Misshalfway

Welcome!!!!

Hey! Welcome to this great site! Hope you enjoy it here.

What an interesting story! Welcome to the board!

Bee Gee's

Creative. What would you do? Tap dance? Opera? Perhaps a little slight of hand?

Saturday Night Live

Regular! But I want he premium. Alas money does not grow on trees..... Minivan or SUV?

the blues

Yes! My Chevy is in the tree!

I'll say this.... Testimony is born in many ways. Sometimes in pubic meetings, and others in one to one teaching. Sometimes on message boards such as this! Testimony is also woven into the fabric of our lives. It comes out in our speech and action as we move and breath and interact with one another. I have been around individuals whose light and warmth were almost tangible. I felt the power and depth of the testimony without having been spoken to. So many on this board have born testimonies in non overt ways. I have been blessed by them. Some I have thanked. Others I have said a quiet thank you. I don't suppose we really know the good we do by just sharing our perspecitives, trials, and testimonies. ((((HUG TO THE BOARD))))))!

Members are offered a balanced and focused study complete with gospel, history, ministering and fellowship just as you describe. Not to mention the consistent admonitions to make our homes the center of our gospel teaching and study. Personal study is always encouraged, if not prioritized. No one is making excuses. If anyone in this church is ignorant, they had to try pretty hard at keeping their heads in the sand!

Christmas.....with a little lay over during New Years too and a winter cabin that is paid for by a mysterious benefactor. Gardening or housework?

Treetops

Air mattress. White or chocolate milk?

Thank you, Skaf.... and Moksha! You are both so right. I suppose in some ways I am in the midst of really understanding what forgiveness means for me and my situation. Sometimes it comes naturally. Sometimes I get confused with the difference between forgiveness and trust. I think the title of this thread says a lot. Can you forgive, but retain a remembrance of who not to trust again and why. If loving enemies means associating with them again, then I have problems. Some I wouldn't even question walking away from, such as an abuser. But in relationships, such as familial ones, where emotions run high and the potential for hurt is increased, the way gets muddier for me. I feel like I have forgiven to a point. I try to see the other side, have compassion for circumstances and lack of information, but at the same time, can't allow wrongs or violations to continue either. Can't open myself up again, as I have so often before, because I know the same disrespect will happen again. So, if saying no more or ouch or removing myself from the situation prevents me from having a full forgiveness in my heart, then I think I have more work to do. How often I have mused to myself similar words as Moksha was trying to say.....and then still find the pain still there? I wonder sometimes when I think I have forgiven and laid a matter to rest, why is there still pain? Perhaps the healing takes longer than the act of forgiving. Sometimes I feel like forgiveness hasn't been enough to heal situations. That makes me sad as well. How many times would I love for brothers to be brothers again.....only to find that forgiveness isn't always enough to repair the damage. Or perhaps the full measure of forgiveness isn't there in my heart yet. But Heaven knows I want it to be. Heaven knows......

Not for a million dollars! Do you yoga?

Ahhoooomm! Ahooommm!

Email. ( as I avoid the face to face. ahahaha!) Snow skiing or water skiing?

I must admit this concept being something that I aspire to but not something that I can live in my life in the terms you so eloquently placed above. I don't know how to forgive and then love that person like God would love me. Not sure I have that capacity. I know that I can forgive and move on. But I struggle with situations that don't end well or cleanly or situations that have no closure or hope of obtaining closure. I am afraid I have much to learn in terms of loving enemies. Perhaps loving them, is different than liking them. Perhaps loving them takes work. Perhaps God doesn't expect it all to happen in an instant. For now, I try my best with regards to the people in my life I need to forgive. I hope whatever I can offer will be acceptable to God or maybe He will help fill in the blanks.

Really cold. Cuz then you get to cuddle with someone over a little hot cocoa! Computer dates or face to face?

Alas, my fight for great, non airbrushed men and women everywhere is in vain........

hats

jokes

friend

It is amazing to me how many different ways Satan tries to tear down the worth of souls. He changes the definition of what makes a person "good" into a million different lies and mutations. He shames all of us and pushes us towards self loathing and if we loath ourselves, that leads us to treat others in similar fashion.