freespirit18

Dear Gunivere- I joined a different forum, I didn't feel as though this place could ever become home. I was searching through the forums, and my friend Amber pointed out her favorite. and it exactly pointed out how I felt after being "attacked" today on the boards as it was my first day on them?! I know I am probably being dramatic, but it seems as though, if the Christians will not love others who share their love for Jesus, then who will love? More love, less judging. Here is the exerpt from the post that struck me at heart. "

Thank you. I understand wehre you are coming from. Someday when I am brave, i will post my testimony and possibly more people will understand why I have such a strange view of God. not a strict, overbearing God. I mean no disrespect to my Father, and i do not mean to undermine him at all. I believe we could become friends CJRose. thank you for your kind words, in the arms of our loving Father who is worthy, alongside you, lizzie.

No not really. The word Hallelujah has nothing to do with the traits you have assigned to it. It's root is halal, and it means to shine. It is word that is really a command to praise the Lord. It was closely associated with the work of the priests in the Temple. As it is written: And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; (1 Chronicles 23:30) The word for "praise" in that verse is halal. The "Halal" is a certain portion of the Psalms (Ps. 113-118) that were read daily by the priests, and is recited by all Jewish people at the Passover. It has nothing to do with silliness. I don't know where you are getting your information on the meaning of biblical words, but you need to change sources. i have no source. just what i feel in my heart on this one. you don't think that the angels are silly when they praise God sometimes? God is not a rigid dictator, i believe God can be silly, caring. if you don't agree, then you will not understand, that i was not saying for a fact what the word means for the last time, to the last judgemental person i hope to speak to in this entire forum, but am sure will not be so. it was my opinion. you focused on the smallest sentence in my entire topic, and used it against me. relax abit. "Because we cannot see Christ, we cannot express our love to Him, but our neighbors we can always see, and we can do to them what, if we saw Him, we would like to do to Christ." - Mother Theresa. You're missing love and going straight to condemning, straight to conviction against me. you're entitled to your opinion as I am; however, so i suppose you can believe what you want about God and his rigidness, and I'll just see God in a completely different light. 1. You are not being condemned, you are being corrected. 2. You are trying to use what you feel "in your heart" which is not the correct barometer. We are to understand God in the light of His Word, not what we feel. The Bible says that the heart is deceitful above all things. The Bible was given to us as a revelation of God's character and operations. 3. No, I do not believe that the angels are "silly" in the presence of God, any more than I think that people are "silly" in the presence of the Queen of England or the President of the United States. God, is the creator of the universe and as such deserves a certain amount of reverence. We are to enjoy His Presence, but we are not to engage in undue flippancy and familiarity. He is our Father, and our Friend, but He is still God and is our most dread Sovereign, and that should never be forgotten. He created the universe with the word of His mouth and can destroy it in a whisper. "Silliness" is one of the last things I would bring before His throne. The Presence of God should produce awe, love, gratitude, reverence, respect, but never "silliness." 4. Just because we disagree with you, does not mean we are judging you. You are the one who needs to relax and let go of the persecution complex. No one here has condemned you. so you don't believe the queen of england is ever silly? it's my opinion. our opinions differ. i refuse to back down, i believe that God can be silly as well, and that takes away NO reverence for HIm from my heart. i'm sorry if i seem defensive, but noone here can tell me how to picture my God, how to talk to Him, how to see Him, it's between me and God. Just as your reverence for God is evident by "correcting" my "mistake" - in your eyes, not God's., not being judged by fellow christians is evidence of my reverence for God. I take it as, "I think i can judge your intentions better than God can," and this is not so. I talk to God constantly and I may just have a different opinion of Him than you, not that it's better or worse, just different therefore neither of us are wrong, God is all. We stand on common ground for loving the Lord.

No not really. The word Hallelujah has nothing to do with the traits you have assigned to it. It's root is halal, and it means to shine. It is word that is really a command to praise the Lord. It was closely associated with the work of the priests in the Temple. As it is written: And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; (1 Chronicles 23:30) The word for "praise" in that verse is halal. The "Halal" is a certain portion of the Psalms (Ps. 113-118) that were read daily by the priests, and is recited by all Jewish people at the Passover. It has nothing to do with silliness. I don't know where you are getting your information on the meaning of biblical words, but you need to change sources. i have no source. just what i feel in my heart on this one. you don't think that the angels are silly when they praise God sometimes? God is not a rigid dictator, i believe God can be silly, caring. if you don't agree, then you will not understand, that i was not saying for a fact what the word means for the last time, to the last judgemental person i hope to speak to in this entire forum, but am sure will not be so. it was my opinion. you focused on the smallest sentence in my entire topic, and used it against me. relax abit. "Because we cannot see Christ, we cannot express our love to Him, but our neighbors we can always see, and we can do to them what, if we saw Him, we would like to do to Christ." - Mother Theresa. You're missing love and going straight to condemning, straight to conviction against me. you're entitled to your opinion as I am; however, so i suppose you can believe what you want about God and his rigidness, and I'll just see God in a completely different light.

