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Sunday 8/4 815pm


The GREATEST MISTAKE a person can ever make is the one he or she never learns from.


Lord its only through you that I am who I am, that I have life and breathe the breath I do. Lord I pray that I learn from my mistakes that I come to you instead of te worldly things as I have but mostly Lord thankyou for carrying me yet again through this past trile.

[Christnundrconstruxn]

Learning from your mistakes makes them no longer mistakes but lessons learned.

God bless and Happy Easter
Cuc

[vahn]

I had to learn (the hard way of course) it is not making the mistake that is "bad" (we wont be human if we didn't) , but , making the same ones over and over , expecting different results that gets people to start thinking maybe there's something wrong in the picture .

So , nowadays , I don't make the same mistakes ..... I just make new ones !!!



Happy Easter

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AMEN

Monday 9/4/2012 Its 8pm

I have been here about 20 times today and i got into here twice, but Im here now and Ive been pondering what to write, Ive actually had some up and down feelings but I allso had the oportunity to reread from the start and remember I promised to do that everyday so I wouldnt loose sight of why I am here. I first came to the conclusion that yes its about being honest to myself and accountable so I have to remember that. Second I had said I was going to do a few studies, well its about the third time I read the first stepping stone (free christian counseling) I think Im scared to find the truth out, Im not sure maybe tomorrow I will read the second one lets just see.
I rreallized somthing else today that I have alot of hidden feelings and thoughts. Things that I have burried....Do you think its best left hidden or burried or is God trying to tell me its time???

I cant help but bring up church again, why am I so hurt?? why are the tears coming out??? I cant control what I am feeling there. I manage an hour and then come home its really a struggle for me to be there, can anyone help me???

Lord I must thankyou for this site, for such wonderful teachings, LORD i know this is you, I KNOW without a doubt your presence is here, Lord I know you are bigger than anything we can imagine I ask in your name that satan has no part in my life, and mostly that I dont allow him. In your name AMEN

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Tuesday 10/4/2012 It was 4.45am when I started stepping stone 2 and is now 6am.....satan tried so hard this morning. Do you think he trys harder when we are trying to get closer to God.???

Im wondering what to write so this is just what comes to me....my legs are so sore I can barely walk, Ive bathed in hot water Im trying so hard to keep my mind off what my legs are telling me, ( if I have a hit=drugs the pain will stop) but a little voice is saying I need to surround myself with god, maybe some gospel music. I had a few cds once someone gave me I wonder if I still have them?? Will look shortly.

Its still the same day 7pm
You know how easy it is to loose sight of God, Im wondering what the plan is. Everyday like what is the purpose?
I have not mentioned this before but I have very bad diabeties. The doctor had been trying to tell me for the past 12months but I did the insulin but thats it now I am loosing feeling in my fingers (yeah its hard to type) and when everyone elses sugar is high mines really high like 28 its meant to be 5. So now the past few weeks I have been doing everything by the book and the feelings are worse am I doing somthing to myself?? Like am I trying to destroy myself. I know I know pls dont lecture me. sigh The leg thing well I had a hip replacement nearly 10years ago and have suffered off and on with leg pain but I dont know because allso one of the withdrawls from the drugs I was on is leg pain, allso it could be all in my head so it makes you think you need drugs, cause it stops when Im using=drugs. I just reallised good things dont come easy.
Lord I want you I want to keep you in my life, I dont want the old things to come back and one of those things is to run from anything good that happens to me like having you in my life, I feel I dont deserve you. I guess at such a young age I was told only the worthy could return to you. Lord am I worthy of you??
Lord tomorrow brings back alot of memories its my birthday and not a good reminder of some childhood issues. and....to top things off my nephew keeps telling me my mum wants to see me. I havnt seen my mum in months its my own fault, I did to her what I spoke about earlier in my entries about sending friends and family away. Gosh I did somthing really bad to my mum how can I face her. What am I gonna say if she does wanna meet up.???

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Wednesday 11th April

Today is my birthday and instead of it being like any other year I decided it wasnt gonna be bad at all, I started off with walking holding hands with Jesus and Im still holding his hand so satan shove on over, there is NO place for you, you can not detroy me today, tomorrow or ever. Its lunch here in australia and I have had a pretty good day. Got a msg from my mum wishing me birthday wishes, last night she messaged me she missed me. Fear is off Satan, I realised that today.
Lord thankyou for my birthday, thankyou for surrounding me with good ppl, and lord thankyou for Oasis once again.
amen
catch ya all later

[HelloMyNameIsSimon]

