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Post by cwood85 on Jul 25, 2017 10:14:26 GMT -6
Recently I have been praying and writing about my emotions of the knowledge that is literally in mine and many others opinions spilling from scripture about the times we are in and the enormity of it. It is actually at times overwhelming to be honest in both a good and burdened sense. I am sure I am not alone in these feelings.
Being an avid journalist to get my many and scattered thoughts (thanks ADHD) out of my mind, in recent months my journal entries are entirely to the Lord. Maybe as a written prayer.
While the times are amazing to be in and witness, I cannot help feel burdened and sad as well. The thought of the truths to come are well, terrifying. How can they not be? I am not afraid for myself or what is going to happen to me because I know were I stand with the Lord. He will be here for me no matter what. However all we know with our eyes and existence is the earth and the people around us. I have felt this way before even knowing of these great signs and information that is now being fulfilled on a daily basis. It is like we can go off a checklist now at this point. The thought of massive amounts of human death and suffering however is no easy emotion to process. I pray for comfort daily. I am in my best abilities trying to tell those I know of the things to come and the Salvation of Jesus Christ. It is no easy task however.
The other emotional process I am having is meeting our maker. My heart is filled with joy and excitement that is it very possible in the very near future we will be seeing the Lord. At the same time my bones are literally trembling at the same thought. My brain trying to process meeting the Lord who is an all powerful Devine being is quiet terrifying lol. Not entirely in a negative way either, but in the sense that we have never come face to face with Him and have never experienced such an event in all of our lives. I feel I will be like Daniel and fall flat on my face.
I do not think these feelings are simply from an anxiety, but are part of the burden of what is to come. I am not worried or in fear because the Spirit of the Lord has filled my heart. The human element and experience though is something that cannot be ignored and made to go away.
With these emotions and thoughts I am taking great appreciation of what is around me and the beauty of summer. Instead of sitting back and just waiting for the day I am trying to spend more time with my family. Playing with my children and conversing more with my husband. Reading my bible outside and breathing the air of fresh cut grass. Looking at the beauty of nature and all of Gods wonderful creations. Enjoying simple things. Because right now this is what I know. Enjoy your friends, family, and the beauty around us. Be there for them and let the love and comfort of Jesus Christ shine from you.
If this needs to be moved to another thread, please feel free to do so. I was not sure were to post it. Thank you to anyone who reads and God bless.
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Post by mike on Jul 25, 2017 10:26:52 GMT -6
i can tell you that you are not alone in your thoughts and feelings. I get that way every other day or so as well. The enormity and reality of what is likely about to happen terrifies me (in a good way) and humbles the living daylights outta me! It also scares me for those who will be left behind. I keep having to remind myself how Noah must have felt when he knew the rains were coming for over 100 yrs. He musta doubted from time to time. He ceratinly had to listen to everyone tell him he was crazy too!
I often think and have said on some other thread, "shouldnt I be acting like John the Baptist right now", shouldnt people everywhere be hearing the message of repentance? Then my (dumb) intellect kicks in "what if this is wrong, how will that make you & the Lord look"...I realize we cant just run around screaming repent, but sometimes i think I ought to! If i really believe this about to occur, why wouldnt I?
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Post by uscgvet on Jul 25, 2017 10:30:17 GMT -6
"and humbles the living daylights outta me!"
Understatement of the century!