you have nothing to offer this "so called friend" if you have no love for him. the best you can do is pray for him. do not pity the non-believer, pray for him instead. until you are tolerant and on a common ground with him, he will never want to hear a word you say, someone with love for this man should be the one to share - not to mention only he can open his heart to listen anyway. I was a non-Christian for 17 1/2 years of my 18 years and people who called me "retarded" for not believing in Christ never got one bit of attention.

Greetings freespirit, Hallelujah is the English translation of a Hebrew word. Halallu Yah is a transliterated verb and means,

Greetings freespirit, Hallelujah is the English translation of a Hebrew word. Halallu Yah is a transliterated verb and means,

I'm so new here, and i forgot to introduce myself. I'm a teenager, 18 to be exact. Just started school at a small Christian college a fundamentalistic college. legalistic, bland...if you will. I'm trying to find ways to keep my faith alive exciting. I hate being vulnerable, but i suppose to grow I should expose my thoughts and feelings to other Christians who are doing the same. So here goes, I often wonder, if there is love for me here. On this earth, I feel like a princess with a rusted tiara, a stained gown, a missing slipper. I am a heart with pieces missing; stolen even. A soul with a frosted view of the world, tainted by heartache, pain, sorrow. I start to wonder, though I often portray these feelings as a joke, I wonder seriously if anyone will ever love me. I wonder how they can ever love me, if I don't first love myself. As well as, sometimes I don't let God's love in in it's full potential, because I don't believe I deserve it. Is there a "one" out there with good intentions, at all? It seems as though every "potential" prince I incur not only manages to hurt me, but seems to do it on purpose. Not only does he not have my best interests at heart, but horrible ideas to break me, use me, leave me, instead. I went to a Barlow Girl/Matthew West concert the other night, and while Barlow girl was singing, I reconsidered the pact I have with God to be single this whole year (unless something in HIS plan comes up). The words, "No more dating...I'm just waiting." were a sweet serenade from my heart as I sang along with the three sisters. I stared up at the ceiling, eyes closed - heart bowed. I pleaded with God, negotiated even. "Is this really what you want for me?" Suddenly, I felt washed over, tingles and emotion crashed over my body. "I'll take that as a yes," My heart rested. I felt as though God was and is pleased with me, not because of anything that I am doing, but perhaps...the heart of which they are being done. I am becoming more willing and open to hear His voice. My heart is so broken. So wounded from the past - from grief I never let myself heal from. From the pain of past decisions, my soul is torn. "I think...there's beauty in brokenness." I say to my angels. There's something particularly special aboutthe one who NEEDS God's grace. Who is helpless with out it. This soul differs greatly from the soul that's - seemingly- "got it all together." They don't need His grace any less, but perhaps they just don't have the capacity to realize just how badly they need it. 3 friends and I sat at a new denny's after the concert on Friday, "What's your story?" was asked to each girl in turn. "I've been hurt, I'm still hurting, but it's looking up from here, God is good." is the all-too-common theme in all three stories. Dramatically different from "I've been hurt, I'm okay now...ALL BETTER! God is good." The human soul is never done needing God's grace, and amazingly, there is always more love and grace to be given. I FALTER I NEED GRACE ALL THE TIME NOT JUST YESTERDAY. As I wrote this at 4 am last night/this morning...I felt angels speaking, "She's just starting to get it..." A smile from my friend Jesus. "I am pleased," follows. "That's enough child, rest.

I think this word was made-up by angels only because it is a completely silly, joyous word that makes no sense. The angels only created it to put a word to inexplicable feelings they had toward God. It is a word of reverence, of sillyness, of love, of respect, of joy all at the same time. This simple word is made to portray feelings we don't have words for, but it has become so overused, so meaningless. I think we need a new word, not to be silly, just to create a word that is only used to portray joy, completely joy, from God alone. Any ideas?