Nothing is right anymore.

[InTheWind]

Maybe it`s just where we live but nothing seems right anymore, everything is twisted around where right is wrong and wrong is right. Nobody cares about anyone all they think about is money and self.
One of my closest friends and a person that has been very supportive to me passed away the other day, a another close friend that is paralyzed from the waist down tipped over in his wheel chair and broke his leg. It`s one thing after another anymore a continual battle. There`s something wrong in the world and it`s not good. We`ve been treated so poorly by family and relatives that we`re leaving for a while.
I`m thinking we may be really close to the rapture and i`m ready to get out of here.

[CoreIssue]

Cannot argue with that one, ITW. Saints are passing on and not being replaced.

[InTheWind]

True and the more of them that are gone leaves more and more heathens. :swoon:
Bad day, they buried my friend .:(

[Willy]

Well, Wind ... You are part of my family and although we have never met face to face, I am happy to know you and look forward to meeting you on the other side.:tiphat:

Time after time when threads get heated and non productive it is you who bring us back to the important points of the Gospel.

The world I live in is much like yours, although I don't have much family left ... and I work with people who do not know the Lord including one sort of new age christian who I am sure would like the earth to open and swallow me up.

Over the last few years and particularly the last 10 months the pressure has grown exponentially. In my morning prayer I always include a simple request ... the ability to "stand" ... and not be overwhelmed ... by His strength ... in a world that hates God and His Son Jesus and therefore hates me. It is not a prayer of convenience, but a prayer of necessity. What ten years ago was cheeky, is now in your face, eye to eye rebellion, particularly in the younger people I work with.

So, how do we look at this? What do we do?

I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here and suggest that we embrace it ... thank God for it ... and rejoice in it ... despite the hurt, and realize that it toughens us up ... although at times I feel like I am being crushed like a grape.

Nothing we are going through is in vain. It all has a purpose and the experiences that cause us the most sorrow are the most valuable in God's eye's ... it conforms us to His Son who while on this earth in this age was called a "man of sorrows" and "acquainted with grief". The hurt we feel ... is it not a taste of the hurt He felt?
I don't think heaven is sitting around on pillows singing the hallelujah chorus. Our God is a God of creation, action, love and vitality, so I believe all we go through will be put to a very good use.

... sorry to hear your friend passed.

Willy :choir::not:

ps ... there will be a little bit of singing ...

[InTheWind]

Well said buddy and thanks for the encouragement.
I just got done talking to my friend that broke his leg and we talked about how true believers are under attack big time now.
So I see it both ways, one way God is testing us and we are going through pains from a corrupt fallen world from Adam.
But i also believe and think we are seeing it more now than ever the struggle from the non believers against us. It`s becoming almost like we`re seeing the spiritual battle with our own eyes.
Prayer, faith and trust in God is our only hope.
I`m getting hit so hard that i`m worried about making it through the next four weeks without something happening.
God Bless all you friends and God help us all.

[Jessie]

I'm hearing this more and more.

people are getting hard and thoughtless.

I'm sorry to hear about your friends.

you are part of the "family here"..
((((hugs))))))
yes, family can be so cruel... I dont know why some are like that..
I often wonder why? maybe this is why,
we are not one of them ITW, thats why they are like that...
we are different. the world has its own way of thinking and we are'nt like them.

we will be home one day soon, as each day passes we are closer.

[a.baker]

All is very well said :hug:

What you said in your first post ITW is everything every where! They out there don't see and don't understand, the Bible tells of it. They hate us and don't accept us because they never accepted Him.

When I am being hit hard I like to read Proverbs to see I am not alone and it was all foretold by God himself in His wisdom. Sometimes I just want to curl up in a ball and just cry. But there are those around me that expect me to be the strong one and give support and I have to play it off for them.

I have to also act like to others around me that are not close to me that everything is great and nothing could phase me because if they sense a problem I have, they attack me with it in various ways and even though MY bones aren't broken it would be a shot hit and I wouldn't be able to stand.

The minute I even tell my close family something they also turn it into an attack.

So my hubby and child expect me to be the strong one so I can't tell them anything, then the rest of the world would love to see me hurt and would turn it around and spit in my face. So I feel alone a lot!

The Christians around me see me being effected by suffering as me not being close to Him or knowing Him which is not true at all, their lives are hardly ever effected by things and when insignificant things happen they have fits, so I don't think they would handle anything better then what I can. They all blow you off and don't listen and THEY are supposed to be His children but show to be just as cold and self involved as the world around us. So even more alone. One thing that makes church hard.

We all have to focus on Him and notice whats around us but not dwell on it either, much much much easier said then done, but with practice it gets better. It seems we just barely grasp it and then the hold gives and something else around us happens. I think of it like being on the side of a mountain climbing a rope trying to reach the top, God gives us strength to hold on, gives us drink when we are thristy and the gear or tools to climb. He hears our calls each time we call for help and we always thank Him for the good things in enormous amounts He gives.

Just like Willy said our suffering can't compare to what Jesus went through. I can't even imagine and when I do I feel awful but overjoyed at the same time because of what it means, what God did for us!

:hug::hug::hug:

ITW I am very sorry for your friend but if your friend knew God this is a very joyus thing even though you will miss them.

I am glad your other friend got his leg fixed and there was someone there to help him (I hope). I am also so very glad he has a friend like you to talk to and to give him support.

[InTheWind]

Thanks sisters, i`m convinced that what is happening has to do with being truely born again. We are not part of this world and I think that is becoming more evident by the day.
Something that tells ya it`s true is the un saved break your heart then turn it around and tell you it`s you that have the problem. I`m really starting to hate that. :(

[Jessie]

yes, they tell us we/I have the problem.
boy that gets to me too.

I dont know if they just out right lie, deflect it, or just put it on another.
because they have no capacity to accept responsilbity.

[roman8]

I am sorry about your friend ITW :hug:

I see it everywhere , my MIL does not want to talk about it , she gets very angry , and if you ask her why it makes her so angry she has no answer.

For the most part my family is the same , they humor me , but I suspect they have different things to say when I am not around.

My friend has a cousin they were very close , but now her cousin wrote her a letter saying she doesnt want to talk about God at all , so their friendship is very strained.

I have a friend who I have been walking on egg shells with for awhile , If I point out where the Catholic church is wrong she says I am catholic bashing , but has and sees no problem with doing it to me.

I also see it more with myself and the battle seems to be getting harder every day sometimes just exhausting. :(

There are so many things that try to get me to just say forget it all , but everyday I am given just enough to get through . :pray:

I hope the Lord returns soon , I find myself praying for that several times a day now.

[InTheWind]

I hope the Lord returns soon , I find myself praying for that several times a day now

Yepper every day. :nod:

[CoreIssue]

The world hates us. Always been so, but now it is worse and will keep getting worse until the Second Coming.

We just have to keep moving along until time to go.

:moped:

[InTheWind]

What i`m experiencing is Christian persecution plain and simple. Blame the victim and make excuses for those doing it.