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Snowboardingmom
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Username: Snowboardingmom
Post Number: 277
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:43 pm: |     |
"I haven't got time for the pain, I haven't got room for the pain, I haven't the need for the pain, Not since I've known you..."
Dental office music 
Grace |
River
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Username: River
Post Number: 800
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:49 pm: | |
Brother Jim,
I just got back from church, I requested prayer for you tonight and also your son.
God is a repairer of the breach.
I know about fretting, I finally reached a point to where I said "Lord whatever happens from now on I will receive as from your hand, and from that moment on I knew a peace that I had not known before, apparently that was what he was waiting for, if it is the same with you, believe me you cannot out wait him you aint got the years enough.
There is no lost time in Gods economy, as colleen said he uses everything and waste nothing.
I used to fret about the things I had not done or the wasted years but I am learning that there is no lost time with God, he is a redeemer and he will even redeem the time that we give him and he WILL repair the breach.
I pray that God will bless you as you seek his face.
River |
Snowboardingmom
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Username: Snowboardingmom
Post Number: 278
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 8:52 pm: | |
Ha! Just to clarify, by dental office music, I mean "easy listening". I didn't mean it was dental office music because it was about pain!
Grace |
River
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Username: River
Post Number: 802
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:22 pm: | |
What? you don't like the drills and the shots in the gums and stretching you jaw out of shape grace? |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 167
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:24 pm: | |
Jim,
You are not alone, friend. Your courage is an inspiration to me, and others as well, I'm sure.
The really good news about walking with the Lord is that we know how the story ends.
I'm not boasting in saying this, but someting has changed in my life that is far beyond what I ever expected. It has to do with praise, and I find myself praising God quietly in prayer. I never did this as an Adventist, and it's not something I would be naturally inclined to do, but here I am, doing it. I can tell you that the Lord is helping me at a level that only He can--there's no other answer. I'm not claiming to be a better person, but just thanking the Lord as I sense Him working at a level I cannot explain.
I agree with you that all these trials have a purpose, that they are not wasted, and it is my prayer for all of us that God will turn all this frustration and pain into praise for what He is doing (and has already done!!) for us.
God bless you, friend. Thanks again for your honesty and courage.
Bob |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 168
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:36 pm: | |
River
Your post really spoke to my heart, especially your kind words to Jim.
Thanks, friend. The Lord used you to bless me. It's been tough sailing for some of us here, and your gentle spirit is always an encouragement to me.
Bob |
Colleentinker
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Username: Colleentinker
Post Number: 5946
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 9:49 pm: | |
Grace, I'm laughing! It's a good thing you clarified, because I DID think of it in terms of pain...
Grace is my dentist--that's why this is so funny to me! I have to say, though, that she's great. In the past 11 months I have had one root canal and 5 crowns done by her and/or her husband (also a dentist...duh!)
Grace, I truly do not have pain when I'm in your chair. I've trusted you with my first five crowns!! (I know--my mouth reached "critical mass" and just fell apart this year!)
Colleen |
Randyg
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Username: Randyg
Post Number: 400
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:24 pm: | |
Grace, now if only they would have played that song in the delivery room, right!
Along with Colleen, I thought about my dental experiences.
I would have to say that some "easy listening" music is a pain.
And ladies....please no more comments about the Osmonds or David Cassidy!! |
Snowboardingmom
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Username: Snowboardingmom
Post Number: 279
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:34 pm: | |
We're glad to have you as our patient, Colleen!
Yes, as I was reading Lori's post, and got to the end where she mentioned the song, I started singing it to myself (because the easy listening station we have in our office plays the song ALL THE TIME). So I posted the chorus lyrics that she was asking about, thinking the entire time "dental office music" would of course mean easy listening/soft rock type of music. After I posted it, and re-read it, I thought to myself, "That didn't come across right!" I got a good laugh out of it.
Grace |
Jim02
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Username: Jim02
Post Number: 22
Registered: 5-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 8:19 am: | |
Everyone of you have expressed thoughts that have great meaning to me. I wish I could respond to each one individually. I am paying attention. Some things are right on target. Intuitive and coming from experience. I wish I had photographic memory.
Yes, I admit I am in a hurry to heal, to be rescued, to find answers, to overcome obstacles
and to find peace of mind again.
I feel like I am so close to wheels up, jumping to light speed. So close to a break through.
I am so encouraged to have found this forum. Colleen was a Godsend.
I agree , I have to tae as long as it takes. But I want to insure that I am no longer wasting time myself. No longer just drifting by assumptions.
No longer being my own worse enemy. Instead, to stay as close to God as I can, to enter his rest even though I don't know how, even though I do not know what his commands are for sure.
Whatever is without conviction........
That is a trap for me.
All of you know what the interlocks are with SDA. Such as "Believing a lie" , "The Shaking" and so on.
Bobj mentioned courage.
I wish I had peace even on that concept.
I have lived a life time of phobias mostly from medical fears, I abhor medical anything. (Big baby) , I have been injured or hospitalized 28 times through the years and developed trauma from it. So take that ingredient and mix it with SDA and you get "Coward" , Mix that with the list of people not in the kingdom from Revelation and presto, I stand condemned already and no way to resolve the dilema. I face my fears daily, I go on depsite my anxietys, I wear the mask.
I avoid , delay and drag my feet putting off things that I should not, I have chalenges yet to face soon. So , I guess I am cognizant enough to know in my heart that God knows I am doing my best despite my fears. But that SDA ,never knowing if we make the grade.
Courage battles have set me up for so much misery.
River:
"Lord whatever happens from now on I will receive as from your hand,"
That is where I am trying to get to.
To stop trying to control everything in my life. Especially others.
Thank You
Colleen:
When He is enough, we no longer grasp our loved ones in a death grip, and they can breathe around us. Moreover, we no longer NEED them in order to be whole or justified.
You have hit the nail on the head with this one!
You astound me!
Javagirl:
Personally, I have had the experience of being healed from deep wounds in less than an hour, when I have brought them to Jesus for healing. I like to say I completed 18 months worth of counseling in one hour with The Great Counselor.
I agree with you and the others at the same time.
It is a mix I suppose. But as I mentioned.
I am so close to getting it, so close.
A) Conviction about leaving SDA.
B) Conviction about the new Covenant, 10 C and being released from the 4th commandment obligation.
C) Linking to a sense of peace about the out of control aspects and events of my everyday life. To be free from this gut wrenching fear of loss.
To be able to hang on to His peace no matter what happens. To be able to let go of this crushing burden.
I am so close. I can sense it. That is why I have hope. I live on hope.
I guess I have vented enough. I need to switch modes. back up some , bit less intense.
Thank You all. |
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