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 25, 2017 11:08:16 GMT -6
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings, cwood. I think it's safe to say that most of us on here are going through some very similar things. I feel my physical heart pain more as I am burdened for the Lord and His work, and for souls. Had a lot of struggle last night witnessing to my coworker--by text message! And my cousin around midnight by phone. Let's all try to pray for each other. I will go ahead and move this thread to Spiritual Warfare, as I think it fits well there.  |
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Post by cwood85 on Jul 25, 2017 11:34:13 GMT -6
i can tell you that you are not alone in your thoughts and feelings. I get that way every other day or so as well. The enormity and reality of what is likely about to happen terrifies me (in a good way) and humbles the living daylights outta me! It also scares me for those who will be left behind. I keep having to remind myself how Noah must have felt when he knew the rains were coming for over 100 yrs. He musta doubted from time to time. He ceratinly had to listen to everyone tell him he was crazy too! I often think and have said on some other thread, "shouldnt I be acting like John the Baptist right now", shouldnt people everywhere be hearing the message of repentance? Then my (dumb) intellect kicks in "what if this is wrong, how will that make you & the Lord look"...I realize we cant just run around screaming repent, but sometimes i think I ought to! If i really believe this about to occur, why wouldnt I? Certainly humbled yes. I also think of Noah often as he had FAR longer to know and tell others of these things and was all alone. No internet to connect with others lol to share thoughts and feelings with. I am thankful that I will not feel doubt and uncertainty for 100+ years.
At the same time however with things going the way they are and so many with similar feelings. Even non believers feel an event is coming or going to happen. It is all over the internet. Before (at least to my knowledge anyways) when things like this were spoke of it was by a small group of people and they only seemed concerned with being first in line (like waiting on a mountain top for several days). The sense of telling others did not seem to be of concern to them as it is now with so many. This to me is in a way a confirmation that we are quiet possibly not incorrect (in my opinion anyways).
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Post by mike on Jul 25, 2017 12:05:27 GMT -6
i can tell you that you are not alone in your thoughts and feelings. I get that way every other day or so as well. The enormity and reality of what is likely about to happen terrifies me (in a good way) and humbles the living daylights outta me! It also scares me for those who will be left behind. I keep having to remind myself how Noah must have felt when he knew the rains were coming for over 100 yrs. He musta doubted from time to time. He ceratinly had to listen to everyone tell him he was crazy too! I often think and have said on some other thread, "shouldnt I be acting like John the Baptist right now", shouldnt people everywhere be hearing the message of repentance? Then my (dumb) intellect kicks in "what if this is wrong, how will that make you & the Lord look"...I realize we cant just run around screaming repent, but sometimes i think I ought to! If i really believe this about to occur, why wouldnt I? Certainly humbled yes. I also think of Noah often as he had FAR longer to know and tell others of these things and was all alone. No internet to connect with others lol to share thoughts and feelings with. I am thankful that I will not feel doubt and uncertainty for 100+ years.
At the same time however with things going the way they are and so many with similar feelings. Even non believers feel an event is coming or going to happen. It is all over the internet. Before (at least to my knowledge anyways) when things like this were spoke of it was by a small group of people and they only seemed concerned with being first in line (like waiting on a mountain top for several days). The sense of telling others did not seem to be of concern to them as it is now with so many. This to me is in a way a confirmation that we are quiet possibly not incorrect (in my opinion anyways).
Really? What gives you the notion non-believers feel something is about to happen? I dont get that sense in my area. Everyone is "business as usual" just like Jesus said they would be. Compared to other "end of the world" theories this one has many, many, many scriptural verses to back it up. yet as I noted elsewhere at the very least (and no one should be taking this lightly) we have astronomical evidence that biblical/scriptural prophecy is about to take place. That in and of itself should be a testament to non-believers that the bible is real, accurate and true! |
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Post by cwood85 on Jul 25, 2017 12:30:56 GMT -6
Certainly humbled yes. I also think of Noah often as he had FAR longer to know and tell others of these things and was all alone. No internet to connect with others lol to share thoughts and feelings with. I am thankful that I will not feel doubt and uncertainty for 100+ years.
At the same time however with things going the way they are and so many with similar feelings. Even non believers feel an event is coming or going to happen. It is all over the internet. Before (at least to my knowledge anyways) when things like this were spoke of it was by a small group of people and they only seemed concerned with being first in line (like waiting on a mountain top for several days). The sense of telling others did not seem to be of concern to them as it is now with so many. This to me is in a way a confirmation that we are quiet possibly not incorrect (in my opinion anyways).
