Brother Michael Sky
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Last time i was in the hospital, i escaped before lunch too....
My prayers continue....
I truly hope the lighthearted farewells can take place in the future at home as well.... grief is a chain that binds..
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I haven't been able to post, But I am including you in my heartfelt prayers...
We all have relatives who we feel need to shine their light a little more... the shadows get thicker and thicker, just before the dawn...... then, not a shadow can exist within the light...
I will send my Love and Light to your family AL, gladly.... and my prayers as well....
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can you smell what Ba-Rock is cookin?
can't you see him at his birthday party, hanging with Dwayne Johnson.... making cheesy ROCK jokes..?
wearing a double beer can hat.....
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So please be patient with some of the stupid questions I'm likely to ask and I look forward to meeting you.
If you'll be patient with ours....
I look forward to reading your posts...
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This is awesome... I could not stop smiling, they did a very good job on that....
8.9 million now.... -
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My prayers include strength for you.
Sometimes it seems the strong must suffer more, because they can... but I have faith that valuable wisdom will come as a result...
I am here, and I will be sending Prayer continually...
Shine your Light, my friend, for ALL in the situation need it...
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Stormson.... I'm going to step beyond the point I normally would - because you are a peer.....
I deal a lot with folks having similar problems with family relations ( including my family, my friend..)
Trust in the Love you have for your daughter - she knows you well.... she will desire a closer relationship with her mother, it is natural... however she will never forget the caring and support you have shown... if, as you believe, her mother does not supply the same - she will remember where she found that support, and she will come back to her Loving father, and it will be her own ( first hand ) experience which has supplied the necessary knowledge... she will need more of your support at that time to help her heal the hurt which will accumulate - you must be clearheaded to see what she needs from you.... release your anger where it may block your sight.... and continue to be that Loving father - your anger has no place around a sickbed...
I hope you do not take insult from my words. I know you probably know these things already - however I have benefitted from friends who voice the obvious at just the right time, and I only wish to do the same for you, my friend - irregardless of our difference of opinion in other areas.... I continue to pray for all of you....
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A Bio show on the Beatles aired a few days ago.... I was very surprised to see the atmosphere in which the Beatles were created.... seems they grew up in a similar environment to myself..... I've new respect for the guys....
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I will pray for her.... and I will send my well-wishes for understanding for you as well... It is very hard at times, when our best laid plans fall through, and we do not understand why, to see that it MAY be the hand of someone greater than ourselves, who is guiding us to an ultimately happier future...
Don't lose your trust Stormson - admit you do not understand - and ask for understanding.... it may take a while, but you will more than likely live to see the reasons... though I know there will be tough times until some understanding dawns.... I will send you my Love - for your highest and best good....
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impunity.... i LOVE that word.... however, uh,.... it is such a strong word.....lol
makes me really curious what " moving forward " means....
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I guess you could say that I am trying to use my ordination for the common good. I try to help friends and family in times of need and I also lead some local organizations that I am a part and leader of in prayer at meetings, events, and gatherings. I would have to say that I like helping people and being ordained helps me to accomplish this. I also am thinking of going to nursing homes in the near future to visit with the residents and help cheer them up, and possibly assist them in prayer or other religious duties that they they may ask me to preform.
Service to others.... you have my thanks, and a big high five...... welcome aboard....
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Thanks Brother Sky. I'm back to work now but my ankle still swells if I don't have it elevated. I'm walking with a limp but at least I'm on my feet and for the most part the pain isnt too bad. I have another xray in a week to make sure there is no hairline fracture. As I said in the healing thread I've never been trained with reiki. So I do energy work a little bit differently. I find my best energy work is when I am healthy myself. If I'm tired, sick, or just in an off mood I'm not going to do my best.
eat a little pepper - cayenne or red - to keep your circulation goin good.... a little valerian when you are sitting in the evening won't hurt... relax you and keep you from getting up every ten seconds...
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Not exactly spells. Energy work yes. But it is actually better to have someone else do it on you. Energy work on yourself when your injured or sick normally doesn't come off the way you want. If your unhealthy then your energy is unhealthy and your not likely to be effective.
makes me wonder, once again, about the similiarities between people's energy usage...
As a Reiki healer, I look forward to sessions when I am not feeling at my best.... I receive as much ( or more ) healing as the person I am working on.... In the beginning of my practice I noticed changes in my performance when sick ( and exhaustion afterwards ) but realized it was because I was trying to " give " the energy instead of being a conduit for the universal energies...
speaking of which - I'll be sending much love your way !!
