The Understanding Of a Kindred Spirit
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 6:32 pm
Last Updated:Aug 4, 2008 9:17 pm 2953 Views
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How I feel about the whole soulmate thing can at times come and go for me like the seasons. I think when you have a true and deep feeling of connection with anyone be it male as in a dating relationship or a female who is a good close friend, you can be or classify that at as a good soul connection.
To me it's like the birds of a feather, kindred spirit, cut from the same cloth kind of feeling that you get with certain people who are in or come into your life.
I think it rarely happens but it does happen... when you connect so well on so many levels with someone it's like a meeting of the heart, mind, body, soul, spirit and personality all at once. And it can be thrilling when we encounter people on this level.
Something about that person really reverberates and matches up with something inside of you. It's a really deep and joyful feeling like when we say this is my brother or my sister from another mother...lol. To me it's like that kind of feeling... almost like you were somehow seperated at birth.
In Christ it's true we are all related as brothers and sisters... but there are some we just feel more of a clear and special connection with. The communication is usually more open and free with people like this. The kinds of people who love and accept us no matter what and the ones we can call on to share all of our joys and sorrows. These are sometimes the people we become best friends with because they are fun, supportive and easy to be with.
One day I pray that God will bless me and give me the desire of my heart and open the door for me to have a beautiful relationship with a good man. Friendship is such a key element to all of this... because if you don't like someone how do you ever really grow to love them the way you need to love someone you choose to be a spouse and spend the rest of your life with?
I think we are all looking for a good fit in a good, healthy, blessed by God relationship... to me this is at least one definition of a soulmate.
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The Understanding Of a Kindred Spirit
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 6:32 pm
Last Updated:Mar 31, 2008 5:28 pm 3281 Views
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How I feel about the whole soulmate thing can at times come and go for me like the seasons. I think when you have a true and deep feeling of connection with anyone be it male as in a dating relationship or a female who is a good close friend, you can be or classify that at as a good soul connection.
To me it's like the birds of a feather, kindred spirit, cut from the same cloth kind of feeling that you get with certain people who are in or come into your life.
I think it rarely happens but it does happen... when you connect so well on so many levels with someone it's like a meeting of the heart, mind, body, soul, spirit and personality all at once. And it can be thrilling when we encounter people on this level.
Something about that person really reverberates and matches up with something inside of you. It's a really deep and joyful feeling like when we say this is my brother or my sister from another mother...lol. To me it's like that kind of feeling... almost like you were somehow seperated at birth.
In Christ it's true we are all related as brothers and sisters... but there are some we just feel more of a clear and special connection with. The communication is usually more open and free with people like this. The kinds of people who love and accept us no matter what and the ones we can call on to share all of our joys and sorrows. These are sometimes the people we become best friends with because they are fun, supportive and easy to be with.
One day I pray that God will bless me and give me the desire of my heart and open the door for me to have a beautiful relationship with a good man. Friendship is such a key element to all of this... because if you don't like someone how do you ever really grow to love them the way you need to love someone you choose to be a spouse and spend the rest of your life with?
I think we are all looking for a good fit in a good, healthy, blessed by God relationship... to me this is at least one definition of a soulmate.
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My Point Of View- Clearing the Air...
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 4:23 pm
Last Updated:Nov 28, 2008 11:09 am 3738 Views
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It's True- I think Obama should have left his former minister in the dust years ago... and maybe he should have had the foresight to do so sooner than he did, but as he explained the pastor had been a part of his life like family. If you think about it everyone has and deals with people and crazy relatives that embarrass us that we do not see eye to eye with on everything.
It's not unusual for people to learn to tolerate, even accept and try to compartmentalize the ignorance of some of the people in our lives... we do it all the time... do we not?
Obama can not be held responsible for his pastors prejudice, ignorance or lack of good judgment. His pastor is from a whole other generation that had a whole other mindset and way of seeing the world.
