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  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5CapyHVhjM The Way of God is more beautiful than the way of the world, and no matter how broken I am and have been and will continue to be, as long as I catch onto God, and allow myself to be caught up in the things and ways of God, then he will take the “brokenness aside and make it beautiful”. That phrase from that song entrapped me so much because it is my whole life’s plea with God, that he could do that for my life. That he will take my putrid mess and make something out of it. “Will your grace run out if I let you down, cause all I know is how to run”. I am so afraid that God will give up on me. No matter how much he is tender with me, no matter how much he shows me that he is big and loving and so much more than I can fathom- I am so afraid that like so many people, and the nature of my story that He will give up too. That I will run again. That I can’t be enough for God, and that’s just it we are never enough for God, but He loves us and uses us despite of, and because of that.
  2. ~Candice~ I am a part of that generation too- or close enough any way. I agree with a LOT of the things the article brings out. Particularly these statements: "But here’s the thing: Having been advertised to our whole lives, we Millennials have highly sensitive BS meters, and we’re not easily impressed with consumerism or performances." Why yes, this is actually a totally accurate statement. I hate insincerity. I've been to so many churches where people are completely fake. And half the time they don't even know why they believe what they don't even know why they believe in Jesus. Also this: "We want an end to the culture wars. We want a truce between science and faith. We want to be known for what we stand for, not what we are against." This sums up pretty much everything- and why I have such a hard time with not only the church- but also online christian communities: "We’re not leaving the church because we don’t find the cool factor there; we’re leaving the church because we don’t find Jesus there."
  3. I thought I had posted this weeks ago! I love this song so much. I probably listen to it at least once a day.
  4. Some of these are really interesting answers. I've read them all, contemplated and appreciate them. Just want to comment on a few though, as I am just tired, and honestly having a hard time right now: Bary: You said It's amazing to me too. I think sometimes, I look for him to show his power and all and really He is likely whispering and I just cannot hear him. I wonder why God communicates with us. Or doesn't. What motivates God? I dunno. I just can't seem to make sense of any of it. Patty: I used to love that song. Listened to it all the time. I used to think I 'saw' God like that. All around me in things, and people, and beautiful moments. MorningGlory when I asked, "What happened to God" What I meant is on what level does God experience the world. What is God's testimony...or history. His experience. If he is energy and all around us and in everything, and outside of time, then I wonder what God experiences. What does he go through? God spoke the world into existence according to Genesis. The power of words ought to mean something to us. There's that old saying, "Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can never hurt us". Biggest lie. Words have the power to build and to destroy. But back to God. If he can do anything- and he chose to create a world in which he KNEW already, apparently, would fail Him. Would break his heart. Would not be able to be sin free. Why did he do it at all? I wish I could know that moment where God decided he would create the world, and put people in it. If he's been around forever-for all time, how do we know earth is the first run? Maybe God has made 100s of earths and we don't even know it. and we are but one page in this history of God's book of experiments, or creations, or whatever you want to it. Fez: Why are you okay with not knowing? How can I be okay without knowing? I am jealous of the people here who merely put "He is" like that was supposed to just magically make a whole lot of sense. I want to be able to just go okay, yeah, cool, God is who He is and I'm not going to think about the logistics of any of it.
  5. OP: I like the idea of the Q&A but it doesn't make sense that the mod could pick it and not the OP....if the OP asks the question and it hasn't been answered in a way that they understand it, to me the question hasn't been answered. btw Cobbler of any kind with icecream. or just nutella. On a spoon And also @ morningglory- I used to not be shy about posting here at worthy, but I am becoming more and more shy as I read the boards. Things have gotten a lot more...intense...and almost hostile than they used to be. The attitude is different. It makes wanting to jump into threads alot less inviting.
  6. speaking of worthy answers...how do you select which is the best one? I asked a question there once and cannot figure out how to make it appear "answered". Does the OP do that...or George? or is it voted on? How does it work?