I think we are all different in how we deal with things Gwen. I know that I can't bury stuff, that I if I talk about it with someone who is understanding, then it gives me a chance to realise that I'm not crazy after all: and having the chance to talk about stuff is very healing.
That's what we are here for. We may not be psychologists but we are your friends. Friends listen and they help to the best of their ability. God has led us ALL here, sometimes to worship, sometimes to cry out for help, sometimes to listen and help. And we are all united in Christ.
And you ARE worthy of God, Gwen. Jesus made you worthy, made us ALL worthy, by dying for us on the cross. By His sacrifice He paid the price for us, making us all worthy. There is NOTHING we can do to earn our salvation, Jesus has done it for us. He has built the bridge back to God. And God loves you the way you are Gwen, but He's renewing you every single day in Christ. The evidence of that is here in your journal. What a fantastic journal it is, marking how every day you get stronger in Christ.
I read that you struggled to be at church... and I also read that, as a kid, you were a member of a mormon church. I helped (or tried to help) someone else who was a member of a mormon church and she told me some rather horrible stories. I don't want to be judgemental but I DON'T think that mormon churches are true to Christ... seer stones and other things like that don't appear in the Bible... and I've heard some horror stories about the mormon church
A true Church is one that is Biblical and has true fellowship amongst the congregation
And if you did something really bad to your mum (you're not the first to have done something bad to their mum) I know exactly what you can say "sorry". And then tell her everything you have learned about Jesus.
Read the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15: 11-32) It's all about me! (and you may recognize yourself in there too) but it has a GREAT ending.

[HelloMyNameIsSimon]

AND......... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[Upward]

"God looks not at the elegancy of your prayers, to see how neat they are; nor yet at the geometry of your prayers, to see how long they are; nor yet at the arithmetic of your prayers, to see how many they are; nor yet at the music of your prayers, nor yet at the sweetness of your voice, nor yet at the logic of your prayers; but at the sincerity of your prayers, how hearty they are."

God has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our life through; God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

But God has promised strength for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way; grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy, undying love.

“The Christian life is not by effort, and not by struggle;
not merely by trying to put into practice certain maxims, or by trying to attain to a certain measure;
but from beginning to end, and all together, it is a matter of knowing the Lord Jesus within.”

What are you to yourself? Worthless? Vile? Empty?

What is Jesus to you?
Precious? Lovely?
All your salvation?
All your desire?

What is sin to you?
The most hateful thing in the world?

What is holiness to you?
Most lovely? Most longed for?

What is the throne of grace to you?
The most attractive spot?

What is the cross to you?
The sweetest resting place in the universe?

What is God to you? Your God? Your Father? The spring of all your joys? The fountainhead of all your bliss? The center where your affections meet?

Is it so?

Then you are a child of God!

Those low views of yourself...that brokenness, that inward mourning, that secret confession, that longing for...more spirituality, more grace, more devotedness, more love, does but prove the existence, reality, and growth of God's work within you.

Cheer up, precious soul!
That soul never perished, that felt itself to be vile, and Jesus to be precious!


The Christian message is for those who have done their best and failed!

Much encouragement to you.
Rest yourself,
let go,
Trust in Jesus to bring you all the way.
God did not save us and then say "ok mate your on your own from here hope you make it"...no God has promised to take us all the way home to glory..rest..take a deep breath..a breath of freedom from your cares..God aint going to let you go.God will uphold you..through Christ Jesus all your sins are forgiven. If you have placed all your trust in Jesus you will never be lost again..

God bless...

[HelloMyNameIsSimon]

Upward, that is truly amazing. Thank you so much!!!

Simon

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thankyou and praise God that you both replied it means alot to me.
FRIDAY 13/04/ 7am

Yesterday I had to go to the city 3hours drive so we got home late, didnt get a chance to read or write here, havnt done anymore of the COOL councelling.

The doctors spent two hours explaining to us what was wrong with our grandaughter that is due in 8weeks.
Her spine will be born on the outside of her body, she will never walk or talk, she is missing digits in her fingers, missing bones in her arms, and to top everything off the daddy decided he didnt want to be apart of this childs life anymore let alone my daughter.

I dont know how to feel??

Lord let this be your will, we dont understand things but I know you held my hand yesterday, I know you didnt let go off me. When I visited my sister you were there for me too. I was afraid but you carried me again. Lord I pray for this baby and my daughter that through you we will cope. Lord today again I ask you to hold my hand that I can shine through you.
In your name Jesus amen

[HelloMyNameIsSimon]

Dear Gwen,
I am typing this 'on the fly' as such - not really making sure each word is finely placed but just saying it from the heart. Jesus will always hold you by the hand.

And you DO shine through Him... in fact He shines through you.

As Upward says: Undying love, unfailing sympathy, grace for the trials, help from above, light for the way, rest for the labor, strength for the day.

This is the love of God. And you have it.

He is with you, for your baby, every step of the way.

You are strong Gwen, because your strength comes from God.

And we are here with you because we are your friends.



Simon