Black people were constantly and horribly discriminated against especially in earlier generations. In that climate anyone can easily learn to hate- when it's part of your community it's hard to escape that mindset especially if you were raised in that earlier generation.
Not everyone can be Martin Luther King you know, but thank God there are men like him- beacons of hope and truth in a time of desperation and darkness. You don't have to go back very far in the history books to know that what I am saying is true.
Obama is clearly not his pastor and he is not of the same generation nor of the same mindset. He has his own mind and his own views. I know that Senator Obama is able to see the destructiveness of the old ways of thinking and the old mindset within his own community. You have to be able and willing to separate one from the other.
I lived in Houston in a predominately black community for over three years. I'm not just saying all of this because of emotion or because I think it sounds good. I do understand a thing or two about the black community and how many people think. This preachers views are ugly and full of prejudice but they are not at all uncommon for a man of his generation. It's real to me because I have lived in it, and that's why I so desperately see the need for things to change.
I think Obama is human and I think he was trying to be diplomatic and was agreeing to disagree with his pastors point of view for a long time for the sake of past history, community and family ties. It simply got to a point where those ties had to be severed and he has appropriately done that.
I really think he has explained his stand on the issues and he did it very well in his speech when he spoke on racial unity. If you do not think so you should listen to it again and try to do so prayerfully with an open mind to God's will for the future of this country.
We all have to be able to make a choice- we all have to pick someone to vote for. I am just giving some of the reasons why I choose to vote for Obama. I think it's important to be able to see a mans individual character and I believe I have the discernment to be able to see past the political smoke and mirrors, the mud slinging and the rhetorical ignorance of those who choose to be uninformed.
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Making An Informed Decision
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 3:57 pm
Last Updated:Apr 12, 2008 2:53 pm 3164 Views
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It's true with politics and even with some aspects of life... it can be dirty business. Even when we are just talking about certain issues people can and do get so defensive, fighting and rolling around in the muck... it seems to bring out the worst in some folks... it has with me and it's not something I am proud of.
It's really hard to play nice and keep your mouth shut when you are being maligned and told you are stupid over and over again by someone who goes around acting like some, destructive, pea-brained gorilla... I do not enjoy this but in an odd way it has given me the chance to speak up and strengthen my own point of view.
There are even some people who act as if it's a sin to support or believe in someones' cause enough to want to vote for them... please wake up! I think the reason people don't vote or talk about it or want to do anything when it comes to change or government is just fear, misinformation and sometimes just apathy.
To make an informed decision you have to want to be informed. I did not start out wanting to campaign for Obama but it just started to seem more and more important for to me to speak up.
There are some people who have even gone so far as to accuse me of worshiping Obama... of course I do not, but I will choose to vote for him. He is the candidate that I identify with the most on the issues... and I am not afraid to say that nor should I be.
I've gone to his web-sight, read what he has to say about the issues, I've carefully listened to his speeches, and I have looked at the issues. So many people have said to me that Obama is just too good to be true... My perspective is different... I say he is just TRUE ENOUGH TO BE GOOD!
He is a man. he has his flaws as all men do but you have to make a choice and it's okay to talk about it. Everyone is going to vote or at least everyone should. If you want to make an informed decision you have to talk about these things.
God is in my heart and at the center of my life and I think what gets me and probably anyone else fighting mad is when we try so hard to live what we believe then someone ruthlessly tries to bully us and then tries to tear us and our character apart in front of others. I'm human and I do get defensive... but I am learning.
This is America and we all have something called the Bill of Rights. It outlines the fact that we do have freedom of speech as well as religion and no one has the right to use fear tactics to bully anyone into silence especially not someone who goes around acting like a pea-brained gorilla!
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Are We A Part Of The Solution?
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 3:01 pm
Last Updated:Mar 30, 2008 10:39 am 2958 Views
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Are we trying to be a REAL blessing to one another... or are we just walking around in our comfort zones of ignorance, darkness and blind prejudice making blanket statements, drawing battle lines, and condemning others...
