broken hearted

[GloryToGod!]

I was born in 1952 and as I now look back at all the changes that have taken place my heart is soooo grieved. It is scary as my own kids get married and have babies. I think to myself, "what will their world be like?" I do know without a shadow of doubt that our God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow....and that gives me comfort.

[WillingToDie]

Is it just me or does anyone else have a broken heart over this country and the World in general

We can't pray in schools or have a bible but muslim docrtine in now being required in californa schools

the gays have shoved so much of their life style in our faces that now marriage is no longer man and woman but man and man woman and woman

kids are being told its ok to be gay and actually teach them what to do and how to do it

marriage is no longer till death over 55 percent of all marriages end in divorce

I could go on !!

What gets me is the next time someting happens all will cry whay did God let it happen

And what will we as christians say??

it just breaks my heart that this country is lost and only an mercial from God can save it, but the question is WILL HE ????

In Christ

IreneM

None of this really bothers me. You can pray in school, just do it on your own time. Nobody can stop you from saying a personal prayer. I'm not convinced Bibles are against the rules, there have been a few stories here and there about a student getting in trouble, but I think that's more the exception than the rule. I see no problem with learning about what Muslims believe, it's good to understand those different from us. Gay marriage doesn't bother me as much as it does many of you, however the high divorce rate does indeed sadden me.

But I will tell you what does break my heart: the untold numbers of people dying from disease and starvation in Africa and other parts of the world. The fact that there are still totalitarian governments throughout the world who abuse their people rather than serve the people's best interest. The fact that so many governments seek to keep their populace in a constant state of fear. It breaks my heart that we live in one of (if not the) richest countries in the worl, yet 1 in 5 (a whopping 20%) of our children are living below the poverty line.

I could go on.

[MorningGlory]

Yes, it seems to get much worse at a much faster pace, in ways that affect us so negatively. When I add that to what's going on in my private life, right when I need that much more faith, it destroys my faith instead of strenghtening it. I know it says God won't put more on us than we can handle. That's so easy to say when you aren't going thru it. I've prayed myself out. I pray just in case He's listening.

He's listening, kat. When I go through periods like you describe I think of myself as plain metal going through the fire of trial and coming out tempered steel. Don't let anything destroy your faith; in the end it's all any of us have.

[MorningGlory]

I do know without a shadow of doubt that our God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow....and that gives me comfort.

I agree, Glory. Sometimes that is all that is going to sustain us.

[Guest man]

It breaks my heart that we live in one of (if not the) richest countries in the worl, yet 1 in 5 (a whopping 20%) of our children are living below the poverty line.

You know what's even sadder than that?

It doesn't have to be that way.....we could do something about that.....but we won't.

We could make a difference if we wanted too.....but we don't.

That's what's really sad.

We can, but we won't.

[jesussaves]

HERE ARE A FEW SCRIPTURES THAT MIGHT MOVE YOU TO SEEK THE FACE OF THE LORD FOR OUR NATION AND THE NATIONS IN THESE LAST DAYS. WE KNOW THE TIME IS NEAR, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THE TIME TO GIVE UP! JESUS SAID OCCUPY UNTIL I COME. THERE ARE STILL LOST SOULS THAT NEED TO HEAR THE GOSPEL AND NEED HEARTS THAT BREAK BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SEE HAPPENING TO OUR NATION AND ARE MOVED TO STAND IN THE GAP. THANK YOU IRENEM.

Nehemiah 1

1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

2That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

7We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

8Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

10Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

11O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

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Ezekiel 22

30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

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2Chronicles 7

14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

[Openly Curious]

Is it just me or does anyone else have a broken heart over this country and the World in general

We can't pray in schools or have a bible but muslim docrtine in now being required in californa schools

the gays have shoved so much of their life style in our faces that now marriage is no longer man and woman but man and man woman and woman

kids are being told its ok to be gay and actually teach them what to do and how to do it

marriage is no longer till death over 55 percent of all marriages end in divorce

I could go on !!

What gets me is the next time someting happens all will cry whay did God let it happen

And what will we as christians say??

it just breaks my heart that this country is lost and only an mercial from God can save it, but the question is WILL HE ????

In Christ

IreneM

I can feel your sorrow and your heart as I to can see the wickedness growing so fast in our world. I would wish to God that the wicked could be saved but they will not unless they come to repentance and if they will not then they will face the judgment of God.

The signs are all around so much that even the wicked can see them yet they turn away still.

I have a few scriptures that may encourage you as it is us that God will come and save us and not the world.

2 Timothy 1:12--"For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day".

Jude 1:24-25--"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."

It's so good to know that in a twisted and sick world that there is a hand holding ours and we have a hand to hold as well and he is able to keep us.

Blessings

OC

[MorningGlory]

It's so good to know that in a twisted and sick world that there is a hand holding ours and we have a hand to hold as well and he is able to keep us.

Blessings

OC

Amen!

[WillingToDie]

It breaks my heart that we live in one of (if not the) richest countries in the worl, yet 1 in 5 (a whopping 20%) of our children are living below the poverty line.

You know what's even sadder than that?

It doesn't have to be that way.....we could do something about that.....but we won't.

We could make a difference if we wanted too.....but we don't.

That's what's really sad.

We can, but we won't.

I concur.

As Bad Religion says:

"Ten million dollars on a losing campaign

Twenty million starving and writhing in pain

Big strong people unwilling to give

Small in vision and perspective"

[Fraught]

Is it just me or does anyone else have a broken heart over this country and the World in general

We can't pray in schools or have a bible but muslim docrtine in now being required in californa schools

the gays have shoved so much of their life style in our faces that now marriage is no longer man and woman but man and man woman and woman

kids are being told its ok to be gay and actually teach them what to do and how to do it

marriage is no longer till death over 55 percent of all marriages end in divorce

I could go on !!

What gets me is the next time someting happens all will cry whay did God let it happen

And what will we as christians say??

it just breaks my heart that this country is lost and only an mercial from God can save it, but the question is WILL HE ????

In Christ

IreneM

the world belongs to someone else for now. but there is light in some places. i attended my nephew's graduation this year. it opened with a prayer to God and was prayed 'in the name of Jesus, Amen.' publicly and over the microphone. what we see on the news is not all there is. you are still salting the earth and lighting it up just being here.

paul said:

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." (Philippians 4:8)