F.Y.I. on my vanished topic.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

Emily Anne,

This hug is especially just for you!

Stick to your convictions; no matter what; be true to God and to yourself. If we disagree; that's okay; I love you anyway.

Okay, here's some more hugs for you:

[LadyRaven]

How come everyone's gotta get so mushy today.???? Can't we all just eat together? (and it's not cause I dont' care that I'm not mushy today, I'm in a hands off mood so you all ought to feel very very very special you got hugged)

Here, I found some brownies... eat up...

and some tea,

and some chips

and some other forms of chocolate

....

yeah, hormones....

[vrjenny]

(((((((((((((((((((everyone))))))))))))))))))))

this hug goes to everyone...to ALL my brothers and sisters in Christ....to the lost...to those that consider me their enemy....to the person that others might consider unable to love....to those i may have found unworthy to hug (in the past before i was a child of God)....to those who think that they are not worthy of anyones love...to those who don't love themselves (been there)...to those i have hurt...to those that have hurt me...to those that think God is not real (they truly need a hug(a release of God's love through me))...to those who might be at their "rock bottom"....to those that may be questioning their faith or have questioned it....for the person who might feel misunderstood....for those feeling lonely...feeling deserted....those that feel like a stranger to compassion ....to those needing a little encouragement....a little strength...to those that feel alone in the issues that they may be having in their life....

I could go on and on...but i hope i have made myself understood...i truly mean everyone...

this is more like a hug sandwich...lol... Did ya get it...feel it...GOOD!

In Christ, Jenny.

[LadyRaven]

I just want to state some things to get them off my chest. These are meant in love please receive it that way.

I do believe that you should defend your beliefs and do so strongly. You should be willing to defend your beliefs to the death because it might come to that one day...as long as you make sure you've thoroughly considered what you believe to make sure you are, indeed, right. I have often said that I'm always right, even when I'm wrong. And when I realise I'm wrong I change my mind and become right again and defend it with the same attitude I defended my other position. If I'm going to have an opinion or belief which might be wrong, why bother? Why not just say you don't know and be done with it?

And there is something to be said for agreeing to disagree once a discussion has reached a certain point. Sometimes you run against someone who is just as convinced they are correct as you are convinced you are. Once you've considered and refuted their arguments, what is left? If you've considered their arguements and have decided they're wrong but can't prove it, what is left? In either case you just agree to disagree and TRY to respect each other.

This all being what it is, I also believe that taking a counter stand against another's beliefs is not always an exercise in attack, nor is it a personal condemnation. Anyone who knows me knows what I think of at least most WOF teachers and the doctrine itself, and that I am careful to not condemn an individual believer in this forum. Therefore I would hope that anyone who believed in WOF would know that I still love and respect them as a person. If not, I would hope that they would approach me in pm and at least let me know. I am a very outspoken person but I think, over all, it's a good thing.

I have tried to make it known that I don't attack people directly and to be more clear that I'm only discussing doctrine, however...I think the more...um...sensitive among us should also work on their side of the problem too. No matter how flat it is, a pancake has two sides. I would hope that people who find their beliefs countered in a theological or philosophical exercise would at least consider the notion that the person doing this is not condemning them personally and that the exercise is being done out of a desire to understand, refine and perfect the beliefs of the body of Christ and the two persons involved. Most of the time it's done out of love, and I would encourage those who feel "constantly countered" to receive it that way. If your best friend was going to eat food which had been left out in the sun for a week, I'm sure you're going to protest vigorously rather than sit there and just let her eat it, right? Even if she was right and it hadn't rotted, isn't the act still an act of love?

I hope that made some sense and did not offend anyone.

[Arthur Durnan]

Be still, my beating heart!

http://arthurdurnan.freeyellow.com

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

(((((((((((((((((((everyone))))))))))))))))))))

this hug goes to everyone...to ALL my brothers and sisters in Christ....to the lost...to those that consider me their enemy....to the person that others might consider unable to love....to those i may have found unworthy to hug (in the past before i was a child of God)....to those who think that they are not worthy of anyones love...to those who don't love themselves (been there)...to those i have hurt...to those that have hurt me...to those that think God is not real (they truly need a hug(a release of God's love through me))...to those who might be at their "rock bottom"....to those that may be questioning their faith or have questioned it....for the person who might feel misunderstood....for those feeling lonely...feeling deserted....those that feel like a stranger to compassion ....to those needing a little encouragement....a little strength...to those that feel alone in the issues that they may be having in their life....

I could go on and on...but i hope i have made myself understood...i truly mean everyone...

this is more like a hug sandwich...lol... Did ya get it...feel it...GOOD!

In Christ, Jenny.

Hey Jenny,

Thanks for the hug. I sure need it today.

Right back atcha!

[Emily~Anne]

"He's Still Working On Me"

He's still working on me to make me what I ought to be.

It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,

The sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.

How loving and patient He must be, He's still working on me.

There really ought to be a sign upon the heart,

Don't judge her yet, there's an unfinished part.

But I'll be perfect just according to His plan

Fashioned by the Master's loving hands.

In the mirror of His Word reflections that I see

Make me wonder why He never gave up on me.

He loves me as I am and helps me when I pray

Remember He's the Potter, I'm the clay.

:thumbsup:

[Laura]

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Good to see you again, Jenny

Glad this tread is still here too. I just got home and checked in lol.

MHO! I think sometimes the posters should get deleted, and not the thread!

Keep on smiling and praising the Lord!!!!!

[ted]

When a topic gets too heated the mods will delete it.

Wouldnt it be more beficial for the offending posts to be deleted rather than the whole thread? just seen a reasonable thread deleted on love and respect with the Eph 5 v33 thread pulled. there were a couple of heated flames, but nothing to warrent the whole thread going. We have lost alot of interesting debates in past becuase of this. If people want to respond to personal things then do it in PM not on the thread, most people couldnt care less and just think oh dear here we go again.

Sometimes offensive posts are deleted, sometimes the thread is just closed and sometimes the topic is deleted. It depends upon what happens. I have wittnessed all of these. If a thread is going along nicely except for one person's posts or a spammer or troll, they will delete the posts and any which quote it. If a thread which was going nicely suddenly takes a header they will just close it. Sometimes a topic is ascerbic from the beginning and the best response is to just close it.

There is one other situation where an entire thread will get axed:

There are times when the bad posts are so intertwined with the good that deleting out the bad makes the final product so full of holes that it's impossible to repost the thread. Some of the stuff now missing makes the responses to them look way out of whack, rendering the thread too splintered to make sense.

That's another reason why you may see threads deleted instead of just a few posts.

Hope this helps!

t.

PS- Sometimes they also delete threads just because it's funny to listen to the people get mad about it......

Just kidding!

[LadyRaven]

Just kidding!