Is anyone else tired of being judged and jumped on by people who think they know it all and yet don't even seem to care one bit about who you are as a in God's Kingdom?
So many people just want to sit back, complain, point fingers, and thoughtlessly make those who are hurting- hurt even more. It's so easy to lose focus and forget what's really important and it's NOT our opinions of one another.
What's important is the reality of God's Love and forgiveness and living in that.
There are others who usually get easily offended and just want to go along thinking the Christian life should be all sunshine and cotton-candy.
I just can't live like that... if life were really that way- we would all wind up with sunburns and really bad teeth! LOL- They just don't seem to get it- Christian life is real life- not some bright, fluffy, sweet, pink-fantasy.
Yes we are Christians but we are also imperfect and still quite human... I know, and sometimes I can act like a silly, stubborn . Sometimes I take things too seriously- and sometimes not serious enough.
We all make mistakes and fall sometimes. What matters is when we get back up and then dust ourselves off... do we learn from those mistakes or just keep making the same ones time and time again?
My guess is with most people it's probably a little bit of both. Whether we realize it or not... everything we do is a choice- and those choices usually impact others.
I pray to God that what I am doing, even if it is misunderstood at times by some, is serving the greater-good and ultimately a part of the solution and not just adding to the problem... I know- what a concept.. but still this is my prayer!
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LOST and LOST Souls
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Posted:Mar 29, 2008 1:38 pm
Last Updated:Mar 31, 2008 9:07 am 3008 Views
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Someone posted a story on their blog about being lost once when they were a and it reminded me of what happened to me when I was a ...
I remember getting lost in the mall once when I was little probably close to the age of four or five. A really nice family found me- and took me to security and they stayed with me until my family found me.
I don't remember but they must have announced there was a lost in the mall but I do still remember sitting there when my older brother found me... and in true big brother fashion he got mad at me and said something like 'you're going to be in so much trouble when we get home- we have all been looking for you and mom is really upset!'
Up to that point I had been alright, but then I think I got really scared and The security guard looked at me and said something like 'do you know him... is he related to you?' I just looked at him and the family who had found me and shook my head and said "NO!" and then I burst into tears! I'm not too sure what happened next but of course I ended up going home with my family... now thinking about it it's even a little bit funny.
I don't really remember getting in trouble either... probably because I was crying- I think what happened by the time my mom got there and saw me crying was she just picked me up and I just went with her, sometimes mom's can be a little more understanding than big brothers.
This got me thinking... how do we usually approach people in our lives who are lost, scared or hurting? Do we do it like a big brother with warnings and scare tactics that fill their hearts with fear and dread or do we do it in a kind, caring way like a compassionate loving parent would do? Since God is Love and He is our Father maybe we should be a little more careful about how we decide to approach people.
Are we being a part of the solution or just adding to the problem? It's easy to forget but what's important is NOT our opinions of one another. I think we should all try to keep our focus more on sharing the message of God's love and forgiveness and quit trying to use ridiculous scare tactics on those who are already lost, scared or hurting. People who act all tough and defensive are usually just masking their own fears... just a thought- what do you think?
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Woman survives car crash... (true story)
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Posted:Mar 24, 2008 7:47 pm
Last Updated:Dec 5, 2008 9:02 pm 4586 Views
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April 6th is not only seven days before my next birthday... it will be the six month anniversary of a life changing event for me.
On Oct,06,2007 I was in a car accident- bald tires made it too hard for me to stop in time and panic kept me from turning the wheel to prevent a serious car crash. I went into a 50 foot skid and hit a retaining wall practically standing on the break pedal with my right foot. My right leg took the full impact of the crash.
I was in the hospital for two weeks. The first week I spent with an external-fixator screwed into the bone and attached to my right lower leg to help realign and set the broken bones. The fixator was so heavy and the pain was so bad that I could hardly move from the bed the entire week. This meant being in constant pain along with the embarrassment of having to use a bed pan and sometimes having to rely on male nurses to do so... I'm pretty private so this was a very humbling and difficult thing for me.