  7. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021048/Female-Schindler-Irena-Sendler-saved-2-500-Jewish-children-died-aged-98.html I think it's important to take a moment to honor people who have made an impact on the world. Especially, those who've gone unnoticed for as long as She did. I've had many classes about the Holocaust. Not once, did I hear of Irene Sendler. You hear of Schindler and his famous List. But never her. She saved at least 2500 Jewish Children. The Nazis tortured her for this but she still lived. She despises the word heroism because she felt like some how there was more she could have done. And the paragraph at the end is super important if you do not read the article, read this part: "A few months before she died, she said: "After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood." But she added: "The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility." I just want to ask you all, as Christians, to check yourselves today. Are you showing love, tolerance, humility? Honestly, how do you treat people who have different opinions than you? A different ethnicity than you? Who don't agree with your set of beliefs? People who may not care about God, or maybe they do but they certainly don't claim to have all the answers? Different religions? Do you judge them? Accuse them of things? Are you hateful and not even aware of it? Are you being like Jesus? I think Jesus would be full of love, tolerance and humility. I don't see a lot of that from Christians in my area, at the churches I've attended, and even sometimes, here. We can change the world with love. Isn't that what Jesus did? When it all boils down to it, Jesus didn't only change the world because of His love, he changed the world itself; the entire world was made different from His love. I just wonder what kind of changes we are making. Are they going to be positive ones, or negative ones. Are we helping to add to that Sea of Blood, Sendler mentioned?
  8. Who is God? Specifically, how do we know who God is? We clearly know who Jesus was and is. But God? What does he look like? Sound like? What happened to him? How long has he existed? What does he experience? Does he have feelings? Does God have a memory? Does he forget things? Since God is not human, how can he understand a human? Relate to us?
  9. I only scanned through a page so hopefully this isn't a repeat. This song is special to me because it reminds me of a very special night. [media=]
  10. I am kinda obsessed with Red thanks to Patty! This one really speaks to me .I didn't see the point in posting a whole new thread about it. There is something really beautiful about, "You alone, You can see right through This glass house we call home You alone, You can take away the pain You have shown, You can break right through This glass house of our souls Make us whole again, make us whole" This idea that God or Jesus or whoever can make us whole again. That's all I really want right now, to be whole again.
  11. I love the soundtrack to the animated movie Prince of Egypt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/?ref_=sr_2 My favorite song from this Movie is "Heaven's Eyes" It takes place when Moses is in the desert. I have listened to it so many times. It occurred to me I don't actually quite understand what it means. Let me show you the lyrics. It is sung by Jethro. A single thread in a tapestry Through its color brightly shine Can never see its purpose In the pattern of the grand design And the stone that sits on the very top Of the mountain's mighty face Does it think it's more important Than the stones that form the base? So how can you see what your life is worth Or where your value lies? You can never see through the eyes of man You must look at your life Look at your life through heaven's eyes Lai-la-lai... A lake of gold in the desert sand Is less than a cool fresh spring And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy Is greater than the richest king If a man lose everything he owns Has he truly lost his worth? Or is it the beginning Of a new and brighter birth? So how do you measure the worth of a man In wealth or strength or size? In how much he gained or how much he gave? The answer will come The answer will come to him who tries To look at his life through heaven's eyes And that's why we share all we have with you Though there's little to be found When all you've got is nothing There's a lot to go around No life can escape being blown about By the winds of change and chance And though you never know all the steps You must learn to join the dance You must learn to join the dance Lai-la-lai... So how do you judge what a man is worth By what he builds or buys? You can never see with your eyes on earth Look through heaven's eyes Look at your life Look at your life Look at your life through heaven's eyes How does one look through heaven's eyes? What does your life look like if you view it from God's perspective? How does he see us?
  12. This video is a little long, but it's beautiful. It has helped me come to terms with submitting my life back to Christ tonight and maybe it can help someone else.
  13. I know this may sound hypocritical coming from me. But I felt like I needed to say this. The thing that strikes me most about God is his love. The fact that he has always provided someone to be there for me throughout every period in my life. I've always had friends (my twin for example) or mentors, or guides. In that way God has never left me. He has loved me enough to put people onto my path to encourage me and help me through this miserable life. And some of those people are people here on Worthy- both believers and unbelievers. and sometimes I don't thank Him enough for that. Sometimes I get really short sided- and close minded and I fail to see that God has loved me all along. That without God love wouldn't even exist. For me God is love
  14. For some reason this story has me crying at my computer. I've heard about the elephants capacity to mourn their lost loved ones. It's really sad that they lost yet another 'member' of their herd. I wonder what will happen to them now?
  15. It sure has the characteristics. Characteristics of what exactly? The battle or a simple dream? I had a long talk with Jesus today. There is just one thing holding me back from repenting and turning to Him again. It's something I have to figure out and face. Then I will stop fighting. Then I will turn back to Him.
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