written in the Book of Life as He opened it up.
It's my life that he didn't let in.
It's my life that the demons are dragging down into the pit.
Now it's my death that's spending an eternity in hell, where were
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