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Started by Terence Nesbit
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:36
Words of Faith
Author: Terence Nesbit
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:36
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:36
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"Being at peace is the key to living this life. I always seem to find myself in positions that have me on the edge almost all of the time, but I still strive to find a way to be at peace. That is the only time that you, or anyone else, could truly serve God. Perhaps that is the reason why so many people want everyone on edge so much. They keep trying to find ways to corrupt someone else's soul. I keep thinking about the book of Revelations, and I have done so for an extremely long time. I keep trying to see some key point in time that will clearly state where we are, but besides for the feeling that we are at that point in time, I don't see it. I see things as all mixed up together, maybe that is why I read, had to read, the book of Nostradamus, excerpts of it anyway. He stated that everything seemed jumbled the closer we came to the end. It is an interesting hypothesis. Although he dated humanity's demise after 3000 ad, I don't worry about that, we know not the minute nor the hour. I don't mean to sound morbid, or anything like that. I am just writing things, and I know that no matter where we are in the timeline of this life, we have to live this life that we were given. We can't let our "oil" dry up. There are two points to that scripture. One part is to hold on to one's faith, the other is to live this life, we can't sit and wait for the end. Why must we continue to live and to do? Because idleness leads us to a position where the demon can corrupt us. It isn't just corruption due to doing evil, but it is corruption due to doing nothing when we should do something, as well as corruption due to seeing his return here or there when it really was not quite time. We are to wait, just as always. If we believe and have faith, we will know when the real event occurs." This is an excerpt of something that I wrote to someone. It was while I was writing this that I had a sudden feeling that I needed to send this out to others.
Re: Words of Faith
Author: modematic
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:58
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:58
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On Aug 6, 1:36 am, "Terence Nesbit" <TerryK...@att.net> wrote: > "Being at peace is the key to living this life. I always seem to find > myself in positions that have me on the edge almost all of the time, but I > still strive to find a way to be at peace. That is the only time that you, > or anyone else, could truly serve God. 1) It is highly questionable whether there is a Dog to serve. 2) How do you know S/He does not prefer active people? > Perhaps that is the reason why so > many people want everyone on edge so much. They keep trying to find ways to > corrupt someone else's soul. I keep thinking about the book of Revelations, > and I have done so for an extremely long time. I keep trying to see some > key point in time that will clearly state where we are, That book, even more than the rest of the B., is so vague and silly that you can read anything you want into it. Why not just put it down and try to analyze the real world rationally? > but besides for the > feeling that we are at that point in time, I don't see it. I see things as > all mixed up together, maybe that is why I read, had to read, the book of > Nostradamus, excerpts of it anyway. He stated that everything seemed > jumbled the closer we came to the end. It is an interesting hypothesis. > Although he dated humanity's demise after 3000 ad, I don't worry about that, > we know not the minute nor the hour. Not to mention that we know he was full of bull. > > I don't mean to sound morbid, or anything like that. I am just writing > things, and I know that no matter where we are in the timeline of this life, > we have to live this life that we were given. We can't let our "oil" dry > up. There are two points to that scripture. One part is to hold on to one's > faith, the other is to live this life, we can't sit and wait for the end. Well, so much for your "peace" claims. > Why must we continue to live and to do? Because idleness leads us to a > position where the demon can corrupt us. Oh, my, the "demon!" Don't let those Yetis that are living in the propane tanks of your doublewide get you either. >It isn't just corruption due to > doing evil, but it is corruption due to doing nothing when we should do > something, as well as corruption due to seeing his return here or there when > it really was not quite time. We are to wait, just as always. If we > believe and have faith, we will know when the real event occurs." > > This is an excerpt of something that I wrote to someone. It was while I was > writing this that I had a sudden feeling that I needed to send this out to > others. Thanks. Everybody needs a laugh.
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