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Nope....no diploma Did it get lost in the mail?????

Congratulations for making it through 4 pages of silliness When you are in a thread (like this one) go over to the left side where it shows the name of the person who posted a response. You click on their name and a little drop down menu...well.... drops down. One of the choices is to add the person as a friend. Click it and you are good to go But I can't find the person's name in a thread...so where do I go from there? I get an e-mail telling me that they have added me to their friends list. Oh! btw...have I graduated into the silly group yet

People have added me to their friends list, but how do I add them? I know I can go to their name aand a drop down list will allow me to do that....but what if they are not someone whose name you can find? Goofy question...I know! That's what's become of me after reading all the way through this thread LOL!!!!!

Question???? How do I add friends to my list???

You are all just too goofy But I love it

I came upon this site because I was looking for sites that sent out devotions via e-mail. I was thrilled to find Worthy Boards!!! I love praying for people's needs and I love to encourage others. Also, I am physically disabled and this provides me with an outlet to touch others lives with the love of God. It helps me to know that I can do something useful. Here is my question....and yes it may be a silly one.....How do you get to know other people here when there are so many people who are members and they have been here....some...for years. I have been here a little more than a week. The boards are huge!!! Some posts I am just not smart enough to answer. So, please...can anyone give me some suggestions? In His Love, Kathy

I am speaking from my own personal experience here. My husband and I have been married to each other for 27 years. Many of those years have been very rocky to say the least. Domestic violence was a common practice on my husband's end. The violence extended to myself and our kids....we have 3 now grown kids. I could not understand why these things were happening. I had seriously fasted and prayed before accepting my husband's proposal of marriage. The first 2-3 years were ok but as we went along things became unbearable. I had tried calling the police...no help there. I was able to get my kids into counseling.....which wasn't too much help. Finally it became obvious that my husband had some problems and he was given the opportunity to get into counseling of his own will or go to court and be given a court order to enter counseling. All during this time I loved my husband and knew that he loved me, but we had two mentally and emotionally ill (one was mentally retarded too) and it was taking a terrible strain on our marriage. As our kids grew older one by one they left home. One ended up in a long term mental hospital. He was in three different institutions for a total of 4 consecutive years. Our daughter opted to enter a group home at age 18...which she did. That left out youngest son. Our youngest was the one who had escaped my husbands abuse but we went through a lot together. At times we feared for our lives and turned to the authorities. I forgot to say that my husband was a Christian when I married him. I leave the judging in God's hands as to whether or not he really was one of God's beloved. Finally I came up with an idea that I believe was from God. I asked my husband if we could sell our home, split the equity and find separate places to live....but not divorce. I didn't see any scriptural grounds for divorce....and that was a tough truth to accept. We remained living in this way for six years. We saw each other for holidays, the kids birthdays and went out for the evening one in a while. But he had not changed. I prayed my heart out as I thought that this was the man I wanted to grow old with. About 2 years ago my husband and I started going to Christian counseling at the church I attended. This was my only hope to ever having our marriage be healed. We went for six months and I watched myself and my husband and myself be transformed by the renewing of our minds according to the Word of God. This coming November we will have lived together as husband and wife for one year. God has blessed our desire for a Christian marriage. I have to say that I wishI had separated from my husband earlier than I did...just for my and my kids sake. I never believed that it was God's will for us to divorce. We did not meed scriptural criteria for that.....but God did not intend me to take all the abuse that I did. Zoe, my heart goes out to you. Life can be so painful and lonely. I would say for you to protect yourself but remain in the Lord. He can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask and think. In His Love, Kathy

I don't know about "speaking into their life", but I am presently reading a Beth Moore book entitled "Praying God's Word". The book teaches you to connect scripture with prayer. It's very powerful! God Bless, Kathy

A baby and a small child has no concept of good and evil, so their conscience will bear them witness that they're not guilty, just like a person who has never heard about God, Jesus and sin. God isn't politically correct (and He shouldn't be), but He is not unrightous. So, all mentally retarded human beings are ultimately ending up in h_ll?

I have often wondered the same. What happens to the people who have never had the opportunity to know Jesus? In a different thread we were discussing "can the menatally ill or mentally handicapped be saved".....? I have two such grown kids who fit into that category. The discussion was different yet a little the same as this thread.

