Ever been in a room full of dead people? (meditations of a Hermit)

[spiderman1917]

Meditations of a Hermit I have no interested in spending much time with the people I meet lately as the environment I am in is mental illness/chemical dependency treatment, full of drug addicts and people whose spirits have been disabled by pride, lust, envy, laziness, gluttony, unforgiveness, and materialism. If God will not give me friends that bring me closer to him and enlightenment, then I shall have none , and remain alone , like John the Baptist in the wilderness. Have you ever been in a room full of dead people? I know I have. last week I've been on multiple city buses full of dead people, and I attend 9 groups a day during the weekdays full of the walking talking dead, and it seems what people are passionate about, the vast majority at least, is possessions, reputation, money, and physical pleasure. The grass, the trees, the birds, the smell of nature, the rise and fall of the Sun, and the wind blowing on my face, are all instruments and remedies for getting my focus off of this kingdom of the dead that surrounds and bombards me without cease. With patience, a new spring time is near

Edited March 7, 2016 by spiderman1917

[missmuffet]

Yes,I have been in a room full of dead people.

[spiderman1917]

My Lord!

So many things I dreamed about in jail that would give me so much joy, now I have them, and my gratitude is weak.

This musr be what it feels like when people get what they want and have patiently awaited and dreamed of, only to feel emptiness.

I feel so dead.  Save me from lukewarmness and ingratitude Lord!

 

[RustyAngeL]

On 3/7/2016 at 7:04 PM, spiderman1917 said:

Meditations of a Hermit I have no interested in spending much time with the people I meet lately as the environment I am in is mental illness/chemical dependency treatment, full of drug addicts and people whose spirits have been disabled by pride, lust, envy, laziness, gluttony, unforgiveness, and materialism. If God will not give me friends that bring me closer to him and enlightenment, then I shall have none , and remain alone , like John the Baptist in the wilderness. Have you ever been in a room full of dead people? I know I have. last week I've been on multiple city buses full of dead people, and I attend 9 groups a day during the weekdays full of the walking talking dead, and it seems what people are passionate about, the vast majority at least, is possessions, reputation, money, and physical pleasure. The grass, the trees, the birds, the smell of nature, the rise and fall of the Sun, and the wind blowing on my face, are all instruments and remedies for getting my focus off of this kingdom of the dead that surrounds and bombards me without cease. With patience, a new spring time is near

You seem to thrive on the negative.  Instead of looking at "dead people"  This all sounds very New Age to me which is very negative.  Is there a reason you don't look to Jesus who as the Bible says is the author and finisher of our faith.  Get out your Bible and start reading in the book of John.  Ask God to help you settle into Him, listen to Him and believe that He can and will heal you if you just let Him.

[spiderman1917]

8 hours ago, RustyAngeL said:

You seem to thrive on the negative.  Instead of looking at "dead people"  This all sounds very New Age to me which is very negative.  is there a reason you don't look to Jesus who as the Bible says is the author and finisher of our faith.  Get out your Bible and start reading in the book of John.  Ask God to help you settle into Him, listen to Him and believe that He can and will heal you if you just let Him.

I just mean dead because the life of Christ, the life of sanctifying grace does not seem to be alive in them.

Also, having lived in psychiatric wards, group homes, jails, ghettos, and homeless shelters, I have seen a degree of death and misery that is rare for people to see, at least not as much as I have regularly , which is why my focus tends to be on the negative.

I'm trying to see God in it all

[FresnoJoe]

33 minutes ago, spiderman1917 said:

I just mean dead because the life of Christ, the life of sanctifying grace does not seem to be alive in them.

Also, having lived in psychiatric wards, group homes, jails, ghettos, and homeless shelters, I have seen a degree of death and misery that is rare for people to see, at least not as much as I have regularly , which is why my focus tends to be on the negative.

I'm trying to see God in it all

Beloved While Working My Way Through College,
For A Year And A Half I Was Privileged To Work
As A Night Man In A Napa Valley Funeral Home

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Romans 12:15

Knowing The Bodies Were Just Empty Vessels Awaiting The Lord's Resurrection
And Knowing That Their Loved Ones Were Often In Deep Morning
I Felt It A Great Honor To Sleep With The Dead

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:25-29

And Dear One, As For All Those Dead Men Walking,

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mark 10:25-27

With God All Things Are Possible

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

Love, Your Brother Joe

[other one]

  Yes, I have....

 

[JTC]

spiderman1917, I remember you from several years ago. I think it was some other Internet place. I'm sorry to hear you've been having such a hard time. Part of it is the era we're living in. You certainly do have a love for God inside you. Right now just about everyone who loves God is having a hard time. We should expect it because Jesus said that since the world hates Him they will hate us too. I see in this in my life almost everyday. I think the only days I don't see it are when I sit home all day. Somehow you will make it to heaven. God never abandons us even when we can't feel Him.

I'm glad you're still around and on a Christian board.

[RustyAngeL]

11 hours ago, JTC said:

spiderman1917, I remember you from several years ago. I think it was some other Internet place. I'm sorry to hear you've been having such a hard time. Part of it is the era we're living in. You certainly do have a love for God inside you. Right now just about everyone who loves God is having a hard time. We should expect it because Jesus said that since the world hates Him they will hate us too. I see in this in my life almost everyday. I think the only days I don't see it are when I sit home all day. Somehow you will make it to heaven. God never abandons us even when we can't feel Him.

I'm glad you're still around and on a Christian board.

I"m a little shaken by the term "Somehow you will make it to Heaven".  There is only one way to Heaven and that is with a faith in God through Jesus Christ.  Jesus said " I am the way the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father but through Me".  I pray spiderman that you know Christ as the Lord and Savior of your life, because as I said that is the only way your going to Heaven.  JTC is right with one thing he said, Jesus will never leave you or forsake you.

[gdemoss]

On 3/7/2016 at 8:04 PM, spiderman1917 said:

Meditations of a Hermit I have no interested in spending much time with the people I meet lately as the environment I am in is mental illness/chemical dependency treatment, full of drug addicts and people whose spirits have been disabled by pride, lust, envy, laziness, gluttony, unforgiveness, and materialism. If God will not give me friends that bring me closer to him and enlightenment, then I shall have none , and remain alone , like John the Baptist in the wilderness. Have you ever been in a room full of dead people? I know I have. last week I've been on multiple city buses full of dead people, and I attend 9 groups a day during the weekdays full of the walking talking dead, and it seems what people are passionate about, the vast majority at least, is possessions, reputation, money, and physical pleasure. The grass, the trees, the birds, the smell of nature, the rise and fall of the Sun, and the wind blowing on my face, are all instruments and remedies for getting my focus off of this kingdom of the dead that surrounds and bombards me without cease. With patience, a new spring time is near

We are commanded to condescend to men of low estate.  Whenever I get lifted up like this I know I am headed for a fall.  There have been times where I was so far above all the 'walking dead' that I felt very alone.  I would treat that loneliness with isolation for fear that the 'dead' might have their stink waift on me and I should smell like them!  Then reality kicks in and I see myself as the Pharisee that I am being and I become the publican again who cannot lift his eyes unto heaven.  Thank God for his loving kindness that sought me out, sat with me in my death and reconciled me unto him in Christ THEN sent me out to do likewise.

Peace