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My point was that there is no remission of sin accept through Christ. Its not a question of; "if you do not obey him you will fry". I agree with you in the sense that the
is of no consequence for Christians who have firmly established their faith in God through Christ. But the devil is of influence in those who are wishy-washy in their belief. "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth" (Revelation 3:16). I'd ask you that if most liberals don't believe Jesus died for our sins, whether or not you also don't believe he was resurrected from the dead? I don't understand how a person professes to be Christian if they are in denial of those 2 essential tenants of the faith?It's not denial of the tenets....
being wishy-washy in belief could describe those who have stopped seeking as well, couldn't it Dan? We are supposed to meet the Lord halfway, right?
There are layers to any Spiritual Text... we honestly have the same foundation for the beliefs we hold ( in this instance, for this example... ) I see the facts of these events as having a slightly different meaning.... with the same " basic " importance... I also feel I have personal experience, witnessed by my very own senses, which ignite a fire under my belief which never was possible when i was reading letters off a page, and trying to find gidance there... I believe my faith to be rather heated....
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Messianic Jews are a Christian movement and most Jews do not recognise them as part of Judaism and there are so few of them that describing them as average or typical Jews is hardly fitting (IMO).
See:- http://www.religious...rg/mess_jud.htm
Asking Messianic Jews about Judaism and its connection to Christian beliefs is a bit like asking the pope for an unbiased view on Catholicism.
Thank you pete. I was asking a Jew about their view on the fact that Messianic Jews exist... I wanted to know ( and still do.. )the personal feelings on the matter from a perspective of a more orthodox jew.. There is a significant ( i was led to believe...) Messianic Jew community in Israel itself, I was curious to know what a " true " jew thought of this.... the differences seem insurmountable from an outside prospective yet those who profess these beliefs have a line of reasoning for it....
I believe my verbal clumsiness was the cause of my being ignored, however ..... at least the question wasn't loudly asked in my southern twang....
... it WAS easy to ignore..... how are we to know when we are being a total dweeb with a question, unless a polite " c'mon man, be quiet " is forthcoming...
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can't believe i didnt get a comment on that one...
I built it around three separate thoughts....
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I had questions along these lines... but i never got beyond my initial questioning.... no answer was forthcoming...
lets see if this flushes out a helpful fellow....
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Other notes on Hell:-
The threat of eternal heaven or eternal hell?
The threat of eternal hell is one of vengeance and serves no part in justice which seeks to reform a person by punishment.
The threat of hell is not justifiable proof in God.
If one does not believe in hell that the threat holds no threat to the non-believer and serves no purpose.
If hell is used to separate evil from good then what would be the point because people are already dead before they get there and there is little point in reviving someone just separate them from others.
Hell is revenge without rehabilitation and therefore serves no purpose that can be described as good and its threat does not serve to justify a belief in a God who said to be good.
To eternally punish someone is not justice and would say more about the sadistic nature of the person inflicting it rather than the good of them.
If we argue that God is all powerful then we have to say that evil exists because God has allowed it or there would not be evil. It therefore follows that God who would have us believe he is only good should be seen to hold some of responsibility for the existence of evil and therefore if punishment for exists for evil then God is also guilty.
If we are to believe that the way is narrow then we are also to believe that most will not make it and therefore we are met with a God who punishes many and gives pleasure for the very few. If that is so then justice is imbalanced against humanity and the very creation of God and which is said to have been created in God's prior knowledge. How does that make God good.
Religions that believe in some sort of punishment for not believing are mainly from Fundamental Christianity or Fundamental Islam. Judaism from which they both declare they grow from. interestingly does not. see:- http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/215,164/Does-Judaism-believe-in-Heaven-and-Hell.html
Hell in the Bible see:- http://www.tentmaker.org/books/TheBibleHell.html
I personally have had OBE experiences with fire - go figure, huh Dan? - In each one Fire has been a PURIFYING agent ( not in the least way associated with pain or suffering....) which is manifested in different ways for different reasons, but universally ( In my experience, now...) as a purifying agent.... to clear the dross which adheres even though you have progressed beyond it... to clear UNWARRENTED negativity...
I have also had experiences with CHRISTIANS who die consumed by guilt and find their HELL when they pass.... of their own choice and by their own creation, creating a circumstance where others must assist and attempt to get through to these poor souls who are lost IN THEIR OWN MISERY... as the Angels look on with concern and LOVE, giving an enormous amount of energy to the cause.... but they must first give up their FEAR of their Father.... ironic, no?
Am I aware that there are beings out there whose names will be erased from the Book of Life? ( for those who do not know - this is referring to what is called the Akashic Record ) Yes, they are out there.... and they will be there until the end of the Yuga.... and then they will be erased and will have never been.... until then they do the Lord's work... as everything in the Lord's creation must - by very nature...
But there is only a burning pit in the Christian claimed portion of the afterlife....
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Well, your definitely very liberal.