I will try to outline one or two of the things our church has tried. We started out meeting at people's houses...we were small but had and still do have a strong evagelical desire to see all in our city saved. A short while ago my church put on a drama called "Crossing Over". Oh, I forgot to mention that the Lord has greatly increased the attendence over the years. I understand that your goal is saving souls for Christ....not growth in your own church. But sometimes it just happens without even desiring. We grew from a handful to 50....then God called us to build a building, which we did. And then later on a bigger one. Ok, I'm getting off-track here...I'm sorry. We have gone on several prayer walks, strategically placing groups of people from our church in the four corners of our city and at places like hospitals, city government buildings, schools, etc. We were all given different scriptures to pray as we walked in the area we were assigned to. Claiming lives for Jesus, pulling down strongholds satan had claimed. We walked and prayed until we could walk no more. Then we returned to the church building for a final time of prayer. When we did the drama for the next 3 nights we had 400 people come forward to receive Jesus as their Lord. They were then invited to a room where they were given followup care....each received a New Testament and could ask for more prayer. Our church has not significantly grown in numbers but we all know that there are 400 more souls going to heaven. God Bless Kathy PS) I'm going to proof read this but my eyesight is poor and I tend to miss typo's.

I am so glad that the server is being updated! I have also noticed that there are 0 views but replies are seen. I thought it was me not seeing straight...LOL! God Bless, Kathy

I think this is a great topic! Especially since out of my 4 now grown kids, 2 of them are mentally impaired and both have a severe mental illness. Both have accepted Jesus as the Saviour and have been water baptized. My daughter, now 26, lives in a group home and is the most severely impaired. Her IQ is around 52 and she can barely read at a first grade level. She is also chronically, severely mentall ill. Sometimes she understands what Christianity is all about and then other times it is though she is about 4 yrs old. This is just my opinion, but I believe she will go to heaven after her time on earth is over. To the best of her limited ability she understands Jesus being her personal Saviour. My son, now 24, lives on his own with me overlooking closely. I take care of his finances, drive him to appointments (he can't drive) but for the most part he does everything else on his own. His mental illness handicaps him enormously, but if he stays on his meds he can live a happy live. In my son's case I believe that he has reached an age of accountability and has made a choice to live his life for Jesus. He works 3 days a week, openly shares his testimony with others, and he belongs to an on-line prayer group....which he likes very much. So I can see both sides of the matter being discussed here. It's my opinion that God will handle each person individually. I will be interested to read other peoples comments. God Bless, Kathy

This is the first I've heard about selling breastmilk this way. Some 20 years ago I haad a friend who had a baby near the time I gave birth. She and her husband were over for a visit. My son was getting very fussy as he was still hungry and I was exhausted and was not producing enough breast milk for him. To make a long story short, I let my friend give my baby one feeding of her breastmilk. He was fine after that and went to sleep shortly after. But this business of men getting a thrill over drinking breastmilk disturbs me. It's not a normal desire...maybe these men might need some counseling to get over their fettish. God Bless, Kathy

After praying and fasting I married my Christian spouse in 1980. Things were terrific for the first year. Then things went downhill and many years later I didn't hold much hope for our marriage. Our kids began to show signs of being severly mentally ill. One was put in long term hospitalization. Another one chose to go live at a group home. That left us with one son at home. The abuse continued so I moved into a separate part of our home. To make a long story short my husband agreed to sell our home, split the equity and find separate places to live. Now six years later we are living together as husband and wife. I never filed for divorce either. We went to Christian counseling for about 6 mos before getting back together. God worked mighty works in our lives and I am happy to say that the abuse has stopped. We both give God the glory and honor for bringing us back together. I did believe that it was wrong to continue to live through the abuse, which is why I moved out. But God can do great and wonderful things when both parties are open to allowing Him to do the work. God Bless, Kathy

I can't imagine paying that much for 1 piece of dessert.......unless someone wanted to treat me to one. Kathy

It's really difficult to name just one Book.....they are all my favorites, but if I have to settle one one it would be Psalms. Kathy

This only my second day at this site, so please forgive me if I don't understand something. I have a question. How does one submit a prayer request? I have one thing that needs prayer. Kathy

I'm glad you asked this question. It has encouraged me to read other's answers. I am in a really tight place financially. I tithe, manage my money frugally and pray asking God to give me wisdom in the decisions I make. I am praying that God will sell a certain property and condo I own before it goes into foreclosure (spelling?) I do believe that as we do our part, God will do His part. I am trying to just rest in that. I hope this helps. Kathy

I sure do think God cares about what we read and watch! Kathy

I'm not condoning languaage which takes God's name in vain, but there is a passage in the Bible that says something to the effect of "it is not what goes into the heart of man that defiles him but it is what comes out of our mouthes that shows whether we are defiled. Kathy