I very, very seriously doubt you are doing what you do for financial gain. I believe you do it because to the core of your being, you believe in what you are doing.
You, my dear sister, are absolutely correct. You've known me for years and I haven't changed one bit. Well, hopefull, I have matured some in the last 20 years, but other than that, no deal. I believe it now just as strong if not stronger than ever.
You, my dear sister, are absolutely correct. You've known me for years and I haven't changed one bit. Well, hopefull, I have matured some in the last 20 years, but other than that, no deal. I believe it now just as strong if not stronger than ever.
Yes, I've known you from way back. You loved God then and you love Him now. I have no doubts about that.
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
I appreciate your participation on the forum. I have not read all of the other thread but read enough to know that something happened--that for which I apologize. Your opinions and points of view are welcomed here just as much as anyone else's.
I always felt like you loved God and was very sincere and sold out in what you are doing for him and I know in God's eyes it means a lot.
I appreciate you so much, as I do others on this forum. I don't agree with everyone, but I do think that most of us are kind and caring. I react or overreact sometimes myself. And we know that we have to have a standard to live in this world. That standard is Jesus Christ. And we are not to tolerate attacks on Him, His message, or His children. So you keep standing for what you know to be true.
Brother Leo Upton is one of my favorite people. He is a great man of God.
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If 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.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
How quickly our priorities change in the face of judgment. As the Titanic was sinking, a frightened woman found her place in a lifeboat and was about to be lowered into the North Atlantic. Suddenly she thought of something she needed and asked permission to return to her stateroom before they cast off. It was early on, so she was granted three minutes and then they would leave without her.
She ran across the deck that was already slanted at a dangerous angle. She raced through the gambling room with all the money that had rolled to one side. It was ankle deep. She came to her stateroom and quickly pushed aside her diamond rings, her expensive bracelets and necklaces, reached to the shelf above her bed and grabbed three small oranges. Quickly she found her way back to the lifeboat and got in.
Now that seems incredible because thirty minutes earlier she wouldn't have chosen a crate of oranges above one of her smallest diamonds. But death had boarded the Titanic, and one blast of its awful breath had transformed all values. Instantaneously, priceless things had become worthless. Worthless things had become priceless. That is a lesson in life for all of us...
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I am probably one of the most kind people you'll meet. I got out of my way to be nice to people who really don't even deserve that because that's one of my "job descriptions" as a pastor's wife. I truly love people and enjoy meeting all kinds of people. I enjoy the fact that we are all different. You may do some things that I don't agree with, but that doesn't make you unkind. You may stand for something that I don't, but that doesn't make you any less a person than I am.
I want to say that the above is absolutely true and more. When I met LCS a couple months ago, both her and her husband, as well as the pastor and his family, treated me with absolute kindness and respect. They didn't even give me 'the look' that I've encountered in the past from those who judge with their eyes.
LCS and I don't agree on many things (not that it matters, because I don't have a single friend that I agree with in everything), but we have a wonderful friendship with a bond stronger than death. I love her and her family dearly, and can't wait to see them again soon.
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Alright Peeps, thanks for the kind words. But this is not the reason for this thread.
I really wonder why we are painted with such a broad brush. So many times, when people get hurt, they allow bitterness to set in and will not deal with it, because it is too painful. I know, because been there, done that. You MUST deal with bitterness as it comes.
We sometimes make unwise choices and then blame the people that we are associated with and make them the scapegoat and the reason we don't allow God to heal us.
I know minister who made a mighty big mistake and had an affair on his wife. She forgave him, but she had so much trouble and never really got over her bitterness toward the lady who messed up her marriage. In her bitterness, she allowed the lady to come between her and her God. In the end, the whole family backslid and messed alot of people up. All because bitterness, not just on her part but her children's also, was not properly dealt with. My husband has never commited adultery on me and I can't imagine the pain she had to deal with, although the Lord did allow me to help carry her and be there for her, but the bitterness clouded judgement and they really have never gotten over it.
So many times, on this forum, that is what I see. Not everyone that has walked away has bitterness that is not dealt with, but many of the people have been wounded in the house of their friends, I have been many times, and I'm sure it will happen again, because I choose to love people. I can't blame them for the mistakes I choose to make. I sure don't blame an organization or a group of people. Sure, if I get hit in the head by 20 people with a white shirt on, the next white shirted person I see, I'll probably duck and hide, but that doesn't make them bad because they happen to be dressed like the other offenders. I hope I'm making sense. I'm not casting judgement on others, but my goodness folks, just because I believe holiness stronger than most of you, doesn't put on the America's Most Wanted List.
I'm just like you, I get dressed on leg at a time. I may not agree with you in some stances you take, but that doesn't make you an idiot in my book. Maybe misguided or mistaken but not an enemy. That's what we need to realize, we are not enemies, just because I don't see things the way you do. Yes, I react over my faith being attacked. I didn't call names, just made a statement and then went from being "Sister" to "Mrs." Sorry that's just not right.
Many times, I have considered leaving this place, but I have really come to love and appreciate the people on here, well, some of them......and am thankful that I can come here and have fun and sometimes, when I need to..vent. I'm thankful that I can be myself, but if I EVER start attacking people and calling them names because I'm in a bad mood or I've had a rough week, I hope someone has enough compassion for me AND MY CALLING to say "Hey, now wait a minute.." Rico has done that in the past and made me stop and think about what I was saying. I am thankful that he cared enough for me and my reputation and my husband's ministry to call my hand on my attitude. Did I like, No...not at firtst, but he made sense when I calmed down and looked at the situation calmly.
I am not the judge.....(thank the Lord..) but I think we need to ALL take a step back and look at things with a new "set of eyes."
Im not a sister in the Lord, I've never met you, I've never talked to you, I wouldn't know you if you walked up and slapped me. If anyone asked about you all I could tell them is "she cuts down endangered Alaskan Albino Pines for christmas trees".
But I can say this, if you type what you say, and from the mouth pours the heart.
I would love to have the opportunity to get to meet, talk with and know you.
Keep walking the walk, your reward will be great.
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In fact I think that the insinuation of "hateful" Pentecostals is coming mostly from the fertile imaginations of bitter, backslidden ex Apostolics who are constantly trying to find a way to justify their actions. ~ strait shooter
Im not a sister in the Lord, I've never met you, I've never talked to you, I wouldn't know you if you walked up and slapped me. If anyone asked about you all I could tell them is "she cuts down endangered Alaskan Albino Pines for christmas trees".
But I can say this, if you type what you say, and from the mouth pours the heart.
I would love to have the opportunity to get to meet, talk with and know you.
Keep walking the walk, your reward will be great.
You are way too funny, Scotttayyy!!!! Hopefully we can meet at some future date.
...and am thankful that I can come here and have fun and sometimes, when I need to..vent. I'm thankful that I can be myself, but if I EVER start attacking people and calling them names because I'm in a bad mood or I've had a rough week, I hope someone has enough compassion for me AND MY CALLING to say "Hey, now wait a minute.." Rico has done that in the past and made me stop and think about what I was saying. I am thankful that he cared enough for me and my reputation and my husband's ministry to call my hand on my attitude. Did I like, No...not at firtst, but he made sense when I calmed down and looked at the situation calmly. 
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