The second week I spent in even more pain recovering from surgery. I had broken both bones below my knee (the tibia and the fibia) crushed both my heel and my ankle as well. Below the knee my leg is now full of hardware- pins, screws and plates.
I lost my car in the accident, my independence, I could no longer walk and eventually I lost my apartment because I could no longer climb to the second story and I could not work to pay my rent. I called everywhere and there was no help for me physically and financially my life was at a miserable and painful stand-still and all I could do was sit there or lay there and be in pain.
I didn't want to but I ended up having to stay with my mom and this too was difficult for me. To say the least our relationship was strained because of past hurts and misunderstandings. For weeks I did nothing but lay in bed watching TV because there was really not much else that I could do.
I spent over three long months in a wheel chair, and then a couple of months on a walker. I now walk (praise-God) with the assistance of a walking boot- which I love because at least I am ambulatory and can now walk! The boot was donated to me by some of my wonderful Karaoke friends and I joke that they are miracle workers because they have made the lame to walk again. I will never take being able to walk for granted again. I still have a small wound that has not fully healed and some pain but hopefully, by this time next year- this will all be nothing but a bad memory for me.
If it were not for friends who love me, my family, my sometimes good sense of humor, my cat, my faith in God and Karaoke... I don't know how I would have made it through the past half year of my life. I am getting better every day but I still need friends, support and prayers. I spend a lot of my time these days online and am wanting to get back to work as soon as that's possible. I am looking for God's help and guidance as I work hard at trying to get my life back... but at least I am alive and I am very thankful for that.
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I think we should pray for jerseygirl1964
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Posted:Mar 24, 2008 12:15 pm
Last Updated:Mar 25, 2008 10:27 am 3369 Views
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She's really a sweet person and I'm not sure what's going on but I get the feeling something really terrible has happened in her life... Only god knows all of the actual details and I hope I am wrong.
I'm still a little new here and my membership is standard so I have no way of knowing exactly what's going on, but her friends who have known her much longer probably do.
I think the rest of us might need to try to lift this up as an unspoken prayer request...I believe her name is Ginny and I think she may really need our prayers... please ask God to comfort and support her with what ever it is she is having to deal with right now.
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Another Easter... Thank You Jesus!
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Posted:Mar 23, 2008 10:03 pm
Last Updated:Mar 30, 2008 10:42 am 2912 Views
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Another Easter has come and gone and so it goes with Easter 2008...
Celebrations with friends and family will be tucked away in our hearts and our minds with all of our other precious memories... what was your favorite Easter memory this year?
Right now I just want to say- thank you Jesus for dying on the cross and shedding you precious blood to save us from our sins. Each day guide us... show us your way, your truth, your life.
Thank you for keeping your promise and for rising from the dead and walking away from the tomb teaching us to walk away from the death of sin and all that would entomb us in this life.
Thank you for your love and forgiveness, continue to lift us up when we fall. Thanks for never giving up on us and for making a way for each us to be reconciled to God.
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Top 10 Signs the Easter Bunny is Nuts!
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Posted:Mar 23, 2008 7:38 pm
Last Updated:Mar 28, 2008 3:53 pm 3476 Views
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10. Neighbors keep describing him as "a quiet loner."
9. Removed from a department store last December after screaming at Santa, "You're going to die up there, fat man!"
8. Can't stop washing his paws.
7. Colorful eggs now filled with Prozac.
6. Apartment walls covered with photos of Britney Spears.
5. Prank calls the toothfairy 20 times a day
4. Body of Energizer bunny recently discovered in his crawl space.
3. Won't come out of his compound in Waco, Texas.
2. He's hippity-hopped up on coffee grounds.
1. Keeps rubbing his own foot for good luck.
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