You don't believe Jesus had to die for our sins? Your right, he didn't have too, but he did so that we won't need to die for our sins.If you only believe in a self-imposed judgment, then I'm guessing your future is in pretty good hands?
The difference between liberalism and fundamentalism is that liberals agree with many sayings of Jesus the man, while fundamentalist embrace Jesus as the Christ (Emanuel), the only begotten Son of God. The question then becomes; Is agreeing with the teachings of Jesus enough to gain salvation, or is it a necessity to believe and accept Christ as our personal savior? I believe we are all dead to sin until we believe Jesus paid for our transgressions. We can all appreciate Jesus, but if we deny the cross, we deny Christ. "...The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1;7-10)
I'll step in front of this freight train.....
I'll be your huckleberry...
No I DO NOT believe that the man had to die to bring his message....
No, neither do I believe that his death did anything useful for us at all... how much more might we have learned from a live messenger over the course of a long life?
here's where I start hearing the train's whistles.....
Can you think of one group of people who have suffered atrocity repeatedly over the past couple thousand years? while still survivng to suffer? Could it have something to do with racial or group Karma? I'm just saying..... an argument COULD be made..... not that I am making it....
and because I believe in self-judgement I know that the right man is on the job... I am completely up to date with my transgressions.....
and for the rest, my friend Dan... we won't start arguing text.... I definitely see things differently there... I believe you are hanging on the words written by a monk in a cave, who never met the man himself.... who quite possibly was following orders at javalin point.... maybe even at the orders of the prostitute Theodora or her nasty, nasty husband Constantine...
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Oh please, can I answer this one?
I know that I am not supposed to
(because Pete is right; only you can truly answer this),
But I sense that you are really asking
"am I all alone in this perspective?"
(I don't believe that he rose from the dead, either,
even though I readily acknowledge that "resurrection"
is a wonderful mythic theme...
but you didn't ask that one!)
( IMO )Before the Christ Spirit was Bestowed upon the planet it was in a sort of limbo from the previous betrayal... The Bestowal of the Christ Spirit once again " jumpstarted " the continuing evolution of man - physically and spiritually.. The MAN... Immanuel... was the first of the Earthbound Spirits to experience this " jumpstart "... and he was able to allow witnesses.... because he came as a Pure spirit and left the same way - his roadmap to success for each of us...
If I understand you correctly, you believe that
"the Christ Spirit" was visited upon "the man Jesus",
and this was "the most recent such "incarnation"
(that we are aware of). That's pretty much
how I see the matter too. Of course, for me
this isn't dogma, it's just my way
of talking about something truly incomprehensible.
here I mostly agree wth you.... there have been many, many enlightened souls who have left the place better than it was when they came, however the Christ " occupation " is a singular event in the development of man ( which follows on the heels of another singular event - the betrayal...)
So, are you a Liberal Christian, Michael?
Do you try to live your life in accord
with the teachings and example of Jesus?
I think you do.
That makes you a Christian.
and the stuff we have just here discussed
makes you a Liberal Christian.
Now about those fire flies...
I see those fireflies as frequently as I am able, my friend....
Fundalmentalist ChristBud with a beautiful flower about to spring forth.
do I smell a new profile name for Fawzo?... bit long but.....
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thats good stuff Pete... thanks !
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Sky, that is one you have to answer for yourself.
However, I do not believe Jesus died for sins, had a virgin birth or that there is a hell or a devil. For me I believe there is that which is God and that which is not. There is whole lot of things I do not know and I ready to admit that.
The thing about being a liberal is I am also free to think and accept it and trust it to God to eventually make sense of it all..
actually i was hoping that the answer to the question could bump loose peoples thoughts on the matter.. there seems to be something that hasn't been said here...
as for me... I have a label collection... i use 'em for trivets...
ima go listen to that fireflies song again.....
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I like the words to this...
I believe the writer is into OBE's
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you keep on Ravenstrikes.... you keep me listening to good music...
I was just thinking that I always knew where to find you, in the current Mood thread with headphones on....
It's nice, kinda makes this place feel like a house...
you know Rev. Rainbow is at his desk coming up with wisdom for the folks...
Fawzo's out in the back yard diggin up bones.... comin up with unusual ideas to get you thinking...
Murph is in the Kitchen feeding the masses, keeping the house running...
Qyros is sitting under a tree out front - kids all around listening to verse...
SimplicitiesBrother headed out the front door with signs for the picketting party....
( why did i just think of Forest Gump - " sorry I ruined your black panther party..."?)
I could go on and on....
It's good to know Ravenstrikes is curled up on the front porch with his head phones on, watching the front door....
and yeah, Neil's the man.... loved him in Family Vacation... ( man, i hope that was him... lol)