Can I make a difference?

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Comment by feet breath on May 4, 2012 at 2:11pm

God bless you too sister!

 

When I was younger I was very uncompassionate as well. I was a very bad kid. But, we are new creatures in Christ. Praise God!

 

Sister, I want to do something....That organazation is what's making them not think for themselves...the organazation is the problem. If they could just think for themselves it'd be so much better.

 

God is slowly letting me understand people better. He's helped me me more compassionate than before. He knows ways to help me understand.

 

Some things I guess can't be put into words and I can't even grasp some concepts going on in life right now. God understands....He knows. I can't put it into words right now.

 

Knowing the person is lost...Something in me just wants to just take one of their hands and hold it not saying anything.

 

In Christ,

feet breeze

Comment by Mary O on May 4, 2012 at 12:06pm

God bless you Feet!

I love you! The person I was at one time didn't feel warmth and compassion. I was very cold and emotionless. When I look at the internet sites of my childhood friends, I see it there. I so wanted to connect with them. I think God's not finished working in their lives.

I'm so thankful that I got away from that that I've been delivered from all the darkness. When I realized it was God's love that I wanted all the time, I went for it.

You know I think you're up to the job of witnessing. Sometimes it's the love and warmth that you have that Christ in you. It's so obvious to me that you care about people. I think God can work with you and give you the words. I think God believes in you.

Love,

Mary

Comment by feet breath on May 3, 2012 at 7:21pm

Sister, Mary O, you don't realize how much of a relief it is to "talk" to you. You, Amanda, Chip (sorry Chip, forgot the whole user name)...And, there's the other brothers and sisters who have showed compassion on me, thank you. Knowing people who have Christ like love...it means more than I can put into words right now.

 

I know what would have probably happened if God didn't intervene in my life. Let's just say I was really suicidal and was getting into something very unpleasent on the internet...

 

Also a few years later I would have probably became a JW if I was still alive that is and if God didn't intervene. 

 

Love,

feetbreeze

Comment by Mary O on May 3, 2012 at 12:14pm

I think about the what ifs all the time and become very thankful. I'm thankful you're here to talk to.  I hope you enjoy talking to me too.    :-)   I sense a lot of longsuffering in you. Longsuffering (a fruit of the spirit Galatians 5) is patience and the ability to not give up no matter what is occurring. It's a quality of self-restraint that when provoked you do not hastily retaliate. I see a lot of that fruit of the spirit in you.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. (Ephesians 4:2)

I got the chance to see what I could have been if God hadn't intervened. I found some of my childhood friends on the internet. At first they were glad to talk. But it became clear they are still into what I was into. I think I was 7-9 years old when I began working curious arts.

I tried to stay friends, but they have withdrawn and won't talk to me. They don't want to hear Bible verses. The things they put on the internet are loaded with evil symbols.

That person that I was feels like a dream because I don't do those things anymore. The pivotal point for me was when I chose God and accepted Jesus as my saviour.

Love,

Mary

Comment by feet breath on May 2, 2012 at 9:01pm

I know what it can be like sister, not to fullfill the desire. An old drunk out infront of a convient... didn't know how to talk to him. Well, my uncle said like a week later they found his body in the river. I've seen homeless people that needed help...

Comment by Lina on May 2, 2012 at 8:57pm

Sister, you are not alone in these thoughts. I think about this everyday when I look around me.  I think about how unworthy I am for what the Lord has done for me.  I have done or given nothing in return.  I always pray that the Lord will use me to do even the little things around me which I find difficult to do, like helping those I meet each day in their needs and sorrows.  I always pray for a life of service to the Lord, but I don't seem to be fulfilling this desire. 

Our God is good, and I think revealing Him to others through our daily encounters with them could be a starting point.

Blessings, sister!

Comment by feet breath on May 2, 2012 at 8:53pm

That's true. Only a real difference comes from God.

 

The sad thing is I know they're not in the right mind state because of all of the control. They have to be accountible dispite so many restrictions (can't read the bible alone/in small groups), have  to do believe everything the WT society says, the JW's salvation "is in the hands of the WT society".

 

I want to help, I know I have to trust in God. But, how can so many of the stumbling blocks in my way be removed...

Comment by Leonard T on May 2, 2012 at 6:41pm

Neither you nor I can make a difference. Only God working through us can make a real meaningful difference.

 

God's will for us is very simple. Live for Him now, here, this moment. Walk with Him in the present. When we walk with Him in the present we will notice something very wonderful ... His plan for our lives is being lived out day by day and being fulfilled.

 

Regarding a number of your other post. I can summerize something for you. You are only responsible for your actions. Your actions will include sharing the love of Jesus with others, but they ... not you ... are responsible for their actions before God. Love people, share Jesus, pray for them, but in the end their spiritual condition is between them and God.