elsie

good thread i have so many, but, this, in addition to prov. 3:5-6 have so much meaning to me. i selected ps 32:1-6 for my baptism service (4/13/08) Psalm 32 A psalm[a] of David. 1 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. 4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude 5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself,

you ain't kiddin! this is why God directed me here before logging off.... to read this message! just goes to show me: coincidences are the Holy Spirit at work !

when i saw the title, i just knew it was them !! they asked her during an interview about how many children they plan on and her response was similar to 'as many as the Lord blesses us with'. what amazes me the most is the organization they have developed to run a family of this magnitude. it's just like running a business.

Whatever seems to you most likely to bring love into the lives of others comes from God. How to find out? Consider each alternative carefully, ignoring the other until completely finished with the one you are considering. Be measuring the amount of love for others involved as you think about it. Then do the same with the other alternative. Whichever at the end leaves you feeling most peaceful is the direction to take. that is excellent advise! and makes my choice very clear, indeed. whatever brings the most love into the lives of others... that hits the nail right on! this morning, one of the missionary groups my church sponsors visited. the woman was telling of the work she does. they work for a publishing co (?) that with the help of interpreters, translate the new testiment into languages for areas, mainly in indonesia, africa etc., where the Word is not readily available, and prepare it for publication and distribution. her's is like desk-top publishing of sorts. as she was speaking, i thought to myself, yes! this is the kind of work i'd like to do. !!

Congrats to both !!! how awsome you did this together have you found the words to describe your experience yet? i was batized three Sundays ago, and i still haven't been able to put into words the feeling i've had since.

you folks are such blessings !!! thanks for sharing your thoughts & experiences.

thank you all for taking time to respond !! first off, i ordered the book (from the link provided). yes, i need to be able to totally give it up... i think i've been successful! as today, i have this inner peace i haven't had in weeks. a little more background... i've been at my job for 18 years. that represents a big chunk of my adult life. the only way i can complete all my work is to work (from home) on saturdays and sundays. i did that last year. i'm not doing this anymore. i've made the decission that a) sundays are for going to church b) saturdays are for other stuff. trying to keep it brief, i told mr boss that i need help, and i wanted to hire a temp to get me caught up. his daughter works here, but she doesn't have the skills (software knowledge) and i would have to tuter her for months until she is able to work independently, which would take me from my work and only make be further behind. he was insulted, and said that he felt i implied that she is stupid. perhaps what he's angry with is that i told him it breaks my heart that she has shown not a spot of interest in anything that i do (i'm sec / tres / office mgr), and that's why i've not tried to train her to do anything. i took a good hard look and thought to myself, what am i giving up my life for, mr boss' two kids' financial security, these two adults that don't have it in them to carry the torch? mr boss has been the kindest and most generous person, and he feels like i've put a knife in his heart, that i've insulted his daughter. hence all the tension. so, today, i have peace. today i feel in my heart it is time for a career change, to find a job that doesn't involve money, where my efforts don't feed the greed of others. i know there is something out there, and i know God will get me hooked up. this will happen in His time, and in His way. in the mean time, i will behave in a manner fitting the christian woman i want to be, in a way that pleases my Father and my Jesus; i will be patient and i will listen and obey; i will let God's light shine brightly in me for all to see ! again, thanks all for your input. els

hmmm

yes, i know that He does. and i know that He uses situtiations like this to test us. is that what this is, a test?

okay, so here's my question.... when its good and it's easy, you know for sure it's God talking to you. but, when what you're feeling and thinking you need is difficult and could lead to hard times (i.e. walking away from your job), how do you know for sure it's God leading you to do this, or if it's Satan, and his band of demons trying to destroy your life? i posed this question last night at bible study; our leader said, obviously, to pray about it. well, the more i pray about it, the more my heart wants to do what my head is screaming not to do. any comments?

thank you, all, for your responses.

hi all, there is a young lady on another board of which i'm a member who recently posted that she was shunned from JW. as a result, her parents and brother shunned her as well. needless to say, she is heartbroken. i'm not educated in the Bible so i'm looking to you kind folks for help. where does it say about such practices? about the unity of family? etc. anything that i can pass onto her would be appreciated. many thanks, & God bless.

that's a good one have to pass this on to our GM... we're in the construction trade & can relate