Really? What gives you the notion non-believers feel something is about to happen? I dont get that sense in my area. Everyone is "business as usual" just like Jesus said they would be. Compared to other "end of the world" theories this one has many, many, many scriptural verses to back it up. yet as I noted elsewhere at the very least (and no one should be taking this lightly) we have astronomical evidence that biblical/scriptural prophecy is about to take place. That in and of itself should be a testament to non-believers that the bible is real, accurate and true! YouTube lol. It is often commented as aliens or something similar. It is not a huge amount by any means but the comments are there. |
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Post by mike on Jul 25, 2017 12:40:17 GMT -6
Oh I see the coming alien invasion, LOL The way I see it is the media (controlled by maybe 5 corporations) tells 'us' exactly what they want us to hear. Why do you think they continue to propitiate (via NASA) other possible worlds to live on (think Trappist), or Planet X is out there help us find it, or we hear radio frequencies from 17 million light years away. I mean really c'mon! they want the masses to be numb to the reality of when things actually occur they can say "see we've been telling about this for a while now" As you are liekly aware the whole thing is orchestrated by the enemy! He control this world system and has been and continues to set-up the greatest deception of all time. the cover up of the rapture. example www.space.com/37604-nasa-citizen-scientist-solar-eclipse-app.html - help us with the eclipse www.space.com/36322-planet-nine-candidates-citizen-science.html - more citizen scientists helping locate planet 9 |
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Post by cwood85 on Jul 25, 2017 13:45:47 GMT -6
Oh I see the coming alien invasion, LOL The way I see it is the media (controlled by maybe 5 corporations) tells 'us' exactly what they want us to hear. Why do you think they continue to propitiate (via NASA) other possible worlds to live on (think Trappist), or Planet X is out there help us find it, or we hear radio frequencies from 17 million light years away. I mean really c'mon! they want the masses to be numb to the reality of when things actually occur they can say "see we've been telling about this for a while now" As you are liekly aware the whole thing is orchestrated by the enemy! He control this world system and has been and continues to set-up the greatest deception of all time. the cover up of the rapture. example www.space.com/37604-nasa-citizen-scientist-solar-eclipse-app.html - help us with the eclipse www.space.com/36322-planet-nine-candidates-citizen-science.html - more citizen scientists helping locate planet 9 Couldn't agree more! But some with common sense will simply comment that things cannot continue with the rate that they are going. The world cannot survive in the state that it is in. I always comment with the gospel to these comments. Some of the elites I think are trying to get away from it. They seriously think they can. Spending billions on spacecraft and booking seats for mars. Sorry but they are going to be very disappointed. |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 26, 2017 0:37:46 GMT -6
A lot of unbelievers are sensing doom. People I talk to are scared stiff. Some don't see it, but some do.
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Post by mike on Jul 26, 2017 6:20:56 GMT -6
A lot of unbelievers are sensing doom. People I talk to are scared stiff. Some don't see it, but some do. Yeah I guess I have this some but most (and naturally so) relate things back to Trump and/or government not doing the right things. Sad to see so many not hearing and not having eyes to see. |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 26, 2017 9:22:32 GMT -6
I know. Unbelievers don't know the true source(s) of the impending doom, but many of them sense it. Some do not, evidently.
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Post by mike on Jul 26, 2017 13:31:43 GMT -6
I know. Unbelievers don't know the true source(s) of the impending doom, but many of them sense it. Some do not, evidently. Isnt it crazy tho?! I spoke at length with a friend not too long ago about a lot. I told him start reading and praying as he claims to "believe". Though its not my place to judge (nor would I ever want that position, even better cant/won't/don't qualify...) I had to stress to him how important the relationship with Christ is. Yet he has many mystical items in his home including a persian type carpet with swasticas on it (or at least they sure look like them to me). My point is though he believes and we had the conversation, the next time we spoke it was back to "can you believe this (expletive) Trump is doing". His actions do not match that of a believer, nor does his worldview. Its a shame. I dont know where those who say they believe (similar to him) will fall (on rapture day). But thats why i'm not the judge |
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Post by watchmanjim on Jul 26, 2017 18:56:22 GMT -6
I know, I have friends like that too. It's sad and disturbing.
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