07-10-2007, 11:17 AM
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| Account Deleted Join Date: Dec 2006 Gender:  Posts: 3,738 Country:  Points: 16,625, Level: 82 | Level up: 55%, 225 Points needed |  |  Jamaan, I believe and that in the God of said Christian faith. I believe in Jesus. Still I find room for the integrity of saying that there are doubts and questions, frustrations and disappointments in the journey. And to be truthful to know the exhiliration of a life lived by faith, I am pretty darned sure these days that we must feel all that faith offers. Faith is not faith if it offers certainty and so we essentially must to experience a fuller faith, admit to the disparity of our heart and the reasonable minds of others, even of our own reasonable minds. At least if it can be said of us that we are reasonable!  J, this forum is a wonderful place to grow and to love and to sustain our hearts in that love. Love for one another. Afterall it says of faith and hope and love that the greatest of these is love. So what if faith is questioned or even seemingly attacked? Perhaps that just makes the love shine brighter. God is love. Never did it say God is faith. Perhaps we value faith too much. And perhaps the posts that threaten faith are really written in love. Afterall, J...think of this. If one really believes that faith and religion are destructive, then challenging those spiritual mindsets is a challenge love has taken up. And if you do truly in all your heart believe that faith in God and the parameters of religion bring peace and well-being to man, then challenge that unbelief. Not with your faith. But with your love. I hope you stay. And I hope to read more from you in the days ahead. Either way, God speed and here is a song I want you to have. It is MY song. I have needed this song over and over in my life. Even did it minister to me a year ago when I confessed disbelief for a short while. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<obje...mbed></object> OD |